The House of Todor Tomovski, listed as House of Pejčin Tomovski, is a historical house in

Galičnik Galičnik () is a mountain village in North Macedonia and along with Lazaropole is one of the two biggest and oldest Mijak villages in the region. Galičnik has well-preserved traditional architecture, including an amphitheater in the village sq ...

that is listed as

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. It is in ownership of one branch of the family of Tomovski. The house is considered to be one of the oldest surviving building in the village.

Family history

The former surname of Tomovski is Pardovski/Pardovci. Before they inhabited

in 1774, they lived in the Miyak village of Osoj. The family of Tomovski has shared ancestry with the families of Gjinovski,

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and Ugrinovski.

Members of the family

* Pardo Pardovski - local magnate and sheep owner. He is the one who brought its family to

. * Pejčin Pardovski (Tomovski) - son of Pardo, born 1764. * Tomo Pardovski (Tomovski) - son of Pejčin; the surname Tomovski originates from Tomo. He was one of the biggest landowners and sheepowners (kjeaja). He was killed in 1856 in the mountain vicinity of the village of Gari, on the way that leads to

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. * Marko Pardovski - son of Pejčin and brother of Tomo; His descendants bear the surname Markovski after him. * Todor Tomoski - son of Tomo He was vice president of Miyak Christian Sect - a local church organization that tended to oppose the Greek and Bulgarian propaganda in

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, particular in the Miyak region. * Rafail "Rafe" Tomoski - son of Todor. He was killed by

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bandits, during grazing of his 4000 sheep who were stolen afterwards. * Pejčin Tomovski - president of the local Peoples Liberation Committee during

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External links

National Register of objects that are cultural heritage
(List updated to December 31, 2012) (In Macedonian)
Office for Protection of Cultural Heritage
(In Macedonian) Historic houses Cultural heritage of North Macedonia Galičnik Orphaned articles from November 2021

Family history

Members of the family

See also

References

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