Chetniks of Macedonia

[Vojnik]

Sounds like a fraternity group in Alaskan high school, but with less members.

The chetniks in Macedonia were few, but wide spread in some way. Even my paternal village of Buf in todays northern Greece had a Pro-Serb teacher. Spasoje Hadzi Popovic was his name:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasoj...i_Popovi%C4%87

Looks like some Macedonians got fed up with the Greek and Bulgarian churches and ended up going Serbian.

Growing up, he was a witness to the conflict between the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and Bulgarian Exarchate which divided the Slavic Christian people in Ottoman Macedonia.

[Pribislav]

By the way, most of the people back then identified by the local church they belong. So, there were cases when Chetniks/Komite would catch a member of opposing church who was speaking their language and due to the identification by church he/she may have lost his/her life. So you can only imagine how many people died because they said they belong to the wrong church.

Grave fom Macedonia on which is visible that man died in 1905 (in Ottoman time) has Serbian surname Cvetković, and his descendants died in 1967 and 2002 has macedonized surname Cvetkoski/Cvetkoska.

[Vojnik]

Grave fom Macedonia on which is visible that man died in 1905 (in Ottoman time) has Serbian surname Cvetković, and his descendants died in 1967 and 2002 has macedonized surname Cvetkoski/Cvetkoska.

Prib. You keep showing the same photo. Yes, Vojvoda Borce Cvetkovic was most likely a chetnik and adherent to the Serb Church. Good chance that his relatives were adherents to the Bulgarian church and had the surnames Cvetkov.

[Pribislav]

The chetniks in Macedonia were few, but wide spread in some way. Even my paternal village of Buf in todays northern Greece had a Pro-Serb teacher. Spasoje Hadzi Popovic was his name:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasoj...i_Popovi%C4%87

Looks like some Macedonians got fed up with the Greek and Bulgarian churches and ended up going Serbian.

Your ancestors were identify themselves as Serbs in some period?

[pulstar]

Grave fom Macedonia on which is visible that man died in 1905 (in Ottoman time) has Serbian surname Cvetković, and his descendants died in 1967 and 2002 has macedonized surname Cvetkoski/Cvetkoska.

As said, this man was member of Serbian church, but you don't know the language he spoke. Most people took the surnames ending -ski, but also communist government forced some people to change their surnames after 1945. So that's actually nothing new. If you draw a line between Tetovo and Kumanovo and look south of it you would barely find any Serbian presence in the 19th century.

[Ogi24]

Dude, you trolling.

Chetniks/Komites in Macedonia in early 20th century protected Serbian civilians from Ottomans and Bulgarians.

I'm not trolling at all. In the early beginning of the 20th century those Chetniks could have been good people, but from the 1930 the Serbian Chetniks are nothing else than Nazi's.

[Pribislav]

As said, this man was member of Serbian church, but you don't know the language he spoke. Most people took the surnames ending -ski, but also communist government forced some people to change their surnames after 1945. So that's actually nothing new. If you draw a line between Tetovo and Kumanovo and look south of it you would barely find any Serbian presence in the 19th century.

Communists after 1945 worked on macedonization of surnames.
Many surnames in Macedonia wich ended on Serbian suffix IĆ are converted on SKI.

[Bosniensis]

Alexander the Great founded Macedonian Chetnik Movement.

[pulstar]

Communists after 1945 worked on macedonization of surnames.
Many surnames in Macedonia wich ended on Serbian suffix IĆ are converted on SKI.

And around and post the period of Balkan wars many were given -ic suffix, so?

[Pribislav]

And around and post the period of Balkan wars many were given -ic suffix, so?

I posted photo of grave of man with Serbian surname Cvetković who died in 1905.
In 1905 Macedonia was under the Ottomans, there was no any Serbian power/authorities to work on serbization of surnames.