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History of the city of Kumanovo |
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The first authentic information concerning Kumanovo dates back to
1519 in documents of the Istanbul Turkish archives, mentioning 52
families with about 300 inhabitants.
Kumanovo became an urban settlement and administrative center of the
region at the end of the XVI century or the beginning of the XVII
century. Following the turbulent events (notably, the Karposh rebellion
in 1689) the city experienced a period of stagnation, and by the end of
XVIII century Kumanovo epitomized a Turkish provincial town.
It developed economically in the late XIX century (agriculture,
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The town has an outstanding revolutionary tradition. Together with
Prilep, it was in Kumanovo that on October 11, 1941, the anti-fascist
insurrection of the Macedonian people and its struggle for national and
social liberation began. Still, industrial development occurred only at
the end of the Second World War. The fast growing economic,
administrative and cultural expansion in Kumanovo fired up in 1945.
Today, it is a modern city with approximately 100,000 inhabitants.
The city and the region boast a reach history with numerous cultural and
historical monuments dating back to the prehistoric period.
The Church of St. George at the Monastery of Staro Nagoricane is the
best known cultural and historical monument in the Kumanovo's vicinity.
The Church was built in the 11th century and was reconstructed in the
l4th. During its reconstruction, the fresco-painters Mihailo and Evtihij
painted its walls with frescoes of exceptional artistic value. |
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