Sloeštica

Sloeštica (Macedonian Слоештица) is a small village in the municipality of Demir Hisar, in the area of Zeleznik, in the vicinity of the town of Demir Hisar. It used to be part of the former municipality of Sopotnica.

Sloeštica

Слоештица
Village
Community center in the village Sloeštica
Sloeštica
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°16′0″N 21°4′36″E
Country North Macedonia
Region Pelagonia
Municipality Demir Hisar
Area
 • Total21.4 km2 (8.3 sq mi)
Elevation
770 m (2,530 ft)
Population
 (2002)
 • Total221[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
7240
Area code(s)+389 047
Car platesBT
Website

The village is known for several distinguished members and a legend for the cavalry of Alexander the Great.

Geography
An old house in the village Sloeštica

The village is located in the southwest part of the Municipality of Demir Hisar, on the right side of Crna River. The village is hilly, at an altitude of 770 meters.[2] It is 50 km (northwest) away from the nearest major city, Bitola.

The area around the village occupies an area of 21.4 km², with forests covering an area of 1,511 hectares , with arable land of 330 hectares, and 269 hectares of pastures.[2]

The climate in the settlement is mountainous. It is bordered easterly by the Plakenska Mountain. There are two rivers running through the village: Bela Reka (Golemacha) and Levacha.

History

In the 19th century, Sloeshtica was a Christian village within the Sanjak of Monastir of the sub-district (kaza) of Monastir of the Ottoman Empire.

During the Ilinden Uprising, the village was attacked on August 18, 1903 by Turkish forces. Villagers Bogoya Ivanov, Nikola Talev and Stoycho Ristev were killed from the village, and Mets Stoyanov and Dole Ristev from Slepche died as chetas near the village.[3]

In October 1910 the village suffered during the disarmament action of the young Turks. A Bulgarian teacher in the village, Doychinov was arrested and jailed in the village of Pribilci.[4]

Legend

The village is known for its legend for Alexander the Great. Namely, in the vicinity of the village, there is a rocky hill on which there are impressions from the hoof of the cavalry of Alexander the Great. These traces are seen in the area of Bela Reka, where the soldiers of Alexander cut wood (hazel) for the phalanx spears.

Population

According to Vasil Kanchov in his Macedonia Ethnography and Statistics from 1900, there were 650 inhabitants in the village of Sloeshtica, in 90 houses, all Macedonian Christians.[5] Following this, the secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate, Dimitar Mishev, recorded in his book La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne a population of 720 inhabitants in 1905.[6]

During the second half of the 20th century, a number of the population moved from Sloeshtica, going from a medium to a small village. In 1961 the village had 746 inhabitants, and in 1994, 299 inhabitants.[7]

According to the last census of 2002, 221 inhabitants lived in the village, all Macedonians.[1]

The following table summarizes the population in all censuses:
YearPop.±%
1900 650—    
1905 720+10.8%
1948 878+21.9%
1953 841−4.2%
1961 746−11.3%
1971 621−16.8%
1981 535−13.8%
1991 312−41.7%
1994 299−4.2%
2002 221−26.1%
Source: Source for 1948-2002 State Statistical Office of North Macedonia .[8]

Research on historical families

According to the research of Branislav Rusic in 1952, the genealogy of the village includes the following family names:[9]

  • Family names with an unknown origin or name: Domazetovci (2 k.), Kaychovci (7 k.), Korunovci (2 k.), Kuzevci (2 k.), Dzhaykovci (4 k.), Jankulovci (5 k.), Bogevci (2 k.), Sivevci and Plevnesovci (21 k.), Despotovci (2 k.), Petkovci (5 k.), Petrevci (5 k.), Gjorgovtsi Mitrevci (8 k.), Meglenovci (8 k.), Kaparkovci (13 k.), Gyurkovci (2 k.), Bojanovci (1 k.) And Nochevci (6 k.)
  • Family names with a known age: Popovci (11 k.) settled from the village Babino; Ilijevci (1 k.) settled from the village of Cerovo; Poljankovci (1 k.) settled from the village of Suvo Selo; Trajanovci (7 k.) settled from the village of Galičnik in Mijaks region; Svrgovci (4 k.) settled from the village of Bazernik; Evenovci (2 k.) settled from the village of Sladuevo; Trenchevci (2 k.) settled from the village of Jankovec. Finally there is Alekso (living at the age of 45 in 1952), Tale-Stojko-Trenche.

Social facilities

There is a single primary school, known as Braka Miladinovci, named after the Miladinov brothers. It teaches up to the 5th grade.[10] Grades 6 onward go to the school also known as Braka Miladinovci which is located in the nearby village of Žvan.

Municipalities

The village is part of the expanded Municipality of Demir Hisar , to which the former Municipality of Sopotnica was added after the new territorial division of Macedonia in 2004. In the period from 1996-2004, the village belonged to the former Municipality of Sopotnica.

In the period from 1955 to 1996, the village was located within the large municipality of Demir Hisar.

In the period 1952-1955, the village was located in the then Municipality of Zvan, which included the villages of Virovo, Zvan, Mrenoga, Radovo, Sopotnica, Suvo Grlo and Cerovo.

Cultural and natural landmarks
The main monastery church, St. Nikola on the Toplice
  • Archaeological sites:
  1. The turn - settlement from Late Antiquity.[11]
An image from the Mother of God church.
  1. Church "St. Mother of God " - the main village church (post Byzantian)
  2. Church "St. Atanasij " - the cemetery village church (post Byzantian)
  3. Church "St. Gorgi " - a monastery church
  4. Church "St. Ilija "
  5. Church "St. Nikola " - monastery church of the Toplice monastery
  • Valavici (artificial waterfall)
    • Near the village there are waterfalls, artificially built and used in washing and cleaning clothing and blankets.[13]

Cultural events
The grave of the author Petre M. Andreevski in the church yard of St Petka, at the village entrance

In the village there is an art gallery known as "Art Point - Gumno", a non-profit organization located in the village. Their activities are focused on the arts, culture, environmentalism, and the local economic development of the Demir hisar region.

Every year on August 28, there is the "Celebration of the Pirejot", held in memory of the writer Petre M. Andreevski.[14][15]

Notable individuals
  • Vlado Popovski - (1955 - 2014), a politician
  • Elijah Dimovski, leader of the detachment from Sloeštica during the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie uprising in 1903[16]
  • Petre M. Andreevski - poet, novelist, narrator and playwright
  • Jordan Plevnes - writer
  • Ljube Cvetanovski - poet, journalist and travel writer
  • Vlado Cvetanovski - director
  • Sergei Andreevski - painter
  • Ljupco Risto Siveski - (1961-1981), a poet
  • Stoyan Acev - Macedonian-Adrianople Corps [17]
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References
  1. http://www.stat.gov.mk/Publikacii/knigaX.pdf Census on Macedonia, 2002, Access date: 3 December 2016
  2. Panov, Mitko (1998) (in Macedonian). Encyclopedia of the villages in the Republic of Macedonia . Skopje: Patria. p. 202-203 . visit. Dekemvri 2016 g 3. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%95%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0.pdf
  3. Ilinden Illustration, No. 147, p.15
  4. Debarski voice, year 2, issue 28, 7 November 1910, p. 4.
  5. Васил К’нчов. „Македонија. Етнографија и статистика“. Софија, 1900, стр. 240.
  6. D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.172-173.
  8. "Population by age and sex, by settlement, according to censuses conducted in the Republic of Macedonia after World War II" . State Statistical Office .
  9. Archive MANU Fund "Branislav Rusic" AE 97 / 1b "Zeleznik" Sloeshtica.
  10. "Primary education" . Macedonian: Municipality of Demir Hisar . cons. July 26, 2016 .
  11. Kotzo, Dimche (1996). "Archaeological map of the Republic of Macedonia". Skopje: MANU. ISBN 9789989101069
  12. Jelena Pavlovska, Natasha Nificorovic and Ognen Kocevski (2011). Valentina Bozhinovska. device (in Macedonian). Map of religious buildings in Macedonia . Menora - Skopje: Commission for Relations in Religious Communities and Religious Groups. ISBN 978-608-65143-2-7 .
  13. http://www.mojrodenkraj.com.mk/village.php?id=391
  14. Alexander Mateski, "Plakenska Planina", Economics and Business , 18, No. 219, September 2016, p. 106-107.
  15. "Celebration of the Piraeus "in Sloeshtica ", " Nova Makedonija ", August 27, 2012 (opener, June 26, 2013 ).
  16. Nikolov, Boris Y. Inner Macedonian-Odrin revolutionary organization. Vojvodov and leaders (1893-1934). Bibliographic Bibliographic Guide, Sofia, 2001, p. 49.
  17. Macedonian-Adrianople Corps 1912-1913 Staff, Chief Administration of Archives, 2006, p. 74.
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