- Source: Vasileiada
Vasileiada (Greek: Βασιλειάδα, before 1928: Ζαγοριτσάνη – Zagoritsani; Macedonian and Bulgarian: Загоричани) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Vasileiada, Agia Paraskevi and Verga.
Originally named Zagorichani, the village had a Slavic speaking population during Ottoman rule. After the rise of nationalism the locals were divided in pro-Bulgarian and pro–Greek community. During the struggle for Macedonia, many Bulgarian inhabitants were killed in 1905.
After Zagoritsani became part of Greece in 1913, the village mosque was demolished. The 1920 Greek census recorded 1,105 inhabitants in the village. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Zagoritsani were from Pontus (32) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 735 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 33 (112 people).
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria. The village Vasileiada had a total of 1,136 inhabitants, and was populated by 910 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.
Notable people
Dimitar Blagoev (1856–1924), Bulgarian political leader and philosopher
Anastas Yankov (1857–1906), Bulgarian Army officer
Maslina Grancharova (1874–1958), Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Vasileiada
- List of settlements in the Kastoria regional unit
- Dimitar Blagoev
- Verga, Kastoria
- Verno
- Germanos Karavangelis
- Little Sofia
- Efthymios Kaoudis
