Zërnosko (, formerly Zaroshkë; , ) is a village in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone located in the Korçë County in Albania. It is located at the southeastern end of Lake Prespa, south of the village of Pustec. The village is composed of ethnic Macedonians, which form part of the larger Macedonian minority in Albania. According to sources, including research by a scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants are Macedonians.Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.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.)
History The "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" survey by Dimitar Mishev (D. Brankov) concluded that village had 120 Bulgarian Exarchists residents in 1905.D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 170-171. (in French) In 1911, it was found to contain sixteen Bulgarian houses and 109 inhabitants.Traychev, Georgi. Български селища в днешна Албания, в: Отецъ Паисий, 15-31 юли 1929 година, стр. 212.
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.Елдъров, Светозар. Българите в Албания 1913-1939. Изследване и документи, София, 2000, стр. 324-326.
In 2013, the village's name, which had been changed to Zaroshkë during communist Albania, was reverted to Zrnovsko.
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