"We have many times heard from the Macedonists that they are not Bulgarians but Macedonians,descendants of the Ancient Macedonians" ( Year: 1871)Even the leader of the Bulgarian national revival in Constantinople, Petko RaÌev Slavejkov, in early January 1871 publicly admitted that he had heard this ideology “as early as some ten years ago from some people in Macedonia”, which had now grown into “a thought that many would like to put into effect”. He confirmed that he had “many times” heard from “the Macedonists that they were not Bulgarians but Macedonians, descendants of ancient Macedonias.They are complete Macedonians¼ they are pure Slavs, and the Bulgarians are Tartars and who knows what”. These “Macedonists” boldly declared before him: “We broke
Taken from: ,Makedonskíàt ï và pr osï “, Makedoníò, oe , 3, 18.á.1871, 2.
Page first of Petko Slaveykov's article "The Macedonian question" published18 Janoary 1871, in which he mentions that some people from Macedonia declare themselves as separate people - Macedonians, different from Bulgarians. Those people he refers to as "Macedonists"
The Second Page of the Article.(Taken from agema-makedonin.blogspot.com)
Macedonism is a political idea and it's supporters claim territories of other countries. They based their idea on pseudomakedonism. Father of macedonism were Misikorv, Tito etc. Please googling the word "macedonism" and see in wikipedia what writes. Thats why the bulgarians and Greeks call sometimes the citizens of fyrom macedonists and not macedonians.
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