At the end of 1923, a new organization of the Macedonian Bulgarians was established in Sofia, which was unparalleled in comparison to
other refugee formations – the Macedonian Scientific Institute (MSI).
Although small in membership, the new organization included some
of the most prominent representatives of the Bulgarian scientific and
public elite, most of who were natives or had origins in Macedonia. The
main goal of MSI was defending Bulgarian character of the historical
and geographic region of Macedonia through scientific evidence.
The
Institute developed intensive publishing activity, acted internationally
in defence of the Bulgarian national cause, and co-opted foreign scientists as members, whose works were to contribute to popularizing
cultural and historical heritage of the Bulgarians in Macedonia: all
were destined for the above goal. After the political changes in Bulgaria occurred in the autumn of 1944, the new rulers yielded to the
pressure coming from the Soviet Union and from the new communist
(Tito’s) Yugoslavia, and proceeded to ‘self-dissolution’ of all Macedonian refugee organizations.
This logically led to the closing of the
Macedonian Scientific Institute in 1947.
Македонският научен институт е най-старият научен център в света за проучване миналото, етнографията, говорите и икономиката на географската област Македония.
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