Pašino Ruvci ( mk, Пашино Рувци) is a village in
Municipality of Krivogaštani,
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
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Geography and location
The village of Pashino Ruvci is located on the southwest of
Prilep
Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko.
Name
The name of Prilep appear ...
. The closest village to it is
Obrshani, which is just northern of Pashino Ruvci.
History
Pashino Ruvci, for the first time in the history archives, is mentioned as Rusche or Ruvce in the period between 1650 and 1750. In the mid-19th century, together with the village of
Borotino, they were given as a gift from the Turkish government to Ali-pasha from Bitola, as a reward for his contributions during the war.
At the end of the 19th century, the village was part of Bitola's
kaza
A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough')
* bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза
* el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also ()
* lad, kaza
, ...
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The old name of this village, given by the
ottomans during their reign is Ashar Usu.
Demography
According to the statistics of
Vasil Kanchov
Vasil Kanchov ( bg, Васил Кънчов, Vasil Kanchov) (26 July 1862 – 6 February 1902) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer and politician.
Biography
Vasil Kanchov was born in Vratsa. Upon graduating from High school in Lom ...
("Macedonia, Ethnography and statistics") from 1900, in Pashino Ruvci lived 450 villagers, all of which were
Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely unders ...
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According to the secretary of the
Bulgarian Exarchate secretary, Dimitar Mishev, ("La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne") in 1905 in Pashino Ruvci there were 256
Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely unders ...
.
According to the 2002 census, the village of Pashino Ruvci has 277 households, with 627 inhabitants, all of which are
Macedonians.
[Macedonian Census (2002)]
''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion''
The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 125.
References
Villages in Krivogaštani Municipality
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