The Yugoslav Communists implemented many measures to foster a “Macedonian” consciousness amongst the local populace in a historical context and in a region where such an ethno/national identity hardly existed. The Communists manufactured a version of history that lent a historical legitimacy to the new “Macedonian” nation. One measure that they implemented in order to sanitize and reconstruct history for […]

From the wonderful book of Richard West “Tito and the rise and fall of Yugoslavia” we cant but notice that there were no “Ethnic macedonians” but a mixture of Greeks, slavs, albanians and avars. The Greek monks Cyril and Methodius brought the Cyrillic script to Serbs, Bulgarians and Russians while in the major battles of Balkans there was no mention […]

1. Comparative history of Slavic Literatures by Dmitrij Cizevskij ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- 2. A History of the Greek Language: From Its Origins to the Present By Francisco Rodríguez Adrados page 265 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–  3. East Central Europe in the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 By Jean W. Sedlar, page 144 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————- 4. Central eastern Europe Crucible of World Wars edited by Joseph Slabey Rouček  page 62 […]