Population of Skopje Through History – Contemporary Sources

In page 211 he is in Skopje and writes about the population: ‘sa population est eminemment Bulgare,mais il y a aussi assez de Serbes et de Zinzares’ (Tr: its population is eminently Bulgarian, but there are also enough Serbs and Zinzares(Vlachs).
With the formation of the second Bulgarian Empire in 1186, the rule of the Tsars once more made itself felt in Macedonia. As early as 1197 a Bulgarian noble declared himself independent in the passes of the Vardar, and governed Upper Macedonia in his own name. We find the Tsar Kalojan lord of Uskub in 1210.
Slaveikoff, by his journal, published at Constantinople in the sixties, had endeavoured to prepare the way for the national movement in Macedonia ; but so little was the Bulgarian alphabet then known, even among the Bulgarian Macedonians, that the editor was forced to print his patriotic articles in Greek characters.
Bcrats were granted in 1890 for two Bulgarian Bishops at Ochrida and Uskub respectively.
While later the author informs us “In the district of Uskub, where there are some Servian-speaking refugees and people speaking a Bulgarian dialect containing many Servian words“.
– Taken from the book “History Of Montenegro” by Francis Seymour Stevenson, 1914
In page 24 we can find
Stevenson makes it explicit that the Ethnicities suffering from the extension of Serbian state were Greeks, Magyars, Shkipetars and Bulgarians since unfortunately for the usual propagandists of fYROM, these were the only Ethnicities of the region.
Its even interesting to witness the fact Stevenson mentions Skoplje when it became the new capital on the Wardar but still there were found No “Macedonians” there but obviously Bulgarians!!!!
– The Journal of International Relations By george h. blakeslee
and Uskub, the great majority of the population is Slavic, … the middle ages until 1913 called themselves and were called by their neighbors Bulgarians |
– In the book“Turkey in Transition” by G.F Abbott, published in 1909 we are informed Skopje (Uskub) had
“Bulgarian inhabitants“
– In the book “The Bulgarians and Anglo-Saxondom” published in 1919, we are informed that Skopje, along with other cities of Modern FYROM were “recognised as Bulgarian“
In page 208 he mentions ‘Bulgarian peasants’ near Skopje(Uskoub)
A table with numbers making explicit the population of Skopje during 19th cent.
Sources:
– Anastasovski “Contestations over Macedonian identity 1870-1912″
– Halil Inalcik “The middle east and the balkans under the ottoman empire essays on economy and society”
– Mehmet Inbasi “The city of Skopje and its demographic structure in the 19th century”
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