The Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society, called also Slavic-Macedonian Scholarly and Literary Society was an organization of
Macedonian Slavs
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia.
Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to:
People Modern
* Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...
in
Russia
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in the first decades of the twentieth century.
Activity
Its founders were
Dimitrija Čupovski and his brother
Nace Dimov. Other founders include
Stefan Dedov and
Dijamandija Mišajkov. The organization's secretary was
Milan Stoilov, a medical student in Saint Petersburg, until his death in 1903. , another founding member, served as its librarian.
The Macedonian Literary and Scientific Society was the most prominent society of the Macedonians abroad. It was established in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
on 28 October 1902 and was presided over by Čupovski. As part of its scholarly and literary activities, the society supported the introduction of
Macedonian as its official language. Its aim was the creation of an independent Macedonia, encompassing the entire geographic region of Macedonia, according to maps drawn by the society itself.
Its member
Krste Misirkov
Krste Petkov Misirkov ( bg, Кръсте (Кръстьо) Петков Мисирков; mk, Крсте Петков Мисирков, ; 18 November 1874 – 26 July 1926) was a philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer from the regio ...
published the first book in a precursor of the modern Macedonian literary language (Za Makedonskite Raboti - ''On Macedonian Matters'') in 1903. The book was published in the central dialects of Macedonia, which would later form the core of the Macedonian literary language, as proposed in the book itself. The book also used a modified Cyrillic script which served as a basis for standardization of the Macedonian alphabet. By April 1903, its members reached 25, but only the names of 19 founders are known.
In 1905 the Society published ''Vardar'', the first scholarly, scientific and literary journal in the central dialects of Macedonia, which later would contribute in the standardization of Macedonian, while in 1913 it produced the first ethnic and geographic map of
Macedonia. In addition it published the journal "
Makedonskij Golos" (Macedonian Voice) in Russian.
Towards the end of 1905, the society was dissolved, and from 1912 it reappeared, but its activity ended in 1917 with the
October Revolution in Russia. This scholarly institution with its literary and national cultural activity is considered the foundation upon which the history of the modern
Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences was built upon.
Important dates in the Macedonian history
See also
* Macedonian nationalism
Macedonian nationalism (, ) is a general grouping of nationalist ideas and concepts among ethnic Macedonians that were first formed in the late 19th century among separatists seeking the autonomy of the region of Macedonia from the Ottoman Emp ...
* '' On Macedonian Matters''
* Memorandum of Independence of Macedonia (1913)
The Memorandum of Independence of Macedonia (french: Mémorandum consérnant l'indépendance de la Macédoine) is a document published on March 1, 1913 by four former members of the Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society. They insisted on the ...
References
External links
* "Macedonian Voice" - third edition on Commons.
* "Macedonian Voice" - second edition on Commons.
* "Macedonian Voice" - first edition on Commons.
Makedononskiy golos
- scans from the original first edition of the magazine.
Magazine "Vardar"
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Organizations established in 1902
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