The Former Yugoslav Republic of Vardarska Banovina — Socialistic Republic of "Macedonija", as part of the Communist Yugoslavia, on the same scheme as the Communist Soviet Union turned regions into "Socialistic Republics" with no means of a republic of a different population, but as a communist region similar to administrative regional divisions within the same country — FYROM — North Macedonija, Severna Macedonija with the Prespes Agreement — produce and promote propaganda of fake events and history, by altering, paraphrase, replace texts, images, videos, documents or other media files and replacing them with fake information, in a propaganda against Macedonia and Greece in general. They do not hesitate either to create new content or maps that have nothing to do with the reality and show it as legit to those who are unaware. They are using misinformation in order to trick people of other nations to believe in their propaganda or make their countrymen to follow them as well to have financial benefits from them. Most of these acts committed by the Slav-Skopje population who lives abroad.
Their propaganda is targeting mainly Macedonia (Greece) and Bulgaria, as well Albania and Serbia, in order to consist a fictional national identity and can remain as a political entity in the region. Elements to consist such a national entity is an identity with common links, such history, language, name and traditions.
Yugoslavia break apart on 90's and the region of Vardarska Banovina which prior had become Socialistic Republic of Macedonija in means of a region within Yugoslavia, then left as an entity. The initial plan after the Second World War, along by establishing the Soviet Union scheme of the Socialistic Republics, it was to "educate" the slavic-bulgarian population of Vardarska in the term of Macedonia as "Slav-Macedonians", as the dictator Tito did (no internet at that time...), to use this population as an expansion tool and to invade Macedonia later on primarily by supporting the Greek communist along with the reinforcements of Vardarskan partisans, for an independent communist Greece which will supposedly to go in a further union with the communist Yugoslavia. There was the so called "Greek Civil War" 1946-1949 in which the Vardarska Partisans committed multiple war crimes against the Macedonians—Greeks and crimes against humanity. The communist lost and the those plans abandoned until Yugoslavia's break apart.
In the beginning of the century, as the Ottoman Tyranny declined and vacuum left in this region, Bulgarians claimed the region with the intention to become part of Bulgaria. This idea completely failed and this conflict ended with the Liberation of Macedonia in 26 October 1912 by the Macedonian Fighters and Greek Army. In the north of Macedonia in the ancient territory of Peonia, Serbians advance over Bulgarians and the region of Vardarska became part of Serbia, later Yugoslavia. The region of Vardarska inhabited mostly by Bulgarians as well along with other population groups as other Slavs, Macedonian-Greeks, other Greek populations Vlahs-Aromanians, Albanians, Ottomans etc. read more here. These populations were about to go under the propagandist communist education later on. This can explain as example the similarities of the language of Skopje with the Bulgarian language. The today people of Skopje can clearly understand Bulgarian as it is their language, or a dialect of Bulgarian, this is the language that they want to call a south-slavic language, "Macedonian" language, which of course has nothing to do with the ancient Macedonian language which it was Doric Greek, see here.
On 1991 the Former Yugoslav Republic of Vardarska left as an independent entity, with an Albanian population of 25% out of the total population and another percentage to other ethnic population groups according to the official census of the newly created state. Surprisingly no Greek population be found, even one, which of course is very suspicious and shows the early intentions of the newly made state. The next years the state propaganda is on its peak, with the Skopje governments to fund and support organizations for propaganda against Greece and Bulgaria, as well Albania and Serbia. In many incidents revealed that the Skopje government had paid politicians and diplomats of other countries to promote their agenda and propaganda.
Skopje Republic is trying to steal the name of Macedonia and the Macedonian history from Greece and the Macedonians. On the same time, Skopje, stealing Bulgarian history and using Bulgarian traditions and language and they claimed for their own. As example further to the propaganda, they have blend Alexander the Great, Tsar Samuel and Justinian into the same, call all of them as their own. By fact this is not possible as all those three they have completely different background and all of them have nothing to do with the Skopje population.
Examples:
• Exposing the Skopje lies about tzar Samuel
Written medieval sources
About king Samuel (997-1014)
JOHN SKYLITZES, SYNOPSIS HISTORION The Battle of Kleidion, 29 July 1014
…The emperor did not relent, but every year he marched into Bulgaria and laid waste and ravaged all before him. Samuel was not able to resist openly, nor to face the emperor in open warfare, so, weakened from all sides, he came down from his lofty lair to fortify the entrance to Bulgaria with ditches and fences…”
CHRONICLE OF THE PRIEST OF DUKLJA (Ljetopis’ Popa Dukljanina)
“…Tugemir succeeded to the kingdom. Having taken a wife he sired a son whom he named Chvalimir. At that time, among the race of Bulgars , a certain Samuel commanded that he be called emperor, fought many battles with the Greeks, and drove them completely from Bulgaria . During his reign the Greeks did not dare approach that land…”
Michael Psellus – Chronographia
39. The people of Bulgaria, after many vicissitudes of fortune and after frequent battles in the past, had become subjects of the Roman Empire . That prince of emperors, the famous Basil, had deliberately attacked their country and destroyed their power. For some time the Bulgarians, being completely exhausted after pitting their strength against the might of the Romans, resigned themselves to defeat, but later they reverted to the old arrogance. There were no immediate signs of open revolt, however, until the appearance among them of a political agitator, when their policy at once became hostile to the Empire.
40. The man who moved them to this folly was, in their opinion, a marvel. He was of their own race, member of a family unworthy of mention, but cunning, and capable of practising any deceit on his compatriots, a fellow called Dolianus. I do not know whether he inherited such a name from his father, or if he gave himself the name for an omen. He knew that the whole nation was set on rebellion against the Romans; indeed, the revolt was merely a project only because no leader had hitherto risen up among them able to carry out their plans. In the first place, therefore, he made himself conspicuous, proved his ability in council, demonstrated his skill in the conduct of war. Then, having won their approval by these qualities, it only remained for him to prove his own noble descent, in order to become the acknowledged leader of the Bulgarians. (It was their custom to recognize as leaders of the nation only men of royal blood.) Knowing this to be the national custom, he proceeded to trace his descent from the famous Samuel and his brother Aaron, who had ruled the whole nation as kings a short time before. He did not claim to be the legitimate heir of these kings, but he either invented or proved that he was a collateral relation. He readily convinced the people with his story, and they raised him on the shield. He was proclaimed king. From that moment Bulgarian designs became manifest, for they seceded openly. The yoke of Roman domination was hurled from their necks and they made a declaration of independence, emphasizing the fact that they took this course of their own free will. Whereupon they engaged in attacks and plundering expeditions on Roman territory
Anna Comnena: “The Alexiad”, Book VII
…Samuel, the last of the Bulgarian dynasty…
The miniature “After the Siege of Salonica, the army of Tsar Samuel assassinated its mayor Gregorios Taronitos”, from the Chronicle of John Skilitzes (The National Library – Madrid). The ethnicity of Samuil and his warriors is written right above their heads – Boulgaroi.
• Scientists about Rosetta Stone – Skopje propaganda exposed
The Hellenistic Ptolemaic dynasty,which ruled Egypt from 305 BC to 30 BC, issued a series of decrees over the course of their reign known as Ptolemaic Degrees. The Rosetta Stone is a well-known example of one of the decrees.
The Rosetta Stone was included in the third part of a series of three decrees, the first from Ptolemy III (the Decree of Canopus), the second from Ptolemy IV (The Memphis Stele), and the third from Ptolemy V.
There are approximately two copies of the Stone of Canopus, two of the Memphis Stele (one imperfect) and two and a half copies of the text of the Rosetta Stone, including the Nubayrah Stele and a pyramid wall inscription with “edits”, or scene replacements, completed by subsequent scribes.
Multiple copies of the stones were erected in multiple temple courtyards, as specified in the text of the decrees.
stone 1: Stele of Canopus, (no. 1), found 1866, 37 lines hieroglyphs, 74 lines Demotic (right side), 76 lines Greek ‘capitals’, fine limestone.
stone 2: Stele of Canopus, no. 2, found 1881, 26 lines hieroglyphs, 20 lines Demotic, 64 lines Greek ‘capitals’, white limestone. 3rd partial of hieroglyphic lines (location: Louvre).
stone 1: Stele No. 1, found 1902, hieroglyphs, demotic, and Greek, dark granite.
stone 2: Pithom Stele, No. II, found 1923, hieroglyphs (front), 42 lines Demotic (back), virtually complete providing almost total translation, and Greek (side), sandstone.
stone 1: Rosetta Stone, “Stele of Rosetta”, found 1799, (remaining) hieroglyphs, 14 lines, 32 lines Demotic, 54 lines Greek ‘capitals’, dark granite-(granodiorite).
stone 2: Stele of Nubayrah, found early 1880’s, hieroglyphs, lines 1-27 used to complete missing Rosetta Stone lines, demotic, Greek capitals, limestone. site 3: the Temple of Philae, inscribed hieroglyphs, for Decree of Memphis (Ptolemy V), on walls, also overwritten, by scenes, and figures of humans/gods. Totals: 6 stones, or stelae, 1 partial, and 1 temple wall inscription writing.
As you realize from the above all Degrees have three written texts
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VII.—THE INSCRIPTIONS ON THE ROSETTA STONE The bilingual (not trilingual) inscription on the Rosetta Stone is written from right to left in the two forms of Egyptian writing and in Greek. It was the fashion at one time to compare the inscription on the Rosetta Stone with the great Inscription which Darius I had cut upon the rock at Bahistun in Persia, and to describe each of these documents as trilingual. But it must be remembered that the Decree on the Rosetta Stone is bilingual, though written in three kinds of writing, and that the Bahistun Inscription is trilingual, and written in three languages (Persian, Susian, and Babylonian) in three different kinds of cuneiform character. The Greek portion of the inscription on the Rosetta Stone is written in uncials ; it contains 54 lines of text, the last 26 of which are imperfect at the ends. |
“The Rosetta Stone” By E A Wallis Budge, Page 40
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The Rosetta stone which should really be called the Memphis Decree after the place where the document was probably first composed and “published”, is often described as a trilingual stela. This is not quite accurate. First of all, no version of the text could be properly described as an accurate translation of the others. Secondly, the stela presents roughly the same text written in three different scripts, but not in three languages. There are really only two unrelated tongues here, Greek and Egyptian, but the latter occurs in two dialects, each in its own script. |
“Semitic Papyrology in Context” Kael Marinus Braun, Page 3
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In its present state the Rosetta Stone is an irregularly shaped slab of compact black basalt which measures abot 3 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 4 1/2 in. by 11 in. and the top corners and the righthand bottom corner are wanting. It is inscribed with 14 lines of hieroglyphic text, 32 lines of Demotic and 54 lines of Greek. The inscription on the Stone is bilingual and is written in Egyptian and in Greek. The Egyptian portion is in hieroglyphs and also in Demotic characters. |
The Mummy: A Handbook of Egyptian Funerary Archaelogy By E A Wallis Budge, Page 124
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Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone, written in Greek, Demotic and Egyptian hieroglyphics, is a decree produced at a general council of priests.. |
“In Defense of Nature: The History Nobody Told You about” by Richard Michael Pasichnyk, P. 163
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At the top of the Rosetta Stone are Egyptian hieroglyphics, in the middle is Egyptian demotic script, and at the bottom is Greek. |
“Academic American Encyclopedia”, Page 160
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It is made of black granite, its top register written in hieroglyphic, the middle demotic. |
“Discoveries and Documents: An Introduction to the Archaeology of the Old Testament”, Page 7 by Edgar Jones, 1974
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The Rosetta stone consists of fourteen lines of Egyptian hieroglyphics (shown above); thirty-two lines of Egyptian Demotic, and fifty-four lines of ancient Greek |
Historical Deception: Untold story of Ancient Egypt”, By Moustafa Gadalla, page 23
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Then in the summer of 1799, the Rosetta Stone was discovered. This slab of basalt was engraved with three versions of the same story, written in hieroglyphs on top, Egyptian cursive demotic script in the middle and the more familiar greek in the bottom. |
Knowledge Management Handbook By Jay Liebowitz
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Copies of the decree in the Egyptian (Hieroglyphic and demotic) and Greek languages were ordered to be cut on stele, which were to be set up in every temple of the first, second, and third class in Egypt. |
Short History of the Egyptian People 1914 By E. A. Wallis Budge, page 155
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He recognized the shorthand nature of the demotic writing on the Rosetta Stone |
“Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt”, Page 192 by Kathryn A. Bard, Steven Blake Shubert, 1999
• Skopjan Propaganda Techniques – Taking Text Out Of Context
The common definition of “taking text out of context” is to remove a passage from its surrounding matter in such a way as to distort its meaning. In other words a shorter extract or phrase is used purposedly in an attempt to respresent the views of the person being quoted inaccurately. The latter became an effective tool on the hands of FYROM’s propagandists. Since the overwhelming evidence was against their illusions de grandeur, they had to invent an effective way to present the facts distorted in their favour. Hence misinterpreting their positions became a usual tactic.
If a person being quoted disagrees with their position, FYROM’s propagandists will present quotes that suggest that instead, this person is…supportive of this position. Material that ostensibly bolsters this position is often taken out of context. Exposition that is at odds with the argument being made in the same text is excluded or otherwise obscured.
For example lets take a look in one of the main shelters of FYROM’s propaganda in the net, Historyofmacedonia.org. The following quote is taken out of Strabo’s work to show allegedly that Strabo…didnt consider ancient Macedonians as Greek.
This quote is used by FYROM’s propaganda as a ‘proof’ of the alleged non-greekness of Macedonians but if someone examines it a little better he will find its deliberately taken out of context.
Here is the complete text.
[12] There is an ancient story of the Armenian race to this effect: that Armenus of Armenium, a Thessalian city, which lies between Pherae and Larisa on Lake Boebe, as I have already said,26 accompanied Jason into Armenia; and Cyrsilus the Pharsalian and Medius the Larisaean, who accompanied Alexander, say that Armenia was named after him, and that, of the followers of Armenus, some took up their abode in Acilisene, which in earlier times was subject to the Sopheni, whereas others took up their abode in Syspiritis, as far as Calachene and Adiabene, outside the Armenian mountains. They also say that the clothing of the Armenians is Thessalian, for example, the long tunics, which in tragedies are called Thessalian and are girded round the breast; and also the cloaks that are fastened on with clasps, another way in which the tragedians imitated the Thessalians, for the tragedians had to have some alien decoration of this kind; and since the Thessalians in particular wore long robes, probably because they of all the Greeks lived in the most northerly and coldest region, they were the most suitable objects of imitation for actors in their theatrical make-ups. And they say that their style of horsemanship is Thessalian, both theirs and alike that of the Medes. To this the expedition of Jason and the Jasonian monuments bear witness, some of which were built by the sovereigns of the country, just as the temple of Jason at Abdera was built by Parmenion.
Strabo talks about the story of Armenus who accompanied Jason in Armenia. In other words at the time of Argonautic expedition which of course happened centuries *before* the Macedonian migration from Pindos and *obviously* at the time being, Thessalians were “in the most northerly and coldest region” since Macedonia didnt exist. Its really embarrasing for them since Strabo is more than clear that ancient Macedonians were Greeks and Macedonia was “of course a part of Greece“.
Like the example above explicitly shown, the art of “taking text out of context” not only fails to take account of the particular place, time and circumstance which often is crucial to understanding what someone really means or intends but it also fails to take account of even the other words which immediately surround it and which form a part of one single act of writing or even a speech. To Ignore the context can often be a mere error but taking text out of context as was shown above is plainly a Wilful Distortion.
• FYROM Falsified Claim ‘Thessalia was the northern region of ancient Greece’
Propagandists of FYROM tend to provide a falsified version of ancient sources like Strabo’s. In particular the quote taken out of context they provide is:
The Thessalians in particular wore long robes, probably because they of all the Greeks lived in the most northerly and coldest region.
Strabo[11.14.12]. |
This quote is used by skopjans as a ‘proof’ of the alleged non-greekness of Macedonians but if someone examines it a little better he will find its deliberately taken out of context.
Here is the complete text.
[12] There is an ancient story of the Armenian race to this effect: that Armenus of Armenium, a Thessalian city, which lies between Pherae and Larisa on Lake Boebe, as I have already said,26 accompanied Jason into Armenia; and Cyrsilus the Pharsalian and Medius the Larisaean, who accompanied Alexander, say that Armenia was named after him, and that, of the followers of Armenus, some took up their abode in Acilisene, which in earlier times was subject to the Sopheni, whereas others took up their abode in Syspiritis, as far as Calachene and Adiabene, outside the Armenian mountains. They also say that the clothing of the Armenians is Thessalian, for example, the long tunics, which in tragedies are called Thessalian and are girded round the breast; and also the cloaks that are fastened on with clasps, another way in which the tragedians imitated the Thessalians, for the tragedians had to have some alien decoration of this kind; and since the Thessalians in particular wore long robes, probably because they of all the Greeks lived in the most northerly and coldest region, they were the most suitable objects of imitation for actors in their theatrical make-ups. And they say that their style of horsemanship is Thessalian, both theirs and alike that of the Medes. To this the expedition of Jason and the Jasonian monuments bear witness, some of which were built by the sovereigns of the country, just as the temple of Jason at Abdera was built by Parmenion.
Strabo talks about the story of Armenus who accompanied Jason in Armenia. In other words at the time of Argonautic expedition which of course happened centuries *before* the Macedonian migration from Pindos and *obviously* at the time being, Thessalians were “in the most northerly and coldest region” since Macedonia didnt exist. Its really embarrasing for them since Strabo is more than clear that ancient Macedonians were Greeks and Macedonia was “of course a part of Greece“
• Examples seen at history-of-macedonia.com
• See more examples HERE - External link at macedonianleague.org