Zërnovskë Explained

Type:	v
Official Name:	Zërnovskë
Other Name:	Zrnovsko Zaroshkë Зрновско
County:	Korçë
Municipality:	Pustec
Municunit:	Pustec
Coordinates:	40.7642°N 20.9081°W

Zërnovskë (sq|Zërnovska, formerly Zaroshkë; mk|Зрновско, bg|Зърновско) is a village in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone^[1] located in the Korçë County in Albania.^[2] It is located at the southeastern end of Lake Prespa, south of the village of Pustec. The village is composed of ethnic Macedonians,^[3] which form part of the larger Macedonian minority in Albania.^[4] According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants are Bulgarians.^{[5] [6]}

History

The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that village had 120 Bulgarian Exarchists residents in 1905.^[7] In 1911, it was found to contain sixteen Bulgarian houses and 109 inhabitants.^[8]

In 1939, on behalf of 20 Bulgarian houses in Zarnovsko (Зърновско) Miag Sekula signed a request by the local Bulgarians to the Bulgarian tsaritsa Giovanna requesting her intervention for the protection of the Bulgarian people in Albania - at that time an Italian protectorate.^[9]

In 2013, the village's name, which had been changed to Zaroshkë during communist Albania, was reverted to Zrnovsko.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Macedonians.
2. Web site: Law nr. 115/2014 . sq . 6372–6373. 25 February 2022 .
3. Xhaxho . Manjola . 2007 . Minority Rights and the Republic of Albania: Missing the Implementation . Faculty of Law, Lund University .
4. Web site: Census 2011 Data: Resident population by ethnic and cultural affiliation . The Institute of Statistics of Republic of Albania . 5 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035427/http://www.instat.gov.al/media/180932/1.1.13.xls . 24 September 2015.
5. http://www.mni.bg/2017/11/selishta-v-mala-prespa.html Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.
6. Българите в района на Корча и Мала Преспа (Албания) - съвременна картина, Балканистичен Форум, 2005, №1-3, с. 113-129 (Pashova, Anastasija. Bulgarians in the region of Korcha and Mala Prespa (Albania) nowadays, Balcanistic forum, 2005, issue No: 1-3, pp. 113-129.)
7. D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 170-171. (in French)
8. Traychev, Georgi. Български селища в днешна Албания, в: Отецъ Паисий, 15-31 юли 1929 година, стр. 212.
9. Елдъров, Светозар. Българите в Албания 1913-1939. Изследване и документи, София, 2000, стр. 324-326.
10. News: Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase. 17 April 2013. Info Arkiv. sq. 29 July 2014.