Vlachs in the Republic of Macedonia -. ethnic community in the Republic of Macedonia. It is a novelized population across the Balkan Peninsula (Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Serbia). After religion are Orthodox Christians, known under different names: Vlachs, cunning or cynical use (because of the frequent use of phoneme C), and they are called Army or Aromans. They did not create a special ethnic and political awareness. Some of them were under strong Greek influence (the so-called. “Grquers”), part under Romanian influence (“Romanians” or “Macedonian”), and one part were influenced by the Macedonian revolutionary liberation movement. Many of them now live in the Republic of Macedonia, here are inhabited in the time of the Ottoman rule. In 1788, after the destruction of the city of Moskopole from Ali-Pasha Janikins, much of his moons – Frashanots in the People’s Nity, recorded in the studio of M. Manaki in Bitola population settled in Macedonia. Then Vlach colonies were formed in the cities of Thessaloniki, Sir, Bitola, Krusevo and in the villages of Magarevo and Tarnovo. In the second half of ⅹⅴⅰⅰⅰ c. In Macedonia they settled from the western part of Albania and Pind. They were engaged mainly with animal husbandry, trade, craftsmanship and did not live compactly on a particular territory. Toward the end of ⅹⅰⅹ and at the beginning of ⅹⅹ c. In Macedonia, 80,767 Vlachs were lived or 3.58% of the overall population. After the Balkan Wars (1912-1913), 36,353 lived in the Vardar and Piran part of Macedonia, and in the Aegean part of Macedonia 44,414 Vlachs. In the period between the two world wars there are serious ethnic changes in the Vlach population. Program oprencies from the Vardar part of Macedonia (Bitola) were moved to Greece. Vlachs from the Aegean part of Macedonia, under strong Greek pressure, were forced to emigrate to Romania and were colonized in South Dobrudja (6,000 Vlach families) and after the Treaty of Craova (1940) were colonized in North Dobrudja. According to the Census of 1948 In the mercy lived 9,511 Vlachs (or 0.8%), in 1981 – 6.384 (0.3%), 1994 – 8.467 (0.4%), and in 2002 – 9,695 Vlachs (or 0.84%). Most now live in Skopje (2,557), Stip (2,074), Bitola (1,270), Krusevo (1,020) and Struga (656). With the new constitution, from an ethnic group, they received the status of an ethnic community with extended ethnic rights. Vlach language is present (optional) in the educational (Stip, Krusevo, Bitola, Skopje), in the electronic media (radio and television) and the press. They have their own cultural societies (“Pitu Guli” and “Manaki Brothers – Skopje,” Moscopole “- Krusevo,” Santa Surst “- Stip) and his national holiday (May 23). The Vlach language has been translated works by the world and Macedonian literature (the Bible, Iliad, the Odyssey, K. Miladinov, Mr. Prlicev, K. Racin, etc.). The periodical newspaper “Phoenix” is published on the Vlach language. They also have their ethnic parties: “Democratic Union of Vlachs” (DSV), “Vlachs” (PV) and two associations “League of Vlachs from Macedonia” and “Union for the culture of the Vlachs in Macedonia”. They are fully integrated into Macedonian society. Lit.: Vasil Kunchov, Macedonia. Geographs® and Statistics, Sophie®, 1900; Statistical Office of SR Macedonia. Census of the population, households and apartments, 1981, Skopje, 1984; Statistical Office of R Macedonia. Census of the population since 1994, Skopje, 1997; Statistical Office of R Macedonia. Census of the population, household and apartments in R Macedonia, Skopje, 2004; Dr. Stoyan Acisovski, ethnic changes in Macedonia (1913-1995), Skopje, 2000; Dr. Stojan Acisovski – PhD Irena attitudes-Remedy, minorities in the Balkans (ⅹⅹ century), Skopje, 2004. St. KIS.
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