DAMIAN GRUEV This memorandum was handed to Dr.Kozhuharov, the Bulgarian consul in Bitola, and transmitted by him to the government in Sofia with report N441 from September 17th, 1903. A part of the text is published on p.435 of Macedonia's Struggle for Liberation (Sofia, 1933, edition of The Ilinden Uprising Veterans' Organization) by Christo SILJANOV - ...

The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is dedicated to making original primary sources available on the Internet. An important aspect of using primary source material is learning how to critique a source. It is quite possible, for example, for a source to be invented, to be edited, or to be mistranslated. Checking into the authenticity and ...

In response to the misinformation and falsification of history from the propagandistic site of FYROM http://faq.macedonia.org we are going to provide references both by Ancient and Modern sources refuting the lies of FYROM pseudo-historians. - Ancient Sources - 1 . Quote: "Porus, bringing up his elephants, followed these movements, guided by the noise, and Alexander gradually led him to make ...

Ancient Sources 1.Quote: Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece". Strabo, VII, Frg. 9 (Loeb, H.L. Jones) *Strabo, the famous ancient geographer makes it more than clear to everybody that ancient Macedonia, without doubt, IS A PART OF GREECE. 2. Quote: "Your ancestors invaded Macedonia and the rest of Greece and did us great harm, though we had done them ...

            ANCIENT GREEKS REFERING TO THE MACEDONIANS AS GREEK: 1. Quote: How highly should we honour the Macedonians, who for the greater part of their lives never cease from fighting with the barbarians for the sake of the security of Greece? For who is not aware that Greece would have constantly stood in the greater danger, had we not ...

FYROM Claim: Quote: Greek was the international language (Linqua Franca) of Ancient times thus it was adopted from Philip and Alexander like Latin and English much later.While Alexander the Great spoke Macedonian to his comrades and Macedonian brothers he spoke Greek to Asians, Greek people and the rest of the world Fact: Greek was not the "lingua franca" ...

FYROM Claim: Quote: Hellenization of Aegean Macedonia after partition in 1913 Before Macedonia was partitioned it had all its cities written in cyrillic. Schools were teaching in cryillic and people in that region spoke cyrillic. In 1913 Aegean Macedonia was "liberated" (the correct term is partitioned) to Greece. Fact: The propagandists of FYROM simply ignore the fact that Nobody ...

1. Quote: The Thessalians in particular wore long robes, probably because they of all the Greeks lived in the most northerly and coldest region. Strabo[11.14.12]. This quote is used by FYROM's nationalistic site as 'evidence' for something as they claim but if someone examines it a little better he will find its deliberately taken out of context. Here is the complete text. [12] There ...

Nicholas Hammond, one of the world's best authorities in Macedonian history, stated the following in an interview with the magazine "Macedonian Echo" in February, 1993: (Q): Who were the Macedonians ? (A): The name of the ancient Macedonians is derived from Macedon, who was the grandchild of Deukalion, the father of all Greeks. This we may ...

Outgoing No 86/08 Sept. 1997 Attention: Mr. Kiro Gligorov President of the Republic of Macedonia Skopje O P E N L E T T E R from the Macedonian Scientific Institute, Sofia (re: Your interview of 23 July 1997) Mr. President, Not long ago, the Macedonian Bulgarians living in the USA, Canada and Australia, as well as those in Germany, addressed You with ...