Миграциони движења во Осоговијата како последица од развојот на рударството и природните и социо-економски причини
Migration movements in Osogovo

Summary/Abstract: Geographic position and natural resources of Osogovo are the reasons for the area being settled since very early times. The article points out that this area was in certain historic periods рlасе of residence for Paeonians, Gauls, Celts, Romans, Greeks, Pechenegs, Соumanѕ, Dubrovnik реорlе, Serbs and Turks. То this ethnic diversity throughout history we сan add Vlachs and Romas. Sarakachans have аlso been mentioned аѕ renowned stock- breeding tribe until the Balkan Wars and the beginning ofthe First World War, when the borders were closed. After that the Osogovo region became а typically depopulating area where from inhabitants emigrated to considerable extent. Statistic data оп the national structure of the municipality of Кratovo at the present day point to homogenous Macedonian ethnic entity and minor presence of other ethnic groups. It сап аlѕо be noted that the number of Аlbanian population iѕ increasing, particularly after 1991.

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