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==History== [[File:Kingdom of Prilep.png|200px|thumb|Kingdom of Prilep - Realm of [[Prince Marko]]]] [[File:Prilep - Postcard.jpg|thumb|200px|A postcard of Prilep in 1915]] [[File:Прилеп 1930.jpg|thumb|right|Photo of a panoramic view of Prilep in 1930]] In antiquity, the region of Prilep was part of ancient Pelagonia that was inhabited by the [[Pelagones]], an ancient Greek tribe of [[Upper Macedonia]], who according to Strabo,<ref>Strabo 9.5: For in consequence of the renown and ascendency of the Thessalians and Macedonians, those Epeirote, who bordered nearest upon them, became, some voluntarily, others by force, incorporated among the Macedonians and Thessalians. In this manner the Athamanes, Aethices, and Talares were joined to the Thessalians, and the Orestae, Pelagones, and Elimiotae to the Macedonians.</ref> were Epirote [[Molossians]].<ref>John Boardman and N. G. L. Hammond. The Cambridge Ancient History Volume 3, Part 3: The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries BC. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982, p. 284. A J Toynbee. Some Problems of Greek History, Pp 80; 99-103</ref> The region was annexed to the Macedonian kingdom during the 4th century BC. In September 2007 archeological excavations in [[Bonče]], revealed a tomb of what is believed to be the burial site of a Macedonian ruler dating 4th century BC.<ref>Visoka and Staro Bonche: Center of the Kingdom of Pelagonia and the Royal Tomb of Pavla Chuka, Viktor Lilchikj Adams and Antonio Jakimovski</ref> Near Prilep, close to the village of [[Čepigovo]], are the ruins of the [[Ancient Macedonians|ancient Macedonian]] city of [[Styberra]] ({{langx|grc|Στύβερρα}}), first a town in [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonia]] and later incorporated into the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{Cite Barrington|49}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DARE|22248}}</ref> Styberra, though razed by the [[Goths]] in 268, remained partly inhabited. The town was first mentioned in Greek as ''Πρίλαπον'' (''Prilapon'') in 1014, as the place where Bulgarian [[Samuel of Bulgaria|Tsar Samuil]] allegedly had a heart attack upon seeing thousands of his soldiers had been blinded by the Byzantines after the [[Battle of Kleidion]]. [[Byzantium]] lost it to the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]], but later retook it. Prilep was acquired in 1334 by [[Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)|Serbian]] King [[Stefan Uroš IV Dušan|Dušan]] and after 1365 the town belonged to King [[Vukašin]], co-ruler of Dušan's son, Tzar [[Stefan Uroš V]]. After the death of Vukašin in 1371, Prilep was ruled by his son [[Prince Marko|Marko]].<ref>John Van Antwerp Fine (1994). ''The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest''. The [[University of Michigan Press]]. {{ISBN|0-472-08260-4}}. pp. 288, 380–2.</ref> In 1395 it was incorporated into the [[Ottoman Empire]], of which it remained a part of until 1913, when it was annexed by the [[Kingdom of Serbia]]. During the Ottoman period, besides the ethnic Turks and the majority Slavic population, Prilep was also home to both a [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]] and [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox Christian]] [[Albanians|Albanian]] community, which lived alongside . Serbian historiographer [[Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević]] writes that: '<ref>Mustafa Ibrahimi. "SHQIPTARËT ORTODOKSË NË MAQEDONINË E VERIUT DHE DISA SHKRIME TË TYRE ME ALFABET CIRILIK". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave filologjike 50:139-152."</ref> :''"Between Turks and Muslim Albanians who have lived in the city (Prilep), it is very difficult to distinguish, especially between the old families of the city. The Mohammedan Albanian families, as soon as they arrived in the city, merged with the Turks, just as the Christian Albanian families merged with the Slavs or the Greeks"'' Bulgarian researcher, Georgi Traichev, wrote that: :''"In the city of Prilep, there were no pure Greeks, but there are several (dozens) of Grecomans supported by schismatic Vlachs and Albanian Christians."''<ref>Mustafa Ibrahimi. "SHQIPTARËT ORTODOKSË NË MAQEDONINË E VERIUT DHE DISA SHKRIME TË TYRE ME ALFABET CIRILIK". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave filologjike 50:139-152."</ref> The newspaper ''Прилепу преди 100 години'' ("Prilep 100 years ago". Sofia, 1938) puts forward data about the presence of Orthodox Albanians in Prilep. There it is emphasized that after their arrival in the city around the 18th-19th century, the Christian Vlach and Albanian elements have assimilated under the influence of Bulgarian population, and that there are no longer any traces of them. Information is also given for Albanians of both denominations. It is emphasized that in total there are 2412 Muslim Albanian residents in the city. Of the Orthodox Albanians, a part has been [[Bulgarianized]], while others have been [[Hellenization|Hellenised]]. In the newspaper there is also a report about the Orthodox Albanian entitled ''Ico Kishari'', whose family, along with the ''Tilevci, Georgimajkovci'' and ''Ladcovci'', were Orthodox Albanian refugees from [[Moscopole]] who had settled in the beginning of the 19th century. The newspaper also describes a great Albanian religious man, who has spent his whole life as a churchgoer. Out of respect for his work, the church granted him a pension.<ref>Mustafa Ibrahimi. "SHQIPTARËT ORTODOKSË NË MAQEDONINË E VERIUT DHE DISA SHKRIME TË TYRE ME ALFABET CIRILIK". Gjurmime Albanologjike - Seria e shkencave filologjike 50:139-152."</ref> Prilep was a major center of the [[Bulgarian national revival]] in Western [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]] in the 19th century.<ref>[http://www.strumski.com/books/Hristo_Shaldev_Grad_Prilep.pdf Шалдев, Христо. Град Прилеп в Българското възраждане (1838 – 1878 год.), София, 1916, с. 4-70.]</ref> Its [[Old Bazaar, Prilep|bazaar]] began to develop in the 18th century. One of the largest annual [[fair]]s in Macedonia was held in Prilep in the middle of the 19th century. European consulate exhibitions of 1887 estimate the population of Prilep to approximately 6.500 individuals, of which 4.000 were [[Bulgarians]], 2.000 were [[Turkish people|Turks]] and the rest were [[Serbs]] with [[Greeks]] and [[Aromanians]].<ref>HHS, PA, XXXVIII, t. 264, Saloniki, 7 September 1887, no. 88.</ref> During the [[Great Eastern Crisis]], the local Bulgarian movement of the day was defeated when armed Bulgarian groups were repelled by the [[League of Prizren]], an Albanian organisation opposing Bulgarian geopolitical aims in areas like Prilep that contained an [[Albanians|Albanian]] population.<ref name="Rama90">{{cite book|last=Rama|first=Shinasi A.|title=Nation Failure, Ethnic Elites, and Balance of Power: The International Administration of Kosova|year=2019|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783030051921|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJaDDwAAQBAJ&q=Velesht|page=90}}</ref> In the late 19th and early 20th century, Prilep was part of the [[Manastir Vilayet]] of the Ottoman Empire. It was occupied by Bulgaria between 17 November 1915 and 25 September 1918 during [[World War I]]. In 1918 Prilep became part of the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]], and from 1929 to 1941 it was part of the [[Vardar Banovina]] of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. On 8 April 1941, just two days after the start of the [[World War II in Yugoslavia|Axis invasion of Yugoslavia]], Prilep was occupied by the [[Wehrmacht|German Army]], and on 26 April 1941 by the [[Bulgarian Land Forces|Bulgarian Army]]. Together with most of [[Vardar Macedonia]], Prilep was annexed by the [[Kingdom of Bulgaria]] from 1941 to 1944. After [[9 September coup d'etat]] the commander of the Bulgarian garrison, refused to withdraw and remained in the city with the Yugoslav guerrillas, managing to hold it for 10 days, blocking the movement of the German troops.<ref>Ташев, Ташо. Българската войска 1941 – 1945 – енциклопедичен справочник. „Военно издателство“. {{ISBN|978-954-509-407-1}}, стр. 173-174.</ref> Afterwards the German Army retook the town. Prilep was definitively taken by communist partisans on 3 November 1944. From 1944 to 1991 the town belonged to the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]], as part of its constituent [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia]]. Since 1991 the town has been part of the Republic of Macedonia.
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