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PAGANE
In 1900, according to the Carnegie Survey, there were only 700 Serbs in Macedonia. In order to secure the possession of Macedonia, the Serbs made a tremendous effort to colonize the country, denationalize it and assimilate it and break its ethnic integrity. Enticed by the great privileges of land distribution and high salaries, a large number of Serbs from Sumadija and Montenegro have migrated over a period of 20 years. The commander of the Vardar region, Colonel Lubo Bajaktarevic, in an order to the commander of the 3rd Army District, suggested: "All power in Macedonia should be surrendered to the commander of the 3rd Army, settling in several villages in several safe families from the old regions. " In the same letter, he proposes to evict (!) The residents of Shtip and Veles, as their cities are the safest shelters of the committees. In one letter, Skopje's ban and police chief Zika Lazic (July 6, 1923) ordered that between 5 and 15,000 dinars be given to each newly-settled colonialist family, obliging them to carry out counter-Chetnik activities. Large tracts of fertile land are earmarked for the colonists, houses are being built specifically for them, agricultural implements for cultivation of the land, seeds, cattle and cash loans are being acquired.
Starting from the understanding to create an area separating Macedonia from Bulgaria, the colonists were directed more towards the neighborhoods adjacent to the Bulgarian border.
By 1940, 425 colonial families from Serbia, Montenegro, Dalmatia, and Bosnia were accommodated in Gevgelija. 22 colonies with 608 families were established in Ovche Pole and Shtipsko. 480 families are settled in Strumishko and Radovishko, with 270 in Radovishko alone. 131 families are settled in Kochanski, Tsarevoselsko, Zletovsko and Maleshevsko, with 74 in Pehchevo alone. In total, only 50% of all colonists are accommodated in Southwestern Macedonia. By 1940, 280 colonies were created in Vardar Macedonia with 4,167 families spread across 23 counties. These settlers are the pillar of power - the eyes and ears of the repressive organs.
According to their congress, "the colonists serve the local and police authorities and are the vanguard of anti-national elements. They are the guards of public safety." Here are some details recognized by Serb-Macedonian agents.
At the first congress of the Macedonian Communist Party, Gailer Lazar Kolishevski admitted in his report: "By 1600, 1600 Macedonians had been killed. 30,000 people were imprisoned. In 1927, despite the amnesty, there were still 7,500 Macedonians in prisons in Yugoslavia."
Kiril Milyovski, a well-known Serbian wretcher, admits: "After the assassination of General Mikhail Kovacevic on June 6, 1927, 1000 people were imprisoned in Shtip and Shtipsko. Many villages were burned and 200 people were killed."
A horrific comparison is needed here. The figures quoted by Koliszewski, namely 1,600 killed and 30,000 prisoners, are undoubtedly accurate. Let's compare these figures with the victims of the Ilinden Uprising in the Bitola Revolutionary District, which is the center of the uprising and the most active in the struggle. According to the VMRO Memoir of 1940, those killed in the uprising amounted to 1,779 people. with only 179 more civilians killed by Serbian tyrants. And only until 1926!
"Тирани, всуе се морите!
Не се гаси туй, що не гасне!
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