Greeks in North Macedonia
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Greeks (Macedonian: Грци, Grci [ɡr̩t͡si]) in North Macedonia form an ethnic minority numbering 294 individuals per 2021 census.[1]
Current status
Greeks are mainly settled now in the cities of Gevgelija (Greek: Γευγελή, Gevgelī́) and Bitola (Greek: Μοναστήρι, Monastī́ri).[2] Today most Greeks in the country are political refugees who fled Greece due to the Greek Civil War[3] and their descendants.[4] Ethnologue also cites Greek as an "immigrant language" in the Republic of North Macedonia.[5] In 2002, 422 individuals declared themselves as Greeks in the census.[6] The 2021 census recorded 294 individuals declaring their ethnicity as Greek.[1]
Aromanians
There is a historical controversy surrounding a Greek minority within North Macedonia, that stems from the
Notable historical personalities
The following people were born during Ottoman times in what is today North Macedonia:
- Theodoros Adam, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Charalambos Boufidis, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Petros Christou (1887-1908), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Georgios Karaiskakis (-1910), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Evangelos Koukoudeas, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Eleni Karinte, first love of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- Dimitrios Lalas (1844/48-1911), composer and musician
- Georgios Modis (1887-1975), jurist, politician, writer and participant in the Macedonian Struggle
- Theodoros Modis, merchant, scholar and participant in the Macedonian Struggle
- Traianos Nallis (1874-?), politician
- Pantelis Papaioannou (c.1880-1907), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Theofylaktos Papakonstantinou (1905-1991), writer and politician
- Anastasios Pichion (1836-1913), educator and participant the Macedonian Struggle
- Michail Sapkas (1873-1956), politician and doctor
- Dimitrios Semsis (1883-1950), violinist
- Michael Sionidis (1870-1935), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Alexandros Svolos (1892-1956), President of Political Committee of National Liberation during WW2
- Dimitrios Tsapanos (1882 or 1883-), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Dimitrios Tsitsimis, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Georgios Vafopoulos (1903-1996), poet, writer, teacher and journalist
- Antonios Zois (1869-1941), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
- Fanula Papazoglu (1917-2001), classical scholar, epigrapher and academic
See also
References
- ^ a b Samartzis, Nonda. "Macedonia 2021 census" (PDF). Transitions Online. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
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- ^ Gordon, Raymond G. Jr., ed. (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition". SIL International. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ Stavrova, Biljana; Alagjozovski, Robert (2003-09-12). "Macedonia's census opens new doors". Transitions Online. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ Roudometof, Victor (1996). "Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Balkans: Greece and the Macedonian Question". Journal of Modern Greek Studies. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
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- ^ Few, William Preston; William Henry Glasson; John Spencer Bassett; William Kenneth Boyd; et al. (1918). "Search for Greek Monastir".
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