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Kocho Racin

Kocho Racin

By on January 6, 2012 in History, People

Kosta Apostolov Solev (1908-43), popularly known as Kocho Racin, was a Macedonian revolutionary, poet and pioneer of modern Macedonian literature.

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Gligorov Dead at 94

Gligorov Dead at 94

By on January 5, 2012 in In the Know, News, People

Macedonia lost an honored statesman, committed patriot, and its first democratically elected President when Kiro Gligorov died Sunday evening at his Skopje home.

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Saint Clement of Ohrid

Saint Clement of Ohrid

By on December 7, 2011 in History, People

Saint Clement of Ohrid (840-916), disciple, missionary, scholar and church leader. Celebrated champion of education and evangelism in the Slavic speaking world.

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Georgi (Gjorgji) Pulevski

Georgi (Gjorgji) Pulevski

By on November 3, 2011 in Culture, History, Literature, People

Gjorgji Pulevski (1817-1893) was a Macedonian writer, lexicographer, grammarian, poet, folklorist, ethnographer, historian and military leader.

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Vojdan Pop Georgiev – Chernodrinski

Vojdan Pop Georgiev – Chernodrinski

By on September 30, 2011 in History, People

Vojdan Pop Georgiev was a remarkable Macedonian man of letters: a writer, patriot, revolutionary, stage director, artist and founder of the Macedonian theater.

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Atina Bojadzi – the Ohrid Dolphin

Atina Bojadzi – the Ohrid Dolphin

By on October 5, 2010 in History, People

Atina Bojadzi, also known as the Ohrid dolphin, was the first woman from the Balkan region to swim the English Channel.

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Nikola Karev

Nikola Karev

By on August 7, 2010 in Culture, History, People

Nikola Karev (1877-1905) was the leader of the revolutionary committee of Krushevo and one of the crucial organizers of the Ilinden Uprising as well as the newly-founded Krushevo Republic, the first liberated republic in Macedonia.

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Mother Teresa

Mother Teresa

By on January 25, 2010 in History, People

Agnes Gondza Bojadziu, better known as Mother Teresa, lived a life devoted to service and love to the poor, sick, and dying people of India.

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Petre Prlicko

Petre Prlicko

By on December 11, 2009 in Film, History, People

Petre Prlicko is one of the greatest actors in the history of Macedonian art, film and theater. He was born 13 March 1907, in Veles as Perica Aleksic. He was born in a poor, working class family, so he didn’t have a chance to get a good education.

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Krste Petkov Misirkov

Krste Petkov Misirkov

By on November 27, 2009 in Literature, People

If we talk about the most influential people that ever lived on Macedonian soil, we have to mention the name of Krste Petkov Misirkov.

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