Georgi Pulevski

Georgi Pulevski or Gjorgji Pulevski was a writer and revolutionary from Galinik, today in the Republic of Macedonia, known today as the first author to express publicly the idea of a Macedonian nation distinct from Bulgarians, as well as a separate Macedonian language. Pulevski was born in 1817 in Galinik, then under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, and died in 1895 in Sofia, Principality of Bulgaria. Trained as a stonemason, he became a selftaught writer in matters relating to Macedonian language and culture. In Bulgaria he is regarded as a Bulgarian and early adherent to Macedonism.

Pulevski was born in the Mijak tribal region. According to one view, the surname is of Vlach origin, as is the case with several other surnames in Mijak territory, pointed out with the Vlach suffix ul , however, those families espoused a Mijak identity, and had no ties to the Aromanian community. According to one source, Pulevskis ancestors settled Galinik from Pula, a small maritime town south of Shkodr, at the end of the 15th century, hence the surname Pulevski. Pulevski himself identified as mijak galiki .

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