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Gollobordë
Gollobordë ( sq-definite, Golloborda or Kalabardha; ; ) refers to a geographical area of traditionally 24 villages of which 18 are situated primarily in eastern Albania, with a small portion consisting of six villages lying within North Macedonia. This region is located within the Dibër and Elbasan counties which contain both Macedonian and Albanian villages. This region, like neighboring regions, has historically been economically linked to the city of Debar, which was traditionally referred to by inhabitants as simply "the City" or "Shehr". History Ottoman period The Islamization process is held to have occurred in Golloborda relatively late in Ottoman times.Toncheva, Veselka (2013). "The Slavonic Community from the Golo Bardo Region, Republic of Albania: Traditions, Music, Identity". ''Our Europe. Ethnography – Ethnology – Anthropology of Culture''. Volume 2. Pages 40–42 In 1519, the region was still entirely Christian.Limanoski Niyazi (1993), Islamizatsijata i e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarians In Albania
The Bulgarians in Albania form the largest Slavic minority of the country and live primarily in the areas of Mala Prespa, Gollobordë and Gora (region), Gora. Ethnic identity can be fluid among Albania's Slavophonic population, who might identify as Albanians, Albanian, Bulgarians, Bulgarian or Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian, depending on the circumstances.INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MINORITY STUDIES AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS (IMIR)ALBANIA:LANDMARKS OF TRANSITION Valeri Grigorov p.18 Between 2001 and 2016, around 4,470 Albanian nationals applied for a Bulgarian citizenship and over 2,600 of them were granted one. The Bulgarian minority was recognized by the Albanian government in October 2017. In the 2023 Albanian census, 7,057 people declared themselves to be Bulgarians. History Middle Ages and Ottoman period The first reference to a Slavic peoples, Slavic presence in Albania dates to 548, when the Slavs reached Epidamnos (Durrës), capturing fortresses in the city's vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klenjë
Klenjë () is a village in the former Trebisht Municipality in Dibër County in northeastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Bulqizë. It is situated with in the Gollobordë region, near the border with North Macedonia. History During the Balkan Wars, one man from the village joined the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps in Bulgarian Army. Demographic history Klenjë (''Kilani'') is recorded in the Ottoman ''defter'' of 1467 as a settlement in the timar of Hacı Hamza in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The village had a total of three households represented by ''Dimitri Susjabi'' (possibly, ''Sycjapi''); ''Gjurçe'', the grandson or brother-in-law of ''Dimitri''; and ''Miho Tishani''. The surname ''Susjabi'' is likely a compound of Albanian ''sy'' ("eye") + ''cjap'' ("billy goat"). A Bulgarian demographic survey of the population of the village, done in 1873, recorded the village as having 100 households with 196 male Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trebisht
Trebisht (, ) is a former municipality in the Dibër County, eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Bulqizë. The population at the 2011 census was 993.2011 census results Geography The village is situated in the geographical area of . Within the municipality, the village of Trebisht consists of the three neighborhoods of Trebisht-Muçinë, Trebisht-Balaj, and Trebisht-Çelebi. (in the local Macedonian dialect - Dunomala, Gurnomala and Unomala). These neighbor ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stëblevë
Stëblevë ( Bulgarian and ) is a village and a former municipality in the Elbasan County in eastern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Librazhd. The population at the 2011 census was 809.2011 census results The municipal unit consists of the villages Borovë, Llangë, , Prodan, Sebisht [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Džepište
Džepište (, ) is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia. History In 1913 the village, along with other settlements on the left bank of the Black Drin, were assigned to Independent Albania. The village was part of the Principality of Albania from 1914-1925 and the Albanian Republic in 1925. It was ceded to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 30 July 1925 by Ahmet Zogu. Demographics Džepište (''Xhepishte'') is recorded in the Ottoman ''defter'' of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 39 households with the anthroponymy attested being of a mixed Albanian- Slavic character with a predominance of Slavic names as well as instances of Slavicisation (e.g., ''Radiç Gjergji''). Džepište has traditionally been inhabited by Orthodox Macedonians and a Torbeši population. p. 214. "Заедно со македонско христијанско население Торбеши живеат и во селата: М ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otišani
Otišani () is a village in the municipality of Debar, North Macedonia. Name The village in Albanian is known as ''Hotishani''. Demographics Otišani (''Hotishani'') is attested in the Ottoman ''defter'' of 1467 as a village in the timar of Hizir Muriqi (possibly, ''Maziqi'' or ''Mazhiqi'') in the vilayet of Dulgoberda. The village had a total of five households, and the anthroponyms recorded depict a mixed Albanian-Slavic character, for example, among the household heads a certain ''Gjergj Karlovići'' is attested. Otišani (''Hotishan'') is again recorded in the Ottoman ''defter'' of 1583 as a village in the vilayet of Dulgobrda. The settlement had a total of 37 households with the anthroponymy attested being mixed Slavic-Albanian in character, with a predominance of Slavic names, with the minority of Albanian anthroponyms that appear displaying instances of Slavicisation (e.g., ''Pejo Gjoni.''). Alongside the Christians, 3 Muslim households are also registered. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Muslims
Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Macedonians (Greeks), the Greek people inhabiting or originating from Macedonia, a geographic and administrative region of Greece * Macedonian Bulgarians, the Bulgarian people from the region of Macedonia * Macedo-Romanians (other), an outdated and rarely used term for the Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians, both being small Eastern Romance ethno-linguistic groups present in the region of Macedonia * Macedonians (obsolete terminology), an outdated and rarely used umbrella term to designate all the inhabitants of the region, regardless of their ethnic origin, as well as the local Slavs and Romance-speakers, as regional and ethnographic communities Ancient * Ancient Macedonians, an ancient Greek tribe associated with the ancient region an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomaks
Pomaks (; Macedonian: Помаци ; ) are Bulgarian-speaking Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northwestern Turkey, and northeastern Greece. The strong ethno-confessional minority in Bulgaria is recognized officially as Bulgarian Muslims by the government. The term has also been used as a wider designation, including also the Slavic Muslim populations of North Macedonia and Albania. Most Pomaks today live in Turkey, where they have settled as muhacirs as a result of escaping previous ethnic cleansing in Bulgaria. Bulgaria recognizes their language as a Bulgarian dialect, whereas in Greece and Turkey they self-declare their language as the Pomak language. The community in Greece is commonly fluent in Greek, and in Turkey, Turkish, while the communities in these two countries, especially in Turkey, are increasingly adopting Turkish as their first language as a result of education and family links with the Turkish people. They are not officially recognized as one people with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonians (ethnic Group)
Macedonians ( ) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe. They speak Macedonian, a South Slavic language. The large majority of Macedonians identify as Eastern Orthodox Christians, who share a cultural and historical "Orthodox Byzantine–Slavic heritage" with their neighbours. About two-thirds of all ethnic Macedonians live in North Macedonia; there are also communities in a number of other countries. The concept of a Macedonian ethnicity, distinct from their Orthodox Balkan neighbours, is seen to be a comparatively newly emergent one. The earliest manifestations of an incipient Macedonian identity emerged during the second half of the 19th century among limited circles of Slavic-speaking intellectuals, predominantly outside the region of Macedonia. They arose after the First World War and especially during the 1930s, and thus were consolidated by Communist Yugoslavia's governmental policy after the Second World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Slavic Languages
The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West Slavic languages, West and East Slavic languages, East) by a belt of German language, German, Hungarian language, Hungarian and Romanian language, Romanian speakers. History The first South Slavic language to be written (also the first attested Slavic language) was the variety of the Eastern South Slavic spoken in Thessaloniki, now called Old Church Slavonic, in the ninth century. It is retained as a liturgical language in Slavic Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox churches in the form of various local Church Slavonic language, Church Slavonic traditions. Classification The South Slavic languages constitute a Dialect continuum#South Slavic continuum, dialect continuum. Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin constitute a single dialect wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Language
Macedonian ( ; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken as a first language by around 1.6 million people, it serves as the official language of North Macedonia. Most speakers can be found in the country and Macedonian diaspora, its diaspora, with a smaller number of speakers throughout the transnational Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia. Macedonian is also a recognized minority language in parts of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, and Serbia and it is spoken by expatriate communities predominantly in Australia, Canada, and the United States. Macedonian developed out of the western dialects of the Eastern South Slavic dialect continuum, whose earliest recorded form is Old Church Slavonic. During much of its history, this dialect continuum was called "Bulgarian", although in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enver Hoxha
Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was the Secretary (title)#First secretary, First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 until his death, a member of its Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania, Politburo, chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania, and commander-in-chief of the Albanian People's Army. He was the twenty-second Prime Minister of Albania, prime minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times was both Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (Albania), foreign minister and Ministry of Defence (Albania), defence minister of the country. Hoxha was born in Gjirokastër near Greece in 1908. He was a grammar school teacher in 1936. After the Italian invasion of Albania, he joined the Party of Labour of Albania at its creation in 1941 in the Soviet Union. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
