Achlada (, before 1926: Κρουσοράτη – ''Krousorati''; , ''Krushoradi'',

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: , ''Krušoradi'') is a village in the Florina regional unit,

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History

The settlement was mentioned in an Ottoman tax register (

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) of 1626–1627, under the name of ''Krushorad'', and was described as having sixty-one non-Muslim households. The Russian

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recorded ''Krushorade'' () as mainly Bulgarian village in 1845. The population of the village was under the supremacy of the

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in the beginning of the 20th century. The survey "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" by Dimitar Mishev concluded that the Christian population in 1905 was composed of 760

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.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 176-177. The name was changed to the

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Achlada after the

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. The father of

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(former Prime Minister of

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) was born in Achlada. Achlada had 313 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Achlada was populated by Slavophones. The

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was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private. Table 3: Achlada, 313; S, M3; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"

References

Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Florina {{WMacedonia-geo-stub