Translation in English By Marcus Templar “The indignation of the Macedonists for democracy is the same which they had for [any] opposing views. The creation of the “Macedonian” nation, almost half century ago, was materialized under the condition of one-party dictatorship. In those days, there was no difference between science and ideology, so the “Macedonian” historiography unopposed comfortably performed a […]

FYROM’s academic historiography has traditionally embraced the extreme nationalist view which characterised Slavomacedonian historians since 40’s. In fact today we can state safely that Stefan Troebst’s description in his “Die bulgarisch-jugoslawische Kontroverse um Makedonien” not only is still applying, but it has became worst during the last years. Troebst had wrote in 1983 : “Historical research in the SR [Socialist Republic of] Macedonia is not a humanist, civilizing end in itself, but is direct […]

The following excerpts are taken from a propaganda booklet published by the self described “Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts”. The book is full of unsubstantiated claims, exaggerations and even falsifications. The authors do concede a couple of interesting points: 1. The descriptor “Macedonian” took on an ethnic significance only in the 19th century when a certain demographic of the […]