Dijamandija Mišajkov

Dijamandija Mišajkov (Macedonian: Дијамандија Мишајков, romanized: Dijamandija Mišajkov; Bulgarian: Диамандия Мишайков, romanized: Diamandiya Mishaykov; 15 March 1872 – 6 April 1953) was a Macedonian journalist and a proponent of Macedonian nationalism, advocating for a distinct Macedonian nation and language.[1][2][3][4]

Dijamandija Mišajkov
Дијамандија Мишајков
Born(1872-03-15)15 March 1872
Bitola, Ottoman Empire
Died6 April 1953(1953-04-06) (aged 81)
Sofia, People's Republic of Bulgaria
Occupation(s)Teacher, journalist, lawyer

Biography
Bust of Mišajkov in Bitola.

Mišajkov was born in Bitola, then in the Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia). He received his education there, as well as in Plovdiv and Kyustendil, before working as a teacher in Chepelare.[5] Later he went to Belgrade, where he studied at the Faculty of Law, completing his education in 1902. Тhere he also, along with Stefan Dedov, founded the "Macedonian club", and published the newspaper Balkanski glasnik (Balkan herald) in French and Serbian.[6] He was its editor. The newspaper expressed ideas of an independent Macedonian state, nation, and language. Later the Serbian government banned the club and the newspaper.[7]

In October 1902, he went to Saint Petersburg together with Dedov and became one of the founders of Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society, serving as its first temporary president. Along with Dedov, the next month, he sent a memorandum to the Russian government calling for Macedonian autonomy, recognition of Macedonian Slavs as a distinct ethnic group and a distinct Macedonian Slavic language, as well as an independent church, among other things.[8]

Mišajkov returned to Bitola in 1903 in order to try to spread the Macedonian national dogma. However, he failed and in 1907 he moved to Bulgaria. There he started working as a lawyer.

During the Second World War, Mišajkov and his family were evacuated to Svoge, where he helped the resistance. He died in 1953 in Sofia.

His brother Evgeni was a prominent clergyman in the Bulgarian Exarchate, and his other brother Vasil, was the chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Cassation of Bulgaria.

References
  1. Македонска енциклопедија, том II (in Macedonian). Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите. 2009. pp. 882–883, 976. ISBN 9786082030241.
  2. Roumen Dontchev Daskalov; Tchavdar Marinov (2013). Entangled Histories of the Balkans - Volume One: National Ideologies and Language Policies. BRILL. pp. 319, 444. ISBN 9789004250765.
  3. Andrew Rossos (2013). Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History. Hoover Press. p. 96. ISBN 9780817948832.
  4. Значајни личности за Битола [Distinguished people for Bitola]. Битола: НУУБ „Св. Климент Охридски“ – Битола. 2007. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-9989-2783-0-3.
  5. Коста Църнушанов (1992). Македонизмът и съпротивата на Македония срещу него (in Bulgarian). Университетско изд-во "Св. Климент Охридски". pp. 56–62.
  6. Македонска енциклопедија, том I. (in Macedonian). Скопје: Македонска академија на науките и уметностите. 2009. pp. 125–126. ISBN 9786082030241.
  7. Blaže Ristovski (1999). Macedonia and the Macedonian People. SIMAG Holding. pp. 187–201. ISBN 9789989887000.
  8. Alexis Heraclides (2020). The Macedonian Question and the Macedonians: A History. Taylor & Francis. p. 155. ISBN 9781000289404.
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