Moratsi

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The Moratsi (

Mesta River, possibly in the 7th-8th century.[1][2]

History

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By the early 19th century, the Moratsi had transofrmed into a Bulgarian ethnographic group known under the name of Marvatsi (Marvaks), who lived around

Demirhisar in modern Greece.[3][4]

After Bulgaria lost the

Hellenophile members of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople that stayed behind. For example, 11,223 out of 14,778 Bulgarians from the prefecture of Kato Nevrokopi, the main Marvak centre in Greece left for Bulgaria between 1913 and 1928.[5]

See also

  • List of Medieval Slavic tribes

References

  1. ^ Ангелов, Димитър (1971). Образуване на българската народност [The Formation of the Bulgarian People] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Наука и изкуство (Nauka i izkustvo). p. 160.
  2. ^ Колев, Николай (1987). Българска етнография [Bulgarian Ethnography] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Наука и изкуство (Nauka i izkustvo). p. 53.
  3. ^ Васил, Кънчов (1900). Македония. Етнография и статистика [Macedonia, Ethnography and Statistics] (in Bulgarian). Sofia. p. 38.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ ΚΩΣΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ, ΤΑΣΟΣ (2018), Η πολιτική και κοινωνική διάσταση της εθνικής διαπάλης στην ύστερη οθωμανική Μακεδονία [The Political and Social Dimension of the National Struggle in Late Ottoman Macedonia], Mytilene, p. 67{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Rumenov, Vladimir (1941). "Българитѣ въ Македония подъ гръцка власть" [The Bulgarians in Greek Macedonia]. Македонски Прегледъ. 4. Sofia: 89.