- Kruševo
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For other uses, see Krushevo (disambiguation).
Kruševo Kruševo downtown
Coat of armsLocation within Macedonia
KruševoCoordinates: 41°22′N 21°14′E / 41.367°N 21.233°ECoordinates: 41°22′N 21°14′E / 41.367°N 21.233°E Country 
MacedoniaMunicipality Kruševo municipality Elevation 1,350 m (4,429 ft) Population ([citation needed]) – Total 5,507 Time zone CET (UTC+1) – Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2) Postal code 7550 Area code(s) +389 048 Car plates BT Kruševo (Macedonian: Крушево [ˈkruʃɛvɔ] (
listen); Albanian: Krushevë; Aromanian: Crushuva) also spelled Krushevo, is a town in the Republic of Macedonia. It is the highest town in Macedonia, situated at an altitude of over 4,000 feet (1250 m) above sea level. The town of Kruševo is the seat of Kruševo Municipality.Contents
Name
The name of the town in other languages is:
History
An old photograph of Kruševo
Old Postcard of KrusevoMedieval
South Slavs were organized in smaller feudal states as of the 6th century. The South Slavic areas were called Sclaviniae, and were from times independent from the Byzantine Empire. The "Sclaviniae of Macedonia" (Sclavenias penes Macedoniam) was conquered in 785 by Constantine VI (r. 776–797). The area was annexed by the First Bulgarian Empire in the 9th century.
The region was under the rule of the short-lived Principality of Prilep of Prince Marko (r. 1371 - 1395), a successor state of the Serbian Empire (1346–1371) where the father of , Župan Vukašin Mrnjavčević (co-ruler of King Stefan Uroš V) held the region. The principality and region came under Ottoman Turkish rule in 1395.[1]
Ottoman rule
In 19th century, Kruševo grew as a commercial center with connections not only in Macedonia. Local merchants such as the Nitsiotas brothers and five other companies were active in Vienna.[2] In the 1860s a Bulgarian municipality and Bulgarian school were established the city.[3] Subsequently, a Bulgarian girls school was opened[4] and it operated simultaneously with the Greek schools in the town. A Romanian school started functioning in Kruševo in 1876.[5] In the early 20th century, Kruševo was a small town with a mixed population of 4,950 Bulgarians, 4,000 Vlachs (Aromanians) and 400 Christian Albanians, according to Bulgarian geographer Vasil Kanchov's statistics.[6] During the Ilinden Uprising in 1903 the rebels proclaimed a short lived Kruševo Republic. Having suppressed the uprising the city was almost completely destroyed by the Ottoman army. One of the most important points in the Ilinden uprising was the declaration of the "Manifesto of Kruševo". It called for all the people of Macedonia regardless of their nationality and religion to fight together against the Ottoman Empire. In the area there is a monument called Mečkin Kamen (Bear's Stone). This was the place where Pitu Guli's band (cheta) was trying to defend the town of Kruševo from the Turkish troops coming from Bitola. The whole band and their leader (voivode) perished and Kruševo as well as many of the nearby villages were set to fire by the Ottomans.
Sliva Monument near Kruševo
Macedonium MonumentModern
Kruševo still retains a sizable Aromanian minority; as of the most recent national census in 2002 it was populated by 6,081 Macedonians, 2,064 Albanians, 1,020 Vlachs, 137 Bosniaks, 38 Serbs and 29 others.[7]
Features
Kruševo in the winter
Toše Proeski Memorial HousePart of a series on Aromanians Culture List of Aromanians
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