Administrative-territorial division of Macedonia in the Middle Ages. At the time of the Byzantine government in Macedonia, there were topics such as administrative units: Thessaloniki, Strimon, New Stremon, Draguitia and Veria. The Bulgarian administrative structure consisted of commits: Bregalnica, Deviola, Kutmicovica, etc. In the time of Samuel Macedonia, it was divided into several smaller or larger military-administrative areas: Strumica, Meglenska, Vodina, Colrron, Servant, etc. Very significant changes in the status of Macedonian territories occurred in the second half of ⅹ c., When the sons of the Commit Nicholas, Komitopools David, Moses, Aaron and Samuel, as former representatives of the Bulgarian military-administrative apparatus, formed a special and completely independent state formation , which is known as Samuil Kingdom (First Priefland Prespa, then Ohrid). The core of the new state largely coincided with the territories of the former Devila Komit. To the spacious parent Macedonian territories, without Thessaloniki, Samuel (976-1014), with conquests, the following territories, The territory of Macedonia was probably divided into several smaller or larger military-administrative areas, and each of them for its center had a larger and well-established city. At the head of each area there was a trustee (most often in the Byzantine sources named Archont), under whose immediate power there were also the surrounding fortresses. After 1018, when the Samuil’s Kingdom was destroyed, Macedonia was again involved in the Byzantine thematic military-administration, Strumica, Berca, Kostur, Meglenska, Pelagonia, Ohrid, Vardar, Skopje, Skopje, etc. In the period when the Paleoologists dynasty ruled in Byzantium, the most widespread administrative unit is the change. By the second sex. on ⅹⅰⅰⅰ c. The following category: Kalamary, Erriy, Jeris, Casandria, Appros, Stromon, Randina, Stefani, Zalevi, Poponia, Zhi, Sir, Langada, Vardar, Christol, Valavishte and probably Mello, Lelen As part of the centralized Dusanian state, Macedonia was divided into several areas, and some were named as Zhu-Pi. After the death of Dushan, several independent feudal areas with high sovereignty were formed. Lit.: Branko Panov, Macedonian medieval state, Skopje, 1999. T. Phil.
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