Krste Misirkov

Krste Petkov Misirkov (Bulgarian: Кръсте Петков Мисирков; Macedonian: Крсте Петков Мисирков; 18 November 1874 – 26 July 1926) was a philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer from the region of Macedonia. He authored the book On Macedonian Matters. Quotes I have no intention of politicizing in the Bulgarian fashion. I am a Macedonian and this is how I see the position of my country: it is not Russia or Austria-Hungary that are the enemies of Macedonia, but Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia. Our country can be saved from ruin only by struggling fiercely against these states. Forgotten Wars: Central and Eastern Europe, 1912-1916 (2021), p. 40 I am a Macedonian. I write in the central Macedonian dialect, which from now on I shall always consider the Macedonian literary language. The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World (1997), p. 50 We Macedonians are Turkish subjects and interested in maintaining the unity of Turkey ... the Macedonian intelligentsia, if they examine their own interests, should for their own sake and the sake of their people devote all their moral strength to the prime task of maintaining the unity of Turkey. Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe: Part I (2008), p. 137 and On Macedonian Matters, translated by Alan McConnell (1974), p. 63 From the Macedonian point of view, the unification of all Macedonia with Bulgaria, Serbia or Greece is not desirable, but neither is it particularly frightening. Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe: Part I (2008), p. 137 and On Macedonian Matters, translated by Alan McConnell (1974), pp. 63 and 89 What sort of new Macedonian nation can this be when we and our fathers and grandfathers and great-grandfathers have always been called Bulgarians? ... Macedonian as a nationality has never existed, they will say, and it does not exist now. There have always been two south Slav nationalities in Macedonia: Bulgarian and Serbian. So, any kind of Macedonian Slav revival is simply the empty concern of a number of fanatics who have no concept of South Slav history. Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe: Part I (2008), p. 138 If it is officially acknowledged that there are not several Slav nationalities in Macedonia, but only one, which is neither Bulgarian nor Serbian, and if Macedonia secedes as an independent Bishopric, Turkey will be immediately freed from interference in Macedonian affairs by the three neighboring states. Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe: Part I (2008), p. 138 Finally, many people will point out that our greatest misfortune is that we have no local Macedonian patriotism. If there were patriotism in Macedonia, we would think and work only for Macedonia. But now some of us still consider ourselves Bulgarian and link our interests with those of Bulgaria instead of studying our own country, Macedonia ... Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe: Part I (2008), p. 138 and On Macedonian Matters, translated by Alan McConnell (1974), p. 146 The Macedonian national revival ... is basically the result of the competition between Bulgaria and Serbia over the Macedonian question. Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe: Part I (2008), p. 139 and On Macedonian Matters, translated by Alan McConnell (1974), pp. 113, 140 and 149 We have hitherto been called Bulgarians, this is what we are called today and what we want to be called in future. Nationality of the Macedonian People (1924) We will be Macedonians rather than Bulgarians, but Macedonians with a self-consciousness other than your Serbian-national one, with a historical past of our own, with a literary language of our own, alongside the Bulgarian one, with a Macedonian-Bulgarian national school of our own, with a national church of our own, in which the national and religious sentiment of Macedonia is not offended by the face and spirit of Serbian saints such as 'St. Sava'. Sacralizing the Nation through Remembrance of Medieval Religious Figures in Serbia, Bulgaria and Macedonia (2022), p. 573 and Nationality of the Macedonian People (1924) The Macedonian national feeling and national awareness are as old as the Bulgarian and the Serbian are. The Path of Reconciliation (1925) External links Category:Educators Category:1874 births Category:1926 deaths Category:Writers Category:Historians