Smolani – Slavic tribe populated (ⅵ-ⅶ c.) In the lower course of R. Struma, in the valley of the r. Places in Western Rhodopes. Toward the middle of ⅸ c. One part of the territories of Smolies was conquered by the Bulgarians, and others were under the Byzantine rule. The Bishop of Smoles fell under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan in Plovdiv (ⅹ c.). Lit.: T. Living, southern Slavs under the Byzantine Vlaschu (600-1025), Belgrade, 2002. K. Ag.
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Кириличен напис СМОЛЈАНИ