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The ethnic Macedonians in Greece have faced difficulties from the Greek government in their ability to self-declare as members of a "Macedonian minority" and to refer to their native language as "Macedonian". [260] Since the late 1980s there has been an ethnic Macedonian revival in Northern Greece, mostly centering on the region of Florina. [263]
The history of Macedonians has been shaped by population shifts and political developments in the southern Balkans, especially within the region of Macedonia.The ideas of separate Macedonian identity grew in significance before the First World War, both in Vardar and among the left-leaning diaspora in Bulgaria, and were endorsed by the Comintern.
[336] [337] Carol J. King elaborates that finding the reason why "ancient Greeks themselves differentiated between Greeks and Macedonians" is limited by the fact that "if one seeks historical truth about an ancient people who have left no definitive record, one may have to let go of the hope for a definitive answer" especially considering that ...
Hippolochus (early 3rd century BC) description of a Macedonian wedding feast; Poseidippus of Cassandreia (c. 288 BC) comic poet; Poseidippus of Pella (c. 280 BC–240 BC) epigrammatic poet; Amerias (3rd century BC) lexicographer; Craterus (historian) (3rd century BC) anthologist, compiler of historical documents relative to the history of Attica
During 1930s, some Macedonians began to indicate that their nationality was "Macedonian", and promoted this new ethnic identification, following political directives. The first organization in the United States to support the idea that Macedonians constitute a separate nationality was the pro-communist Macedonian People's League. [26]
Pages in category "Macedonian people of African-American descent" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. G.
Metodija Andonov - Čento (1902–1957), first president of the People's Republic of Macedonia [note 1] Stojan Andov (1935–2024), first president of the Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia; Vasile Andonovski (born 1961), a Macedonian diplomat who was a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Macedonia to the United Nations
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