Uprising of Georgi Wooth

Uprising of Georgi Wooth (1072 – 1073) – Uprising against the Byzantine government. The Skopje’s nobles were raised on Cho-Lo with George Wathers. The rebels demanded help from Dukja / Zeta, whose ruling dynasty was relatives related to the Macedonian dynasty of Emperor Samuel. The sonic ruler Mikhail sent three hundred soldiers, headed by Son Konstantin Bo-Din, who was declared in Prizren. Led by Watchin and Bodin, the insurgents in Prizren defeated the Byzantine army and captured the Skopje Dux. After this victory, the uprising took even greater swing. The rebellious army progressed in three directions. Gjorgji Wonjeh liberated Skopje, Bo-Dean headed to the east to the thread, and the Zetian military leader Petrillo fired south, Ohrid, Prespa and Devol. At the Obi-Dot, he won Kostur experienced a heavy defeat and barely managed to return to Zetette. The Byzantines managed to dream of initial failures, they consolidated their ranks and gone into attack. US territorial map of Gjorgji Wonjech singer to return Skopje, and in the decisive battle of Kosovo field, in the place Paun, catastrophically defeated the rebellious army. Konstantin Bodin and Gjorgji Wootech fell into captivity, on the road to Constantinople Wathek died. Shortly thereafter, the last rebellious strongholds were also liquidated. In the suppression of the uprising, a mercenary armies, composed of Almani and Franks, who destroyed the mansions of the Macedonian rulers in Prespa, as well as the local Christian temple. Lit.: S. Lidge, Kom Vuprova for the failure of the Vlation in Macedonia Price 1072, “Historical Review”, 1 (1956). K. Ag.


Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис ВОСТАНИЕ НА ЃОРЃИ ВОЈТЕХ

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