Partition of Macedonia in 1913

Macedonia was a single geographic entity until the Balkan Wars of 1912-13. As a result of the Treaty of Bucharest, Macedonia was partitioned among Serbia, Greece, and Bulgaria. These regions are known as the Republic of Macedonia (independent since 1991), Aegean Macedonia (presently within the borders of Greece), and Pirin Macedonia (within the borders of Bulgaria). There are also small parts of Macedonia presently in Albania (known as Mala Prespa and Golo Brdo) and Yugoslavia (Gora and Prohor Pchinski). Upon annexation of Macedonia's territory, Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria began terrorist campaigns aimed at expelling or forcibly assimilating the indigenous Macedonian population. Greece and Bulgaria continue this policy today by denying the existence of the large Macedonian minorities within their respective territories and refusing to grant them their basic human rights.

The ethnic Macedonians in Greece and Bulgaria do not wish anything more than the recognition of their fundamental human and national rights: the right to speak their own language; to assemble for peaceful purposes; and, the right to call themselves Macedonian without fear of persecution or discrimination. Increased pressure must be placed upon the governments of Greece and Bulgaria to comply with the many international human rights agreements to which they are signatories..

Slusam Kaj Sumat Sumite

If Macedonia was always Greek, why would the Greek government have to change the Macedonian names of people, towns, and villages to Greek?

Between 1913 and 1928 the Slavic names of hundreds of villages and towns were Hellenized by a Committee for the Changing of Names, which was charged by the Greek government with 'the elimination of all the names which pollute and disfigure the appearance of our beautiful fatherland and which provide an opportunity for hostile peoples to draw conclusions that are unfavourable for the Greek nation' (Lithoxoou 1992b: 55). In 1927 the Greek government issued a directive calling for the destruction of all Slavic inscriptions in churches and forbidding church services from being held in a Slavic language. Finally, in 1936 a law was passed ordering that all Slavic personal names, both first and last, be Hellenized (Human Rights Watch/Helsinki 1994b: 6-7). Jovan Filipov, therefore, became Yannis Filippidis, and Lena Stoikov became Eleni Stoikou

The participants in this partitioning claimed right to parts of Macedonia, declaring Macedonians to be Southern Serbs, Bulgarians and Slavophonic Greeks. They changed their new subjects' names and surnames. They forbade the Macedonian language, forced Macedonians to learn in foreign languages and imposed their own interpretations of history. They forced them to go to their churches. In short, they turned them into second-rate citizens, subjected to systematic re-settling and permanent exile. The common denominator of such politics was denationalization of the Macedonian people, erasing them from the Balkan's map of peoples, usurping its history, identity and desire for its own state. They forced upon us the fate of disappearing through assimilation

"After the Greeks occupied Aegean Macedonia, they closed the Slavic-language schools and churches and expelled the priests. The Macedonian language and name were forbidden, and the Macedonians were referred to as Bulgarians, Serbians or natives. By a law promulgated on November 21, 1926, all place-names were Hellenized; that is the names of cities, villages, rivers and mountains were discarded and Greek names put in their place. At the same time the Macedonians were forced to change their first names and surnames; every Macedonian surname had to end in 'os', 'es', or 'poulos'. The news of these acts and the new, official Greek names were published in the Greek government daily Efimeris tis Kiverniseos no.322 and 324 of November 21 and 23, 1926. The requirement to use these Greek names is officially binding to this day. All evidence of the Macedonian language was compulsorily removed from churches, monuments, archaeological finds and cemetaries. Slavonic church or secular literature was seized and burned. The use of the Macedonian language was strictly forbidden also in personal communication between parents and children, among villagers, at weddings and work parties, and in burial rituals.

The treaty of Bucharest

It is good to have this important historical document handy, considering that we are still suffering the consequences from it, as a nation that "didn't made it" to become a party in it, despite the will of the Macedonians for their own independent country - a dream that finally came through after the World War II.
The Peace Treaty of Bucharest was the outcome of the conference convened after the conclusion of the Second Balkan War, on the initiative of King Carol of Roumania. Bulgaria lost the greater part of Macedonia, whose territory was divided between Greece and Serbia. During the conference, the Bulgarian delegates at times adopted an attitude that was seen as provocative by the other participants, given that Bulgaria had been the aggressor and was, moreover, the defeated side. There were also times, however, when they were strikingly conciliatory. This was because Bulgaria hoped that the Great Powers would revise the treaty, a hope encouraged by both Austria and Russia. France and Germany were opposed to such a revision, while Italy and Britain were prepared to accept it only if it was unanimously agreed upon. The European Powers were wary of the possibility of further unrest in the Balkans.

The delegations were headed at the conference by their respective Prime Ministers; Greece was represented by Eleftherios Venizelos, Serbia by N. Pashic, Romania by T. Maioresco and Montenegro by S.Voukotic, whilst defeated Bulgaria was represented by the Finance Minister D. Tontchev.

Through the Treaty of Bucharest, the territory of Greece doubled in size and its population increased by some two million, reaching 4,718,221 inhabitants. Although this expansion could have been considerably greater, it was significant as it included sources of wealth, providing the conditions for industrialisation and economic development. It also improved Greece’s international standing. With its special position in the network of Balkan relations and in the balance of political and military power in Europe, the modern Greek state acquired an unprecedented role.

Long live Macedonia

Narode Makedonski

Greek Denial of Macedonian Minority

When the Republic of Macedonia was seeking international recognition of its independence in 1991, the Greek Council of Ministers defined its terms of recognition of this new state.
"It should not use the name 'Macedonia' which has a purely geographic and not an ethnic meaning. It should recognize that it has no territorial claims on our country. It should recognize that, in Greece, there is no 'Macedonian' minority".
The Greek government denies the existence of a Macedonian ethnicity,even worse it denies the existence of a Macedonian minority within its borders and refuses to grant these people their basic human rights. The United Nations and other international organizations recognizes each nation's right to self-determination. The Macedonians throughout the Balkans, regardless of what borders they find themselves in, have their own language, history, culture, and traditions. Greece and Bulgaria are the only two countries to continue to deny them this right.
"...they have carefully fostered this delusion, as if to give the impression both to their own people and to the world that there that there was no Slav minority in Greece at all; whereas, if a foreigner who did not know Greece were to visit the Florina (Lerin) region and from his idea of the country as a whole, he would conclude that it was the Greeks who were the minority. It is predominantly a Slav region not a Greek one. The language of the home, and usually also of the fields, the village street, and the market, is Macedonian, a Slav language."

• "Greek is regarded as almost a foreign language and the Greeks are distrusted as something alien, even if not, in the full sense of the word, as foreigners. This obvious fact, almost too obvious to be stated, that the region is Slav by nature and not Greek cannot be overemphasized."
  
• "...we note Greek claims that Northern Greece, or Aegean Macedonia, is 'more than 98.5% ethnically pure.' The purity is held to be Greek. However, the statement is not accepted by reputable opinion outside of Greece. For instance, the 1987 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica indicated that there were still 180,000 Macedonian speakers in this area, indicating a much greater percentage than 1.5%. If Macedonian activists from these areas are correct, there may be as many as 1,000,000 people from Macedonian-speaking backgrounds in Aegean Macedonia.
  
• "For most of the past eighty years, the Greek government has consistently denied the existence of both a Macedonian nation and a Macedonian minority in northern Greece and has adopted a policy of forced assimilation toward the Slavic-speaking inhabitants of Aegean Macedonia."
  
• "The United Nations, the United States State Department, Amnesty International, and various chapters of Helsinki Watch throughout the world disagree with the Greeks, in particular, about the presence of Macedonians (and other minorities) in Greece and have pressured them in recent times to change their behaviour toward their Macedonian-speaking minority.
  
• "Greece is the only Southeast European country that does not recognize the presence of any national minorities in its territory. Turks are recognized as a mere “religious, Muslim” minority (which nevertheless is educated in Turkish), while Macedonians are not considered even a linguistic minority. The words “Turkish” and “Macedonian” have repeatedly led to the prosecution of their users, with courts handing down prison sentences or banning minority associations.
  
• "Whereas, concerning the Muslims, the controversy relates to the character and the identity of the minority, when dealing with the Macedonians, there is a near unanimity in denying the very existence of any such minority, and supporting the persecution if not the prosecution of such claims.
  
• "The Macedonian minority continued to face various forms of harassment and discrimination in 1996. These included restrictions on freddom of cultural expression, violations of the freedom of association, harassment of its political party, Rainbow, denial of entry to Greece by ethnic Macedonians and former Greek citizens living abraod, and citizenship issues.

Atentat na VMRO 1934

GREEK TOP SECRET DOKUMENT AGAINST MACEDONIAN PEOPLE

Top secret
Hellenic Republic
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY
NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE
Athens, 16 February 1982


Number of protocol 6502/7-3042….


INTRODUCTIONS
a. The Skopians' activities for the autonomy of Macedonia may be efficiently confronted mainly by wiping out the use of the idiom, in the regions near the borders. This opinion is based on the realizations that also other regions that in older times were the center of "Macedonism", like Kastoria, are not hit by the Skopian propaganda, because there the use of the idiom has been almost wiped out.
b. This element by itself would be enough to exclude any thoughts of repatriation of the P/R (political refugees) who now reside in Yugoslavia and who have been brought up with the "Macedonian idea", the "Macedonian language and culture", independently of their participation or not to the organizations SNOF, NOF and activities taken for Greek territories, during the period 1946-1949..


As for the above it is imperative to:
1. The creation of a state institution that will depend from the Prefectures of the regions near the borders, lined with the suitable and specially trained to the "Plot against Macedonia" subject, personnel. This institution will engage itself only with this subject, with the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and will collaborate closely, but in secret, with the Security Authorities and all the public services (Tax office, Schools, Army, Church, etc.).
2. In the public services and especially in the educational institutions the employees who will be in service have to be ignorant of the local idiom.


The establishment of special enlightenment seminaries, for all the public service employees and the clergy who are in service in the sensitive region of Macedonia.
4. The establishment of motivations for the obligatory residence of the public servants and other employees, in the quarters of their service (example: payment of the rent, extra pay, etc.).
5. Establishment of Cultural Association, like "ARISTOTELIS" in Florina and economic help to them, for the realization of events and the publishing of books, newspapers, magazines, etc. and afterwards these will be sent to the Diaspora abroad who has origins from the regions of the senders. This will boost their national sentiment and they will be protected from the anti-Hellenic propaganda that is been practiced by S/M (Slavmacedonians) organizations.


Insertion of various obstacles (non-recognition of diplomas, postponement of military service, etc.) for the Greek students who wish to study in Skopje.
7. Marking in each village of persons who, due to their kin bounds and their personality, influence a large circle of co-villagers and with any means (even with money payments) get close to them and use them properly so they will behave as the fighters of the use of the idiom in their circle. To this direction a very positive and effective role can be that of the Youngers of the political parties, by the judgment and coordination of the Government, when a between parties agreement will be reached.
8. Recruitment in the Armed Forces, in Police Bodies, in the public services and Organisms of employees with origins from Florina region, by exception, and their obligatory location in other areas of the Country.
9. The encouragement, by the leadership of the Army, of meetings and marriages of Army officers, who are on duty there and have origins abroad, with women that speak the idiom.

6 steps to success 6 чекори до успехот

STEP 1 People who live in Republic of  Macedonia  stop being dependent on political power
 Take the law in your hands and those politicians who deserve keep them for a better tomorrow and for a stronger Macedona!!The traitors and enemies politicians should only get an specific answer and that answer is death....

STEP 2  The Macedonian army should have full power and strength to power!create military and police swat team to prevent problems in the country andsecret group that will manage some difficult missions that the police do not have the opportunity to do so....


STEP 3  minimum rights to minorities such as Turks and other Albanians and expulsion from the country those immigrants who are criminals


STEP 4  Exploitation state energies for the opening of factories and the employment of people. High-level negotiations with Europe on the problem of our name ... No negotiation with Greece, Bulgaria and other countries enemies the keys to succeed on behalf of the problem is terrorism against the countries which refuse to accept the truth about our name.

STEP 5 Complete control of the press and general media to better inform citizens of the country ... no tolerance for propaganda channels and closure of these...introduction of new courses in schools about the problem in Macedonia andbooks targeted at the regeneration of our national identity

STEP 6 Cooperation with brothers and sisters in the occupied parts of Macedonia for a better future for their freedom ... Cooperation meaning creating armed groups toclarify a few situations ... Death to traitors betraying the Macedonians inMacedonia

ЧЕКОР 1 Луѓето кои живеат во Република Македонија престанува да биде зависна од политичката моќ
 Земете законот во ваши раце и оние политичари кои заслужуваат да ги чуваат за подобро утре и за посилна Macedona! Предавниците и непријателите политичари само треба да добие конкретен одговор и дека одговорот е смрт ....

ЧЕКОР 2 Македонската армија треба да има целосна власт и сила на власт! Создаде војската и полицијата Сват тим за да се спречи проблеми во земјата andsecret група која ќе управува со некои тешки мисии кои полицијата не имаат можност да го стори тоа ....


ЧЕКОР 3 минимални права на малцинствата, како што се Турците и други Албанци и протерување од земјата оние доселеници кои се криминалци


ЧЕКОР 4 експлоатација држава енергија за отворање на фабрики и вработување на луѓе. Високо ниво на преговори со Европа на проблемот на нашето име ... Не преговори со Грција, Бугарија и други земји непријатели на копчињата за да се успее во име на проблемот е тероризам против земјите кои одбиваат да ја прифатат вистината за нашето име.

ЧЕКОР 5 целосна контрола на печатот и воопшто медиуми за подобро да ги информираат граѓаните на земјата ... нема толеранција за пропаганда канали и затворањето на овие ... воведување на нови предмети во училиштата за проблем во Македонија andbooks насочени кон обнова на нашиот национален идентитет

ЧЕКОР 6 соработка со браќа и сестри во окупираниот дел на Македонија за подобра иднина за својата слобода ... Соработка значи создавање на вооружени групи toclarify неколку ситуации ... Смрт за предавниците предавство на Македонците во Македонија

FREEDOM OR DEATH FOR MACEDONIA

In the name of the blood and the sun, the dagger and the gun, Christ protect me and all the true Macedonians....Long live united Macedonia

MACEDONIA FOR THE MACEDONIANS

Αποδεχτείτε τον εαυτό σας για το ποιοι ειστε. Εάν απελπισμένα θέλετε να ειστε Ελληνες, αναλυστε την απελπισία σας γιατί, και να είμαι ειλικρινής γι 'αυτό. ολοι οι άνθρωποι σε αυτόν τον κόσμο δεν επιλέγουν την ιθαγένειά τους. Γεννιούνται σε αυτό. Απάντηστε σε αυτή την ερώτηση: Τι είναι προς το συμφέρον των Ελλήνων; Είναιη φυσική ύπαρξη των Μακεδονων (που είναι εσύ) ή τη γη που καταλαμβάνουν;

Accept yourself for who you are. If you desperately want to be Greek, analyze your desperation why, and be honest about it. All the people in this world do not choose their nationality. They are born into it. Answer this question : What is in the best interest of the Greeks? Is it the physical existence of the Macedonians (that's you) or the land you occupy?

THE VAMPIRE OF THE GREEK CHURCH GERMANOS KARAVANGELIS

He was a Greek Patriarchalist Metropolitan bishop of Kastoria from 1900 until 1907 appointed in the name of the Greek state by the ambasador of Greece Nikolaos Mavrokordatos and was one of the main coordinators of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia that had an aim to defend the greek nationalistic and clerical interests against the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization in then Ottoman Turkish occupied Macedonia.
He organized armed groups comprised mainly of officers of the Greek army volunteers brought from Crete, Peloponnese and other parts of Greece then various criminals as well as few recruited locals such as the chieftain Vangel (Vangelis Strebreniotis) from the village of Strebreno (now Asprogia) and Kote Hristov (Kotas Hristos), a renegade from IMRO from the village of Rulya (later renamed by the Greek authorities as Kotas in his honour ).
Using methods such as: bribery, manipulation, assassinations, espionage, betrayal, Divide et impera and collaboration with the Ottoman Turkish occupators Karavangelis succeeded to enstrenghten the greek nationalistic positions in Macedonia and thus according to the greek historians helped the later annexation of a part of Macedonia by Greece in the Balkan Wars for what official Greece praises him as a national hero of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia ("makedonomacho"), while at the same time he's considered as a war criminal by the historians in Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria.
He is personally responsible for various crimes committed against the local population in Macedonia including, among other things his personal involement in the planning and organization of the massacre in the village of Zagorichani (later renamed Vasilyas) executed by the greek armed groups on the 25th of March 1905.
He is an author of the book of memoirs "The Macedonian Struggle" 

MACEDONIA FOR THE MACEDONIANS

LONG LIVE UNITED MACEDONIA

Zlatna Zora in Lerin 24/07/2011

Where are the people who were gathered in Ovchareni???where are they to expel the greek nationalists from our town???? they are hiding....this is our fate. others will rule the roost in our city....forget about united Macedonia we cant take land with melodies and songs...we cant have respect when every year we have the same situation ! Shame on us and shame on the hypocrites Macedonians. who are Macedonians just for the song and dance.

Никола Карев

Никола Карев е македонски револуционер, учесник во револуционерното движење, претседател на Крушевската република.
Никола Карев е роден во 1877 г. како четврто дете од петте деца на Јанаки Карев и Петкана Тотеска. Во 1892 г. тој бил принуден да го прекини школувањето и да учи столарски занает бидејки неговиот татко не можел да го носи целиот теовар за издржување на петдетното семејство. Во 1895 Карев заминува на печалба, прво работи како ѕидар а потоа станува столарски работник.Карев се враќа во родното Крушево и го продолжува своето образование. Во јуни 1900 г. бидејки го полага завршниот испит тој не учевствува на Првата социјалистичка конференција, но сепак тој ги прифаќа нивните одлуки. Во февруари 1901 г. социјалистите се примени во Организацијата а со тоа и Карев станува дел од таа Организација. Во Битола го завршува четврти клас во гимназија 1901/1902 г. и учителствува во селото Горно Дивјаци. Во јануари 1903г. застанува на чело на Крушевскиот револуционерен комитет, истата година во мај се одржал Смилевскиот конгрес, одржан е во селото Смилево. Сите селани добиле свои обврски четниците биле распоредени, деноноќно ја варделе целата околина а околу стотина вооружени смилевци биле во селото. На конгресот за претседател бил избран Даме Груев . Смилевскиот конгрес, конгрес на Битолскиот округ спрема решението од Солун ја потврдува одлуката за кревање на Илинденското востание.Бил избран главен Штаб со тројца рамноправни членови Даме Груев, Борис Сарафов и Анастас Лозанчев, бил избран Востанички дисциплински устав, со кој се определувало правата и должностите на војсководците.Се предвидува формирање на чети од 30 до 50 души. Конгресот ја завршува својата работа на 7 мај 1903, на 27 јули кај селото Буф како ден за објавување на востаниет е определен 2 август, на 28 јули Штабот преку брзи курири испрака проглас за востанието. Ноќта на 2 август 1903г. го нападнале и ослободиле градот Крушево со околу 700 востаници. Била формирана Крушевската Република, таа била прва република на Балканскиот полуостров создадена за време на Илинденското востание. На 4 авгус во градот влегува Штабот , востаниците се добро пречекани од народот. На чело на Штабот соти Никола Карев. За претседателна републиката бил избран началникот на штабот на Крушевските вооружени сили Никола Карев. Отворени се работилници за произведување и поправање на оружјето, работниците од с. Селце изградиле и црешов топ но тој се распаднал уште од првото пукање, изработен е и друг топ но останал во рацете не турците кој го однеле како трофеј во Цариград. Мобилизирана е машката страна а штабот е зголемен за уште 1200 луѓе. Задачата на турците била да си го поврати Крушево и тоа му успевало со 18 000 војска. Дел од заштитниците на Крушево загинале на Мечкин Камен предводени од војводата Питу Гули. На 12 август 1903 е крајот на Крушевската Република. Откако градот повторно паѓа во турските раце тој се повлекува од Крушево. Заминува во Белград во ноември 1903г. Во Софија учевствува во формирање на Македонско-одринска социјалистичка група во 1905г. На 26 април 1905г. со својата чета тргнал на пат за Крушево. Преноќевале во селото Рајчани, тука се продадени и веднаш сардисани од турска војска. На 27 април 1905 кај местото Свиланово Никола Карев загинал

Tekstot e napisano od Sofija Blazevska  Bitola

Даме Груев

Даме Груев е македонски револуционер и еден од основачите на ТМОРО. Роден е во селото Смилево на 19 јануари 1871 г. Потекнува од ѕидарско –печалбарско семејство. Се образувал во Битола учи до четврти клас, а потоа во Солунската машка гимназија „ СВ. Кирил и Методиј“. Груев заминува да учи во Белград на сметка на Друштвото
„Свети Сава“ завршува гимназија и повторно на сметка на друштвото се запишува на Великата Школа. Во 1891г. исклучен е од школата и заминува од Белград. Во Софија се запишува на историја во Вишото училиште, но во 1891 и од таму е исклучен. Од 1891-1893 бил учител во Прилеп и во селото Смилево. Во 1894г. започнал да ги формира првите револуционерни комитети. Бил учител во Штип и инспектор во солкунско, потоа наставник во Битолската гимназија и раководител на Битолскиот револуционерен округ. По убиството на Х.Белчев министер за финансии, Даме Груев и некои негови пријатели биле уапсени како осомничени. Откако се вратил во Македонија поднел молба да биде назначен како учител во Битола, но молбата била одбиена. Назначен е за учител во Смилево, потоа учителствува во Прилеп а во 1893 заминува Солун. Во Солун работи во печатницата на Коста Самарџиев.Груев бил иницијатор за основачката средба на ВМОРО на 23 октомври 1993г. во Солун. Избран е за секретар и касиер на Централниот комитет. Од 1894 до 1895 е назначен за учител во Штип, каде учителствува заедно со Гоце Делчев. Во 1895 се враќа во Солун како училишен инспектор, таму се активира во работењето на Организацијата и го воведува шифрарникот. Во Битола развива голема дејност за закрепнување на револуционерните комитети, за формирање нови комитети и пронаоѓање на нови соборци. На 6 август е уапсен и осуден на 10 години затвор за таканаречената Попставрева афера. На 29 мај 1902 од затворот во Битола е испратен во Подрум кале. Амнестиран е пролетта 1903г. На Смилевскит конгрес во почетокот на мај 1903 г. Даме Груев, Атанас Лозанчев и Борис Сарафов се избрани за членови на Главниот штаб на Илинденското востание во Битолскиот револуционетен округ. Груев учевствува во одредување на датумот за кревање на востанието и е задолжен за бранење на Смилевското подрачје. Заедно со Ѓорѓи Сугарев раководат одбрана на Смилево. На 14 август одбраната на Смилево е пробиена, а востаниците се принудени да се повлечат во Бигла планина. На 9 септември 1903 Груев и Сарафов во име на штабот испраќаат писмо до бугарската влада и бараат помош од Бугарија. Во 1904г. Груев е заробен од србоманската војвода Глигор Соколовиќ, но Пере Тошев му се заканува на персоналот
на српското дипломатско претставништво во Софија и Груев е ослободен. По заминувањето од Софија бил крајно разочаран. На 23 декември 1906 заедно со своите другари херојски загинува на врвот Петлец над селото Русиново. Коските на тројцата храбри јунаци биле погребани во Русиновската.

Tekstot e napisano od Sofija Blazevska Bitola