Zoran Todorovski (
Macedonian: Зоран Тодоровски) was a historian from North Macedonia. Todorovski has criticized the
Macedonian historiography
Historiography in North Macedonia is the methodology of historical studies used by the historians of that country. It has been developed since 1945 when SR Macedonia became part of Yugoslavia. According to the German historian it has preserve ...
as selective and one-sided.
Biography
Zoran Todorovski was born in Skopje,
SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...
on March 3, 1950. He graduated in history from the
University of Skopje in 1972. He defended his master's degree in 1981 and his doctorate in 1981. In the course of his working career he worked in the Republican Committee for Culture (1975-1990) and in the Institute of National History (1990-1999). From 1999 to 2002 he was director of the State Archives of the Republic of Macedonia, and from 2002 to 2006 he worked again at the Institute of National History. From 2006 until his death on 5 March 2015 he was again a director of the State Archives of then Republic of Macedonia.
Zoran Todorovski is the author of over a hundred scientific papers, of which twenty books and collections of documents, over 50 articles and appendices, 25 feuilletons and 33 historiographical additions to the periodical. He also participated in a number of international conferences. In cooperation with the State Archives of Bulgaria he published the diary of
Krste Misirkov
Krste Petkov Misirkov ( bg, Кръсте (Кръстьо) Петков Мисирков; mk, Крсте Петков Мисирков, ; 18 November 1874 – 26 July 1926) was a philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer from the regio ...
. Todorovski advocated for the rehabilitation of
Todor Alexandrov
Todor Aleksandrov Poporushov, best known as Todor Alexandrov ( Bulgarian/ Macedonian: Тодор Александров), also spelt as Alexandroff (4 March 1881 – 31 August 1924), was a Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, politician and t ...
and
Ivan Mihailov
Ivan Mihailov Gavrilov ( bg, Иван Михайлов Гаврилов; mk, Ванчо Михајлов Гаврилов;He is credited in English-language sources as ''Mihailov'', while the Bulgarian and Macedonian transliteration schemes w ...
from the
historiography in North Macedonia
Historiography in North Macedonia is the methodology of historical studies used by the historians of that country. It has been developed since 1945 when SR Macedonia became part of Yugoslavia. According to the Germans, German historian it has ...
.
Интервю: „Зоран Тодоровски: Аз съм от най-критично настроените македонски историци“
References
Macedonian academics
Writers from Skopje
Macedonian historians
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje alumni
Ethnic Macedonian people
Historical revisionism
1950 births
2015 deaths
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