Gavros, Kastoria
Gavros | |
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  Gavros | |
| Coordinates: 40°37′37.25″N 21°11′24.51″E / 40.6270139°N 21.1901417°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Kastoria |
| Municipality | Kastoria |
| Municipal unit | Korestia |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 302 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Gavros (Greek: Γάβρος, before 1926: Γάβρεσι – Gavresi;[2] Bulgarian/Macedonian: Габреш – Gabrеsh/Gabrеš)[3] is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Gavros and Neos Oikismos.
The village participated in the Ilinden Uprising (1903) and during the conflict it was razed by the Ottoman army.[4] Inhabitants of Gavresi who were master builders and carpenters worked seasonally in the surrounding villages, in Bitola district and the wider region of Western Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, the Greek islands and Athens.[5] Limited arable land and difficult living conditions of the late Ottoman era and early Greek period made some villagers immigrate to Toronto, Canada.[5] The Gavresi immigrants in Toronto participated in the early Macedonian-Bulgarian community to build church infrastructure.[6]
During the occupation of Greece in the Second World War and in the Greek Civil War the village supported the separatist side and retaliation followed from supporters of the Greek side.[4] In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.[7] The village Gavros had a total of 355 inhabitants, and was populated by 340 Slavophones with a Bulgarian national consciousness.[8] The inhabitants spoke the Dolna Korèshcha variant of the Kostur dialect.[9]
Originally from Gavros is the well-known Macedonian Canadian businessman John Bitove Sr.
References
[edit]- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Gavresi – Gavros". Pandektis. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ Королов, Лари –Лабро. „Два диалектни текста с исторически свидетелства от селата Габреш и Дреновени, Костурско“, Македонски преглед, година XLVI/2, 2023, стр. 143 - 154. (Koroloff, Larry Labro. Two Dialect Texts of Historical Interest from Gabresh and Drenoveni, Kostur Region, Makedonski Pregled.година XLVI/2, 2023, pp. 143 - 154
- ^ a b Michailidis, Iakovos D. (2000). "On the Other Side of the River: The Defeated Slavophones and Greek History". In Cowan, Jane K. (ed.). Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and Difference. Pluto Press. p. 75. ISBN 9780745315898.
- ^ a b Petroff, Lillian (1985). "Sojourner and Settler: The Macedonian Presence in the City, 1903–1940". In Harney, Robert F. (ed.). Gathering Place: Peoples and Neighbourhoods of Toronto, 1834–1945. Multicultural History Society of Ontario. pp. 177–178. ISBN 9780919045187.
- ^ Kostov, Chris (2010). Contested Ethnic Identity: The Case of Macedonian Immigrants in Toronto, 1900–1996. Peter Lang. p. 136. ISBN 9783034301961.
- ^ Alvanos 2005, p. 518.
- ^ Alvanos, Raymondos (2005). Κοινωνικές συγκρούσεις και πολιτικές συμπεριφορές στην περιοχή της Καστοριάς (1922–1949) [Social conflicts and political behaviors in the area of Kastoria (1922–1949)] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 515. Retrieved 14 June 2024. "Γάβρος, Πληθυσμός: 355, Σλαυόφωνοι: 340, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: ναι"
- ^ Королов, Лари –Лабро. „Два диалектни текста с исторически свидетелства от селата Габреш и Дреновени, Костурско“, Македонски преглед, година XLVI/2, 2023, стр. 143 - 154