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Vasil Kănchov (Васил Кънчов) was a Bulgarian geographer, ethnographer, and teacher. Born on July 26, 1862, in Vratsa, Bulgaria, he made significant contributions to the study of the Balkans, particularly Macedonia. Kanchov served as a teacher in various Bulgarian schools in Macedonia and later became the Minister of Education of Bulgaria in 1902.
He traveled extensively throughout Macedonia, documenting the region's demographics, culture, and social structure. His work, including the book Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics, remains a valuable resource for understanding the historical and ethnographic landscape of the area.
Unfortunately, Kanchov's life was cut short when he was killed in his
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Pelagonia (Пелагонија; Πελαγονία). A district in Macedonia. The Pelagones were an ancient people, probably of Pelasgic origin, and seem originally to have inhabited tha velly of the Axius, since Homer calls Pelagon, a son of Axius. The Pelagones afterwards migrated westwards to the Erigon, the country around which received the name of Pelagonia, which thus lay south of Paeonia. The chief town of this district was also called Pelagonia (now Vitolia or Monastir), which was under the Romans the capital of the fourth division of Macedonia. It was situatied on the Via Egnatia, not far from the narrow passes leading into Illyria.
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Smith, William. "A Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and
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Amphipolis (Αμφίπολις, Αμφιπολίτης, Neokhorio; in Turkish Jeni-Keui), a town in Macedonia
on the left or eastern bank of the Strymon, just below its egress from the lake Cercinitis, and about 3 miles from the sea. The Strymon flowed almost round the town, nearly forming a circle, whence itsname Amphi-polis. It was originally called Εννεαοδοί "the Nine Ways," and belonged to the Edonians, a Thracian people. Aristagoras of Miletus first attempted to colonize it, but was cut off with his followers by the Edonians in 497 BC. The Athenians made a next attempt with 10,000 colonists, but they were all destroyed by the Edonians in 465. In 437 the Athenians were more successful, and drove the Edonians out of the