Voydanov, Smilja (village lactation, Ohrid, 1 ⅱ 1872 – Pontiac, USA, 4 ⅲ 1958) – Ilinden regional Duke and cultural-national DEPE Middle English emigration in the United States. He studied in the Ki-Smilko Voadhanov the shoe monastery and then performed in the native village and the Slavovo. It actively includes in the MoR (1897) and as a regional Vojoda in Ohrid debris leads more battles with Turkish armies. After the defeat of the Ilinden Uprising emigrated to the United States and is involved in the Macedonian immigrant organs. In September 1929 14 Ilindens (together with Mr. N. Zeykov from Bansko) form the first Macedonian progressive group in Pontiac, which then grows into a Macedonian National Union in the United States and Canada (later a Macedonian-American National Union in the United States and Canada), with the Central Committee, Whose President is S. C., A secretary Geo Pirinski. They issue the central authorities of MNS (MANH) with a clearly defined national conception in the interwar period with associates from all parts of Macedonia: “Macedonian B • Layin”, “Balkan Society”, “Labor Macedonia”, “People’s Women”, etc. Signs significant documents for the Macedonian movement, and Ilinden’s personal memories. With two two members, it goes into an international mission in Bulgaria to help in the trial of 14 “Macedonian national ruling” (July 1936). Establish close cooperation with A. Dinev and his “Macedonian News”. He educates and leads the US Slavic Committee at the time of World War II (1941-1945), and then the initiator and one of the main members of the Committee for Construction of the State Hospital in Skopje. AM: “Macedonian Bóletin” (Pontiac, 1930-1931), “Balkan Society” (Detroit, 1931-1934), “Labor Macedonia” (Detroit, 1934-1938), “People’s Well” (Detroit, 1938-1978) ; annual Congress Collections of MNS (1931-1940); Georg Pirinsks, Fort A Frewe Maccya, Nany Strak, SA.; Geo Pirinski, what kind of Safiah and Safiam, Sofia, 1970. Lit.: Mile Mihailov, the Macedonian National Union in the United States and Canada from 1928 to 1935, , Zagreb, 1978; Dr. Blaze Ristovski, the Macedonian people and the Macedonian nation, 2, Skopje, 1983, 511-528; Todor Cepreganov, national events of the Macedonian emigration in the United States, Clock: Macedonian scientific-literary comrades and its continuity until the founding of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Attachments from the scientific gathering …, Manu, 1997, 269-278; Blaze Ristovski, centuries of the Macedonian consciousness. Research on the cultural designation, Skopje, 2001, 588-655. Bl. R.
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Кириличен напис ВОЈДАНОВ, Смиле