Skopos (, before 1926: Σέτινα – Setina; Medieval ; Bulgarian/Macedonian: Сетина, Setina) is a village in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.
History There were fortified palaces of the Bulgarian Tsar Samuel at the beginning of the 11th century, near the place where today's village is. In the autumn of 1017 the fortress was captured and burned down by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II. Soon afterwards, the Battle of Setina took place. In it the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Vladislav opposed the Byzantines, but he was defeated.
In 1845 the Russian Slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded "Sitino" as a mainly Bulgarian village.Григорович, В. Очеркъ путешествiя по Европейской Турцiи, Москва, 1877 "...населено преимущественно Болгарами с примесью Валахов и Турков. Поименую села их: Владово, Острово, Кочено, Кадрево, Гугово, Русилово, Дружко, Ослово, Пачетин, Ниссие, Чегано, Крмско, Учин, Грамматиново, Ракита, Каменек, Баината, Орево, Жерве, Петерско у озера, Рошава, Пътеле, Суровичево, Гулинци, Любетино, Зеленич, Палиора, Дебрец, Невеска и Судир (в обоих сел. Влахи), Вербини, еще Вербини, Црево, Баньци, Забердин, Вуштарни, Крушораде, Ситина, Совиче, Добровина, Бачь, Куйнавите, Ромалия, Саново село, Секулево, Кальник, Клештина, Арминор, Кодорево, Клобучище, Арменско, Неволино, Лежини, Кучковини, Пешошница, Вартолом, Лесковец..." In the book Ethnographie des Vilayets d'Adrianople, de Monastir et de Salonique, published in Constantinople in 1878, that reflects the statistics of the male population in 1873, "Setigne" was noted as a village with 50 households and 140 male Bulgarian inhabitants.Ethnographie des vilayets d'Andrinople, de Monastir, et de Salonique, Constantinople (1878) In 1905, Setina's population consisted of 816 Bulgarian Exarchists.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, рр. 176-177.
Demography
Skopos had 137 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Skopos was populated by Slavic speakers. The Macedonian language was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private. Table 3: Skopos, 137; S, M3; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"
In Toronto, Canada there are 700 families from Skopos.
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