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Vasil Ivanovski
Vasil Atanasov Ivanovski (Bulgarian: Васил Атанасов Ивановски; 18 October 1906, Golovrade – 1991, Sofia) also known by his pseudonym Bistrishki, was a Bulgarian Communist Party activist, publicist, theoretician of the ethnic Macedonians, Macedonian nation within the IMRO (United). Biography Ivanovski was born on October 18, 1906, in the former Kastoria (regional unit), Kastorian village of Golovrade, then in the Ottoman Empire. Together with his family, Ivanovski emigrated to Bulgaria after WWI. He graduated from a high school in Plovdiv. Later Ivanovski was a tobacco worker, trade unionist and left-wing political activist, and since 1923 a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP). He took part in the September Uprising, that aimed for the "establishment of a government of workers and peasants" in Bulgaria. In 1926 he emigrated to the USSR (Odessa and Tbilisi). In September 1927 he was sent to study at the Communist University of the National Minori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasil Ivanovski Golovrade
Vasil (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian and Macedonian language, Macedonian: Васил, Georgian language, Georgian: ვასილ) is a Bulgarian, Macedonian and Georgian masculine given name. It may refer to: *Vasil Adzhalarski, Bulgarian revolutionary, an IMARO leader of revolutionary bands *Vasil Amashukeli (1886–1977), early Georgian film director & cinematographer in Azerbaijan and Georgia *Vasil Angelov (1882–1953), Bulgarian military officer and a revolutionary, a worker of IMARO *Vasil Aprilov (1789–1847), Bulgarian educator *Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934), Georgian writer popular for his historical novels *Vasil Biľak (1917–2014), former Slovak Communist leader of Rusyn origin *Vasil Binev (born 1957), Bulgarian actor *Vasil Boev (born 1988), Bulgarian footballer *Vasil Bollano, the ethnic Greek mayor of Himara municipality, in southwest Albania *Vasil Bozhikov (born 1988), Bulgarian football defender *Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003), prolific Belarusian author of novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Literary Circle
The Macedonian literary circle (1938–1941; ; ) was a literary society created in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1938 by young and educated members of the Macedonian immigrant community, who were leftists. History The circle was established on the instigation of the Bulgarian Communist Party. It attempted to create a purely Macedonian literature, assembling poets, writers and journalists associated with the Bulgarian Communist Party and formerly with the IMRO (United).Roumen Dontchev Daskalov, Tchavdar Marinov (2013). Entangled Histories of the Balkans: Volume One: National Ideologies and Language Policies, , p. 312. These intellectuals argued for a distinct Macedonian nation and development of a Macedonian literary language. See also * Resolution of the Comintern on the Macedonian question (1934) * Young Macedonian Literary Society References Cultural history of North Macedonia History of Bulgaria 1938 establishments in Bulgaria Communism in Bulgaria Macedonian writers' orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotse Delchev
Georgi Nikolov Delchev (; ; 4 February 1872 – 4 May 1903), known as Gotse Delchev or Goce Delčev (''Гоце Делчев''),Originally spelled in older Bulgarian orthography as ''Гоце Дѣлчевъ''. - Гоце Дѣлчевъ. Биография. П.К. Яворовъ, 1904. was a prominent Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary ( komitadji) and one of the most important leaders of what is commonly known as the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), active in the Ottoman-ruled Macedonia and Adrianople regions, as well as in Bulgaria, at the turn of the 20th century. Delchev was IMRO's foreign representative in Sofia, the capital of the Principality of Bulgaria. As such, he was also a member of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee (SMAC), participating in the work of its governing body. He was killed in a skirmish with an Ottoman unit on the eve of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising. Born into a Bulgarian family in Kilkis, then in the Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMRO
The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; ; ), was a secret revolutionary society founded in the Ottoman territories in Europe, that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1893 in Salonica, it initially aimed to gain autonomy for Macedonia and Adrianople regions in the Ottoman Empire, however, it later became an agent serving Bulgarian interests in Balkan politics. IMRO modeled itself after the earlier Bulgarian Internal Revolutionary Organization of Vasil Levski and accepted its motto "Freedom or Death" ( Свобода или смърть). According to the memoirs of some founding and ordinary members, in the Organization's earliest statute from 1894, the membership was reserved exclusively for Bulgarians. It used the Bulgarian language in all its documents and in its correspondence. The Organisation founded its Foreign Representation in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1896. Starting in the same year, it fought the Ottomans using guerrill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilinden Uprising
Ilinden ( Bulgarian/ Macedonian: Илинден) or Ilindan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Илиндан), meaning " Saint Elijah's Day", may refer to: Events * Republic Day (North Macedonia) Republic Day () or Ilinden () is a national holiday in North Macedonia. It is celebrated on 2 August, which is also a religious holiday – Ilinden (Macedonian: Илинден; Elijah, St. Elijah day; the day is reckoned as 20 July according to ..., 2 August Geographic locations Bulgaria * Ilinden, Blagoevgrad Province, a village * Ilinden, Sofia, an urban municipality North Macedonia * Ilinden Municipality * Ilinden (village) Association football clubs * FK Ilinden 1955 Bašino * FK Ilinden Skopje * Rockdale Ilinden FC Other meanings * ''Ilinden'' (memorial), a sculpture in Kruševo, North Macedonia * ''Ilinden'' (novel), by Dimitar Talev * Ilinden (organization), a Bulgarian revolutionary organization 1921–1947 * ''Ilinden'', a boat built in 1924 which sank in the 2009 Lake Ohrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazar Koliševski
Lazar Koliševski ( ; 12 February 1914 – 6 July 2000) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Communism, communist political leader in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was closely allied with Josip Broz Tito. Early years Koliševski was born on 12 February 1914 in Sveti Nikole, Kingdom of Serbia, into a poor family. His mother was an Aromanians, Aromanian, while his father was Slavic speakers in Ottoman Macedonia, Slavic. According to Kosta Tsarnushanov, a Macedonian Youth Secret Revolutionary Organization, MMTRO member and historian, his father was a ''Serbomans, Serboman''. In 1915, during the World War I, First World War, the region of Macedonia was occupied by the Kingdom of Bulgaria. His father was mobilized on the Macedonian front, Salonica front, and during the war, both of Koliševski's parents died. Once left an orphan, he was taken by his aunts and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Alphabet
The orthography of the Macedonian language includes an alphabet consisting of 31 letters (), which is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script, as well as language-specific conventions of spelling and punctuation. The Macedonian alphabet Standard Macedonian, was standardized in 1945 by a commission formed in Yugoslav Macedonia after the Yugoslav Partisans, Partisans took power at the end of World War II in Yugoslavia, World War II. The alphabet used the same phoneme, phonemic principles employed by Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864) and Krste Misirkov (1874–1926). Before standardization, the language had been written in a variety of different versions of Cyrillic by different writers, influenced by Early Cyrillic alphabet, Early Cyrillic, Russian alphabet, Russian, Reforms of Bulgarian orthography, Bulgarian and Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian orthography. The alphabet Origins: * Phoenician alphabet ** Greek alphabet *** Latin alphabet *** Cyrillic script The following table provid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsar Samuil
Samuel (also Samoil or Samuil; , ; , ; Old Church Slavonic: Самоилъ; died 6 October 1014) was the Tsar (''Emperor'') of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 6 October 1014. From 977 to 997, he was a general under Roman I of Bulgaria, the second surviving son of Emperor Peter I of Bulgaria, and co-ruled with him, as Roman bestowed upon him the command of the army and the effective royal authority. As Samuel struggled to preserve his country's independence from the Byzantine Empire, his rule was characterized by constant warfare against the Byzantines and their equally ambitious ruler Basil II. In his early years, Samuel managed to inflict several major defeats on the Byzantines and to launch offensive campaigns into their territory. In the late 10th century, the Bulgarian armies conquered the Serb principality of Duklja and led campaigns against the Kingdoms of Croatia and Hungary. But from 1001, he was forced mainly to defend the Empire against the superior Byzantine armi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SR Macedonia
The Socialist Republic of Macedonia (), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia, Yugoslav Macedonia or simply Macedonia, was one of the six constituent republics of the post-World War II Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and a nation state of the Macedonians. After the transition of the political system to parliamentary democracy in 1990, the Republic changed its official name to Republic of Macedonia in 1991,''On This Day'' – Macedonian Information Agency – MIA , see: 1991 and with the beginning of the , it declared itself an [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nova Makedonija
''Nova Makedonija'' (, "New Macedonia") is the oldest daily newspaper in the Republic of North Macedonia. It was established with decision of the presidium of ASNOM and published by NIP Nova Makedonija. History The first edition of ''Nova Makedonija'' came out during World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia on 29 October 1944, in Gorno Vranovci, and was written in unstandardized Macedonian language. The newspaper was published by the Agitation and Propaganda Commission at the Central Committee of the Macedonian Communist Party. Vasil Ivanovski was the first editor-in-chief of the newspaper. The unsuccessful privatisation of ''Nova Makedonija'' in 1994-1996 led to the disappearance of all its print outlets from the market, and the later entry of WAZ as the main foreign investor, with a resulting strong concentration in the print media sector (90% in 2003). WAZ withdrew in 2012, selling its publications to local investors.Elda Brogi, Alina Dobreva, and Pier Luigi Parcu,Freedom of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ASNOM
The Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia (, ''Antifašističko sobranie za narodno osloboduvanje na Makedonija''; Serbo-Croatian: ''Antifašističko sobranje narodnog oslobođenja Makedonije''; abbr. ASNOM) was the supreme legislative and executive people's representative body of the communist Macedonian state from August 1944 until the end of World War II. The body was set up by the Macedonian Partisans during the final stages of the World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia (National Liberation Struggle), clandestinely in August 1944, in the Bulgarian occupation zone of Yugoslavia. History First session (under occupation) Significance The first plenary session of ASNOM was dubbed as the "Second Ilinden" because it was convened underground on the symbolic date of August 2 ( Ilinden Uprising day) 1944 in the St. Prohor Pčinjski Monastery, now in Serbia. The most important assembly decisions were: * The proclamation of a Macedonian nation-state of ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Partisans
The Macedonian Partisans, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Macedonia, was a communist and anti-fascist resistance movement formed in occupied Yugoslavia which was active in the World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia (National Liberation Struggle). Units of the army were formed by Macedonians within the framework of the Yugoslav Partisans as well as other communist resistance organisations operating in Macedonia at the time and were led by the General Staff of the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Macedonia, headed by Mihajlo Apostolski. History Resistance under question After the Bulgarian takeover of Vardar Banovina in April 1941, the Macedonian communists fell in the sphere of influence of the Bulgarian Communist Party (BCP), which supported the idea of a independent and unified Macedonia. They thought that the ordinary Macedonian people believe in Bulgaria's role as liberator from the oppressive Serbian rule and that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
