Smilevo – Miamo Village in Demir Hisar. It is located in the southeastern slopes of the Big La Mountain, in the sources of Stara Reka, at an altitude of about 880 m. With a local road, it is related to the regional road Bitola-Demir Hisar-Kicevo. It is the only village in Demirhisar and Pelagonia inhabited by Mijaki, came from the Miak region towards the end of the ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ and the stargraving of the village Smilevo Kot on ⅹⅰⅹ c. In the past, the population dealt with animal husbandry and masonry, and the village was great. Then people left animal husbandry and are the divergiction. In the middle of the last century, this S “still persisted as a large settlement, inhabited only with Macedonians. In 1961 S. There were 1,158 h. And was the biggest village in Demirhisar. In the coming years, Smilevani began to leave the village, so in 1971. The population dropped to 732 h., and in 2002 It remained to live 321 h. The resettlement took place mainly towards Bitola, in which they formed a special Smilevo neighborhood, then to Demir Hisar, and in large part, and Australia, Canada and the United States. Smilevo is said that there is no house that does not have its own living in Australia. Since there are quite a bit of arable land, the population left in the village deals with a special occupation – making Cumur, then with construction and collecting forest fruits, especially moistons and mushrooms. Smilevo has a glorious past. It is the native village of Dame Gruev, one of the pillars of the Macedonian revolutionary movement. It was held by the Smilevan Congress (2-7. Ⅴ 1903), on which the decision for lifting the Ilinden Uprising was made. Today, Smilevo there is a memorial house on Dame Gruev, in which visitors can get acquainted with the hectic past of the village. Al. ST.
Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
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