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Greeks in North Macedonia (Macedonian: Грци во Северна Македонија [ɡr̩t͡si]) form a small community numbering 294 individuals per 2021 census.




History






= Refugees from the Greek Civil War

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Greeks are mainly settled now in the cities of Gevgelija (Greek: Γευγελή, Gevgelī́) and Bitola (Greek: Μοναστήρι, Monastī́ri). Today this community is a remnant from the times of Communist Yugoslavia. Then many Greek communists fled Greece due to the Greek Civil War as political refugees. Today here live mostly their descendants. Ethnologue cites Greek as an "immigrant language" in North Macedonia. In 2002, 422 individuals declared themselves as Greeks in the census. The 2021 census recorded only 294 individuals declaring their ethnicity as Greek.




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There is a historical controversy surrounding a Greek minority within North Macedonia, that stems from the late 19th and early 20th century Ottoman era statistical treatment of Aromanian and Slavic-speaking population groups in the area, which partially used to identify themselves as Greeks as part of the Rum millet. A large number of Aromanians and Slavic-speakers with Greek identity left the region after the Balkan Wars (1912-1913) and First World War (1914-1918) and settled in Greece.



Notable historical personalities

The following Aromanian and Slavic people were born during Ottoman times in what is today North Macedonia and identified as Greek after the rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire:

Theodoros Adam, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Charalambos Boufidis, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Petros Christou (1887-1908), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Georgios Karaiskakis (-1910), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Evangelos Koukoudeas, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Eleni Karinte, first love of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Dimitrios Lalas (1844/48-1911), composer and musician
Georgios Modis (1887-1975), jurist, politician, writer and participant in the Macedonian Struggle
Theodoros Modis, merchant, scholar and participant in the Macedonian Struggle
Traianos Nallis (1874-?), politician
Pantelis Papaioannou (c.1880-1907), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Theofylaktos Papakonstantinou (1905-1991), writer and politician
Anastasios Pichion (1836-1913), educator and participant the Macedonian Struggle
Michail Sapkas (1873-1956), politician and doctor
Dimitrios Semsis (1883-1950), violinist
Michael Sionidis (1870-1935), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Alexandros Svolos (1892-1956), President of Political Committee of National Liberation during WW2
Dimitrios Tsapanos (1882/1883-?), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Dimitrios Tsitsimis, chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle
Georgios Vafopoulos (1903-1996), poet, writer, teacher and journalist
Antonios Zois (1869-1941), chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle




See also


Greece–North Macedonia relations
Grecomans
Macedonians (Greeks)
Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia
Aromanians in North Macedonia




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Tymfaia
• Rencana bergabungnya Makedonia Utara dengan Uni Eropa
• Suku Iliria
• Bahasa Proto-Helenik
• Formasi falangs
• Dialek-dialek Yunani Kuno
• Muslim Yunani
• Bahasa Makedonia Kuno
• Konstantinos Karamanlis
• Helios
• Greeks in North Macedonia
• North Macedonia
• Macedonia (Greece)
• Greece–North Macedonia relations
• Macedonians (Greeks)
• Ancient Macedonians
• Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia
• Geography of North Macedonia
• Flag of North Macedonia
• Macedonia naming dispute