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The village first mentioned in an Ottoman ] of 1481 and ] in a contemporary 1989 study as ''Mokreni'', had sixty-nine households.<ref>{{cite book |last= Kravari|first=Vassiliki |title=Ville et villages de Macédoine occidentale |series= Realites byzantines|volume=2|date=1989|publisher= Editions P. Lethielleux|location= Paris| pages = 301 |language=French |isbn=2283604524}}</ref> The population was ] in 19th and early 20th centuries. The village was burned by the Turks during the ].<ref></ref> There was a Bulgarian school in the village in the beginning of 20th century.<ref>D.M. Brancoff. ''La Macedoine et sa Population Chretienne''. Paris, 1905, pp. 180-181.</ref> After the ] in 1913, when the area became part of ], many people emigrated to ]. The village was renamed Variko in 1926. The village's primary agricultural products are beans, corn, and wheat. There is an annual bean festival on August 15th, coinciding with the ]. | ||
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Variko (Template:Lang-el, local Slavic: Мокрени, Mokreni) is a village in Florina Prefecture, Greece, 27km south-southeast of the city of Florina. The population in 2001 was 698.
History
The village first mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481 and transliterated in a contemporary 1989 study as Mokreni, had sixty-nine households. The population was Bulgarian in 19th and early 20th centuries. The village was burned by the Turks during the Ilinden Uprising. There was a Bulgarian school in the village in the beginning of 20th century. After the Treaty of Bucharest in 1913, when the area became part of Greece, many people emigrated to Bulgaria. The village was renamed Variko in 1926. The village's primary agricultural products are beans, corn, and wheat. There is an annual bean festival on August 15th, coinciding with the Dormition of Virgin.
Notable persons
- Nikola Andreev, (1879 - 1911) - Bulgarian teacher and voivode
- Nikola Milev, (1881-1925) - Bulgarian historian
Notes
- Kravari, Vassiliki (1989). Ville et villages de Macédoine occidentale. Realites byzantines (in French). Vol. 2. Paris: Editions P. Lethielleux. p. 301. ISBN 2283604524.
- Brailsford, Henri N. Macedonia: Its races and their future, London, 1906. p. 216
- D.M. Brancoff. La Macedoine et sa Population Chretienne. Paris, 1905, pp. 180-181.
- Николов, Борис Й. Вътрешна Македоно-Одринска революционна организация. Войводи и ръководители. биографично-библиографски справочник. София 2001, с. 9 (Nikolov, Boris. Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Organization. Voivodes and Leaders. Biographical and Bibliographical Reference Book. Sofia 2001, p. 9).
- Чолов, Петър. Български историци. Биографично-библиографски справочник. София 1999, с. 182 (Cholov, Petar. Bulgarian Historians, Biographical and Bibliographical Reference Book. Sofia 1999, p. 182); Марков, Георги. Покушения, насилие и политика в България 1878-1947. София 2003, c. 216-218 (Markov, Georgi. Attempts, Violence and Politics in Bulgaria 1878-1947. Sofia 2003, pp. 216-218).
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