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List Of People From Ohrid
Below is a list of notable people born in Ohrid, North Macedonia or its surroundings: * Kosta Abrašević, poet * Valon Ahmedi, footballer * Arabacı Ali Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire * Eyüp Sabri Akgöl, Ottoman revolutionary and Turkish politician * Atina Bojadži, marathon swimmer * Kliment Boyadzhiev, general and minister * Vladimir Četkar, singer * Živko Čingo, writer * Mihail Dimonie, botanist and teacher * Andrea Gropa, lord of Ohrid * Dervish Hima, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence * Ohrili Hüseyin Pasha, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire * Mišo Juzmeski, writer and photographer * Kaliopi, singer-songwriter * Grigor Koprov, pop music composer * Erik Lloga, community leader of Albanian-Australians * Sehadete Mekuli, physician * Aleksandar Mitreski, footballer * Eva Nedinkovska, singer * Hamdi Ohri, 19th century Albanian ''Rilindas'' * Zyhdi Ohri, signatory of the Albanian Declaration of Independence * Cedi Osman, basketball player * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohrid
Ohrid ( mk, Охрид ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the List of cities in North Macedonia, eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of 2002. Ohrid is known for once having 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and has been referred to as a "Jerusalem of the Balkans"."The Mirror of the Macedonian Spirit, Zlate Petrovski, Sašo Talevski, Napredok, 2004, , page 72: "... and Macedonia in the Cathedral Church St. Sofia in the Macedonian Jerusalem — Ohrid..." The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant. It is located southwest of Skopje, west of Resen (town), Resen and Bitola. In 1979 and in 1980 respectively, Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as Cultural and Natural World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. Ohrid is one of only 28 sites that are part of UNESCO's World Heritage that are Cultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigor Koprov
Grigor Koprov ( mk, Григор Копров) (born September 30, 1943)Jozo Tomasevich, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia: 1941 - 1945, Vol. 2, Stanford University Press, 2002, , pp. 160-168. is arguably one of the most famous Macedonian pop music composers. He has worked with many stars like Toše Proeski, Vlado Janevski, Marjan Stojanovski, Martin Vučić, Karolina Gočeva, Andrijana Janevska and Robert Vukelić Biography In 1997 he composed the song "Ne Zori Zoro" with which Vlado Janevski represented then Republic of Macedonia (today North Macedonia) at the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, the first contest for the Republic. Koprov has made many other attempts in the contest, with his songs failing to win the Macedonian National Final. He is best known for his work with Macedonia's "Elvis" - Toše Proeski. Koprov composed Proeski's mega hits: "Sonce Vo Tvoite Rusi Kosi" ("The Sun in Your Golden Hair"), "Usni Na Usni" ("Lips on Lips"), and "Nemir" ("Restless," which was sung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Protogerov
Alexandar Protogerov (Bulgarian: Александър Протогеров) (28 February 1867, Ohrid – 7 July 1928, Sofia) was a Bulgarian general, politician and revolutionary, as well as a member of the revolutionary movement in Macedonia, Thrace and Pomoravlje. Protogerov was a Bulgarian Freemason and held a leading position (Grand Master) in the lodge where he was a member. In North Macedonia Protogerov, who had been dismissed as Greater Bulgarian chauvinist by the Macedonian historiography in Communist Yugoslavia, has been recently added to the country's historical heritage, already as an ethnic Macedonian. Biography Protogerov was born in 1867 in Ohrid, then in the Ottoman Empire. Later he graduated there with his primary education in the local Bulgarian Exarchate school. On 5 October 1882 he entered the Military School in Sofia and as a cadet was a volunteer in the Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885). In 1887 he graduated from the Military School and was assigned to the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Serbian Uprising
The First Serbian Uprising ( sr, Prvi srpski ustanak, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; tr, Birinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. Initially a local revolt against Dahije, renegade janissaries who had seized power through a coup, it evolved into a revolution, war for independence (the Serbian Revolution) after more than three centuries of Ottoman rule and short-lasting Austrian occupations. The janissary commanders murdered the Ottoman Vizier in 1801 and occupied the sanjak, ruling it independently from the Ottoman Sultan. Tyranny ensued; the janissaries suspended the rights granted to Serbs by the Sultan earlier, increased taxes, and imposed forced labor, among other things. In 1804 the janissaries feared that the Sultan would use the Serbs against them, so they Slaughter of the Knezes, murdered many Serbian chiefs. Enraged, an assembly chose Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cincar Janko Popović
Janko Popović ( sr-cyr, Јанко Поповић; 1779–1833), nicknamed Cincar Janko (Цинцар-Јанко), was a Serbian vojvoda, one of the most prominent leaders of the First Serbian Uprising. Early life Janko was born in 1779 in Ohrid, in a family of priests. His father came from the Aromanian village of Dolna Belica, "According to local traditions, the exoduses from Niçë and Llëngë led to the establishment of two new Vlach villages north-west of Lake Ohrid, on Mount Jablanica. First Gorna Belica (Biala di ni sus) was established, high on the unseen slopes of Jablanica, and shortly afterwards Dolna Belica (Biala di n gios/Kimpu), down in the foothills.... The close relations between Gorna and Dolna Belica and the older Vlach villages of Niçë and Llëngë (a relationship akin perhaps to that between a metropolis and its colonies) is probably attested by the intermarriage and family connections which developed among them."; pp. 468-469. where his cousin Cincar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasios Pehion
Anastasios Pichion ( el, Αναστάσιος Πηχιών) or Picheon (Πηχεών) (1836 – 24 March 1913) was a Greek of Aromanian descent who was an educator and revolutionary of the Macedonian Struggle. Biography He was born in Ohrid during the Ottoman period. He studied in Ohrid and Monastir. He had Margaritis Dimitsas as his teacher, in whose private school, in Monastir, he taught for a while and helped his teacher in writing various of his studies. Demitsas urged him to go, in 1856, to Athens, to finish Middle School there and continue his studies in the University. In 1859 he enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens. In order to cover the expenses of his studies, he copied various documents and writings, while during the second year of his studies he received a scholarship from the Vellideian inheritance. He partook in almost all student movement about the Macedonian question as well as the antidynastic demonstrations against the rule of Otto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grigor Parlichev
Grigor Stavrev Parlichev (also spelled Prlichev, Parlitcheff or Prličev; bg, Григор Ставрев Пърличев; gr, Γρηγόριος Σταυρίδης, translit=Grigorios Stavrides, mk, Григор Прличев) was a Bulgarians, Bulgarian writer, teacher and translator. He was born on January 18, 1830, in Ohrid, Ottoman Empire and died in the same town on January 25, 1893. Although he thought of himself as a Bulgarian, according to the Macedonian historiography he was an ethnic Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian. Biography Parlichev studied in a Greek language, Greek school in Ohrid. In the 1850s he worked as a teacher of Greek in the towns of Tirana, Prilep and Ohrid. In 1858 Parlichev started studying medicine in Athens but transferred to the Faculty of Linguistics in 1860. The same year he took part in the annual poetic competition in Athens winning first prize for his poem "''O Armatolos''" (Ο Αρματωλός), written in Greek language, Greek. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Parlichev
Kiril Parlichev ( bg, Кирил Пърличев, mk, Кирил Прличев; 1 March 1875 – 9 February 1944) was a BulgarianMakedonskoto osvoboditelno dvizhenie sled Pŭrvata svetovna voĭna, 1918-1924, Kostadin Paleshutski, Published by Izd-vo na Bŭlgarskata akademia na naukite, 1993, p. 209. revolutionary and public figure. He was a member of Internal Macedono-Adrianopolean Revolutionary Organization (IMARO) and a popular teacher, journalist, translator and writer. Biography Parlichev was born in Ohrid, Ottoman Empire in 1875. His father was Grigor Parlichev - a popular Bulgarian educator. On 5 August 1898 Dimitar Grdanov, a Serbian teacher in Ohrid, and pro-Serbian activist in Macedonia was murdered by Metody Patchev, after which Patchev and his fellow conspirators Hristo Uzunov, Parlichev and Ivan Grupchev were arrested. Parlichev later taught in the Bulgarian Men's High School of Thessaloniki, where he was accepted in IMARO. During the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Upri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedi Osman
Cedi Osman (born 8 April 1995) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the small forward position. Early years Osman was born in Ohrid, Macedonia, modern-day North Macedonia to a Turkish father and a Bosniak mother (from Novi Pazar, Serbia). He has an older brother, Caner, who is also a basketball player. He started playing basketball with KK Bosna's youth teams in 2001. Due to his paternal Turkish background, he became a Turkish citizen, as per Turkey's right-of-return laws. Since then, he has also represented the Turkey men's national basketball team. Professional career Anadolu Efes (2011–2017) In 2007, Osman signed a youth team contract with Anadolu Efes after his outstanding performance at KK Bosna. He played for the junior, star, and youth teams of Anadolu Efes. He was loaned for the 2011–12 season to the Pertevniyal of the Turkish Basketball First League, which was at the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zyhdi Ohri
Zyhdi Ohri (1870 – 1931), also known as Zuhdi bey Ohri was a 19th-century Albanian patriot, politician, and lawyer. He was a representative of Ohrid and Struga in the Assembly of Vlora held on November 28, 1912, and one of the 40 signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence. Biography Early life Zyhdi Ohri was born in Ohrid, Manastir Vilayet of Ottoman Empire, today's North Macedonia. He completed the elementary school in one of the Ottoman schools in his home town. He studied jurisprudence at the University of Istanbul, where he then graduated as a lawyer. In the summer of 1897, Zyhdi Ohri returns to his homeland. Patriotic and political activity After returning from Istanbul, his nationalist ideologies began to emerge when, together with other prominent Albanian nationalists, such as Hamdi Ohri and Murad Sojliu, began organizing the peoples of the Ohrid, Strugë, and Velešta regions by forming cheta also preventing conscription by the Ottoman army. As an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamdi Ohri
Hamdi Ohri (also Hamdi Bey Qoku Ohri; February 4, 1872 in Ohrid, Ottoman Empire - November 24, 1938 in Tirana, Albanian Kingdom ) was a 19th-century Albanian rilindas and politician. He was one of the delegates of the Albanian Declaration of Independence."History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science. He was as well a delegate at the Albanian Congress of Trieste The Albanian Congress of Trieste ( sq, Kongresi Shqiptar i Triestës) was a congress of Albanians held in Trieste, Austria-Hungary in the period between 27 February – 6 March 1913, organized by Faik Konica and Sotir Kolea with strong support fro ... in 1913. References 19th-century Albanian people 1872 births 1938 deaths All-Albanian Congress delegates People from Ohrid People from Manastir vilayet Activists of the Albanian National Awakening Albanians from the Ottoman Empire {{Albania-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Nedinkovska
Eva Nedinkovska ( mk, Ева Нединковска) (born August 26, 1983) is a Macedonian singer. Biography Nedinkovska was born in Ohrid. Her career started in 2003 with the song "''Dali Denot Ke E Raj''". She has performed on many music contests including "''Ohrid Fest''" in her native city, Ohrid. Almost on every contest she has the award for the ''best stage performance''. The song "''Enigma''" is considered to be Eva's biggest hit. "''Enigma''" is a modern pop song with R&B elements. The video was No.1 almost on every chart in North Macedonia. National selection for Eurovision 2006 On the national selection, Eva had 631 votes placing her on the 11th place. Her song "Taan i Med" (Lyrics by the Macedonian diva Kaliopi ) was in oriental style with nice choreography. Discography Albums * ''Talisman'' Singles * Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (Music Video) *Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (Music Video) * * Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (video) * Eva - Tvoja Fantazija (video) * * Eva - Tvoja Fanta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
