French-Macedonian connections and relationships. The oldest mention of something Macedonian in the cultural treasury of France is “La Gent De Samuel” – the people of Samuel in the oldest French song from Roland (Chansson de Roland, ⅹⅰⅰ c.). The first pathopuse that mentions Macedonia is Bertrandon de La Brokyier (Bertrandon de la Brokyier) in “Travel through the sea” (ⅹⅴ c.). After him and Travelagers Pierre Belon, Philip Difhen-Kane, Robert de Dut, Paul Luke, Memmer, Charles Soniti, Enri Marie-Kuzini, Francois Pukville, Antoine Olivier, Ami Buy, Shevro, Rene Mile, but also consul Felix de Peony ( Thessaloniki, 1787- 1797) In “Valiataire Dans L’-sympire insomination”. France first opens a consulate in Thessaloniki (1688) and Bitola (1854). From the end of ⅹⅴⅰⅰ and the beginning of ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ c. Another Anatol France, Catholic propaganda is conducted (through diplomats’ activities, Catholic missionaries – Lazarists, opening their schools (1855 in Bitola, then in Thessaloniki, Kukush, Kavala, Enjy-Vardar), cultural and Humanitarian institutions. France’s interest in Macedonia is increasing after the emergence of the Macedonian national liberation movement. Prominent French people advocate improving the position of the population in Macedonia: writer and academician Anatol France with Speech of Paris Rally (1903), Balkanologist Viktor Berar with the works ” La Turjuier ET L’elenis We ConTemporaine “(1895),” La Macdom “(1897),” La Polowlust du Sultan “(1898) and” Pro Macdomonia “(1904), as well as a review of Thessaloniki Assassators in La Revue de Paris “(June 1903). Before the Ilinden Uprising in Paris begins to turn out a newspaper of MRO” Le Mouvment Macedonian “. Jean Jores after the uprising MPs in the French Parliament Jean Jores and France de Transanance seek vigorous R Asking on the Macedonian question. The Macedonian Committee (established in Paris in February 1903) organizes international rally in the Paris Theater “Sarah Bernard” (25. ⅹ 1903) attended by prominent figures on the political and cultural life of France, V. Britain, Italy and the United States and adopts resolution with the great forces for stopping violence in Macedonia. The result is the great action for collecting monetary and other means of assisting the victims in Macedonia. France participates in the realization of the Mirzregic Agreement in the Russian sector, to the Young Turk Revolution. In the First World War, the French army is deployed on the southern part of the Thessaloniki Front. In French political circles, there are ideas for creating a separate Macedonian state unit under the guarantee of the great powers. The French government in the spring of 1918 asks the French army headquarters in Thessaloniki to organize a thorough survey / research to investigate all economic political, ethnographic, historical and other features of Macedonia. A French scientist team is formed, which, after two months of work, the Macedonian people prepare a report on the situation in Macedonia, which concluded that the Macedonian people are not part of the Serbian, from the Bulgarian, and at least the Greek people, but a special Slavic people, who speaks of His Macedonian language and whose release should be resolved within a South Slavic Federation. Rene Picar, one of the experts about the Macedonian question, compiles a written concept for the future of the Balkans (“Macedonia’s autonomy is the only solution for the Macedonian problem”), and its admiration from Macedonia and Macedonians also express Edmond Pushier “De Bella La Macdom ET LES Maceads “(1922). But the Paris Conference France is about confirming the division of Macedonia. Among the two world wars Paris is one of the center of the Macedonian intelligence. In the sixties years of the last century Macedonians for economic reasons emigrate to France. On the basis of an agreement between the Government of the SFRY and R. France (28. 1972), the French Cultural Center opens. RM France recognizes RM on 8. 1993, and diplomatic relations are established on 27. ⅹⅰⅰ 1993. The first extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Macedonia in R. is Luan Starova. The first extraordinary and emergency ambassador of R France to the Republic of Macedonia is Patrick Krsman. In October 1995 The Honorary Consulate of R France is opened in Bitola. Kaliopi Krivashia Stylinovic is appointed for the first honorary consul. In June 1996 The Consulate of R France opens in Bitola. In accordance with the Agreement on the issues of the SFRY (2001), the distribution of diplomatic property of the former Yugoslavia, RM receives the building of the Consulate General of the SFRY in Paris, in which the Embassy of the Republic of Macedonia is located. AM: French documents for the history of the Macedonian people, t. 1, 1878-1879, Skopje, 1969. Lit.: Margarita Peshevska, France’s policy towards Macedonia (from the Berlin Congress until 1903), Skopje, 1993; Achilles Tunte, Republic of Macedonia-First Decade (1990-1999), Skopje, 2005. T. Petr.
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