Kukush (Kilkis) – City in the Aegean part of Macedonia (Greece), with 12,400 h. (2002). It is located in the northeastern part of the Thessaloniki field, 50 km north of Thessaloniki and 34 km southeast of Star Dojran. As a city settlement developed in ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ c. In 1859 The Kukushus Union is declared here. In 1870 It lived 3,768 h., exclusively Macedonians. Later, Turks begin to settle, so in 1898. Kukush had 7,750 h. Of which, 7,000 were Macedonians, and 750 h. were Turks. S “By 1913 He represented the center of Macedonian culture and a revolutionary hotspot, where several registered revolutionary and cultural and educational activities of Macedonia, including Goce Delchev. In the Second Balkan War, the Greek army burned the city to the ground. The population fled to Strumica and Bulgaria. In 1924 Kukush is inhabited by Greeks, Migrants from Asia Minor and Caucasus. In 1940 It lived 8,356 h., and in 1961. 10.947 h. Today he is the center of the Kukushka Borough, in which there are 162 settlements. The population deals mainly with trade, craftsmanship and agriculture. Lit.: Todor Simovski, settlements in Aegean Macedonia, REC. And, Skopje 1978. Al. ST. The grave of Partenia Zografski in the church “St. Stephen, “Istanbul
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Кириличен напис КУКУШ