The territory of Ancient Macedonia, in the pre-historic period had been settled by many tribes. It extended in the south-western part of the actual ethnic and geographical border of Macedonia, in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. The name "Macedon" for the first time was mentioned in the 8th century B.C. and it defined the eponym of the Macedonians... more

The Slavic tribes - Brsiaks, Strumians, Dragovits, Smolians, Rinhins and Velegezits had settled the territory of Macedonia from the end of the 6th century till the middle of the 7th century. The ancient Macedonian population that was found there was assimilated by the majority of the Slavic population. The toponimes were also Slavonicized... more

It was a long period of five hundred years (1395 - 1912) when Macedonia within her historic and ethnic borders shared the destiny of the powerful Ottoman Empire, as one of the central Balkan regions. After the defeat by the allies at the river Maritsa (1371), where the Macedonian feudals Volkashin and Uglesha took part, the Turks penetrated in the territory of ... more

The spring of the national revival of the Macedonians was manifested at the beginning of the 19th century. The main advocate of the Macedonian conscience was the middle class, organized into parishes practising different forms of local self-management. In that respect the Macedonian intellectuals excelled, led by the teachers. During the 60s and 70s … more

In 1912 the Balkan states - Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro formed an alliance in order to expel the Turkish administrative and military authorities from the Balkans. After expelling the Turks from Macedonia during the First Balkan War (1912/13), the occupation interests of the allied countries towards Macedonia caused another war among the allied … more

After the partition of Macedonia in 1913, the Vardar part with 800.000 inhabitants on 25.713 km2 territory was included in the Kingdom of SHS (since 1929 the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Following the First World War, Serbian authorities executed measures on denationalization and assimilation of the Macedonian population naming the Macedonians ... more

After the April War (1941) and the capitulation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Macedonia was again partitioned, this time by the fascist occupiers - Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Albania. The Macedonian people suffered a new partition, followed by the political oppression, national assimilation and economic exploitation. Numerous military and police... more

The struggle for liberation was also imbued with the struggle for self-determination and union of the Macedonian people. After the partition of Macedonia in 1913 and 1919 the Macedonian liberation movement was emphasizing in continuity its request for self-determination and union of Macedonia within her ethnic and geographic borders … more

After the I Session of ASNOM, Macedonia continued her development as a federal state within the frames of the Yugoslav Federation. During the period August 1944 - April 1945 the Presidium of ASNOM united both the supreme legislative and executive authority and worked on the normalization of the social life. In March 1945 the first elections were... more

The names "Macedonia" and "Macedonians" have been in existence and survived throughouth the history, also been, at the same time negated. The struggle concerning the legitimacy over the territory of Macedonia is in close connection with this names. The Macedonian people has been formed within the frames of geographic and historical ground of … more