Skopos ( el, Σκοπός, before 1926: Σέτινα - ''Setina''; Macedonian: Сетина, ''Setina'') is a village in Florina regional unit,

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History

There were fortified palaces of Bulgarian

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Samuel at the beginning of the 11th century, near the place where today's village is. In the autumn of 1017 the fortress was captured and burned down by the Byzantine Emperor

Basil II Basil II Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος ;) and, most often, the Purple-born ( gr, ὁ πορφυρογέννητος, translit=ho porphyrogennetos).. 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar S ...

. Soon afterwards, the

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took place. In it the Bulgarian Tsar

Ivan Vladislav Ivan Vladislav ( cu, Їѡаннъ Владиславъ; bg, Иван/Йоан Владислав; died February 1018) ruled as emperor (tsar) of the First Bulgarian Empire from August or September 1015 to February 1018. The year of his birth is ...

opposed the Byzantines, but he was defeated. In 1845 the Russian

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Victor Grigorovich recorded "Tsrevo" as a mainly

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village. In the book ''Ethnographie des Vilayets d'Adrianople, de Monastir et de Salonique'', published in

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

in 1878, that reflects the statistics of the male population in 1873, "Setigne" was noted as a village with 50 households and 140 male

inhabitants.Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г. Македонски научен институт, 1995. стр. 82-83.

Demography

In 1905, Setina's population consisted of 816

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.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, рр. 176-177.
Skopos had 137 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Skopos was populated by Slavophones. The

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was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private. Table 3: Skopos, 137; S, M3; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"

References

Populated places in Florina (regional unit) Florina {{WMacedonia-geo-stub