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Stoyan Christowe
Stoyan Christowe (also known as Stojan Hristoff) was an American author, journalist and noted Vermont political figure. Born in then Konomladi (then a part of the Ottoman Empire), he is best remembered as the author of six books written about the Balkans and as a Vermont legislator committed to promoting social justice and literacy. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and was elected an honorary member of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences (MANU). Early life Stoyan Christowe (Naumof) was born in Ottoman Macedonia, in the village of Konomladi, (present-day Makrochori in Greece) on September 1, 1898, to Mitra and Christo Naumof as the first of three children (including a brother Vasil and a sister Mara). Born at a time when the Ottoman Empire was disintegrating, Stoyan, like many children, dreamed of being a komitadji, a freedom fighter, who would, unlike the heroes of byg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konomladi
Makrochori ( el, Μακροχώρι, before 1928: Κωνομπλάτη - ''Konomplati''; Bulgarian language, Bulgarian and Macedonian language, Macedonian: Кономлади, ''Konomladi''), is a village of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece. History The castle of Makrochori is located 4 km west of the village, is considered a large organized facility. The settlement developed on the bank of the present river , reaches up to a point, its citadel, and hosted an important Mining in ancient Greece, mining center of Orestis (region), Orestis since in many places volumes of iron ore were found. A village in Petrich Municipality, Blagoevgrad Province, Bulgaria, is named Novo Konomladi ( bg, Ново Кономлади, "New Konomladi"). This is because it was mostly populated by Bulgarians, Bulgarian refugees from Makrochori who moved to Bulgaria after the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913. In the Greek census of 1920 there were 1031 people in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
