The Uprising in the Vidin Region

Because of repressive measures by the Turkish authorities, the planned uprising took the form of a large detachment assembled in the spring under Atanas and Stoyan Bitsin. It demonstrated its boldness by attacking Vidin's city fortifications: not the Baba Vida castle, but the extensive fortress enclosing the settlement. Despite their efforts, the insurgents were repelled with heavy losses. Subsequent reprisals led to large-scale Bulgarian migration across the Danube, despite unsuccessful Turkish attempts to stop people leaving the empire. This uprising was linked to another Russo-Turkish war, specifically the end of the truce lasting from May 1772 to March 1773.

The uprising was suppressed. In 1787, an uprising broke out in the Ruse region and Dobruja, another expression of Bulgarian resistance to Ottoman bondage.