Rusinovo

Rusinovo
Русиново
Village
Skyline of the village
Skyline of the village
Rusinovo is located in North Macedonia
Rusinovo
Rusinovo
Location within North Macedonia
Country North Macedonia
Region Eastern
Municipality Berovo
Area
 • Total
133.3 km2 (51.5 sq mi)
Elevation
900 m (3,000 ft)
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
1,503
 • Density11.28/km2 (29.20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Rusinovo (Macedonian: Русиново) is a village in Berovo Municipality, North Macedonia. It is one of the biggest villages in the country by land area. In 2021, the village had a population of 1,503.

History

The settlement was mentioned as Русинова in a defter of 1621–1622 where 44 jizya households were recorded.

Vasil Kanchov's 1900 survey recorded 1500 Bulgarian Christians and ten Roma in the village. Later in 1905, Secretary of the Bulgarian Exarchate Dimitar Mishev (writing as "Brancoff") documented 1,752 Exarchist Bulgarians and six Roma in the village, with one primary school, two teachers, and 77 students.

On 23 December 1906, Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization leader Dame Gruev was killed in a shootout on Petlec Peak near Rusinovo. He was buried by villagers in the courtyard of the village church. His remains were later transferred to Smilevo.

18 people from the village were part of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps at the start of the First Balkan War in 1912.

17 people from this village were victims of World War II.

Geography

This hilly village is located in the central part of the Berovo Municipality on the northern slopes of the Maleshevo mountains, six kilometers away from Berovo. It is situated at an elevation of 900 meters and covers an area of 133.3 square kilometers, making it one of the largest villages in the country by land area.

Demographics

Ethnic groups

The historical ethnic makeup of this village is as follows:

Ethnicity Year
1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 1994 2002 2021
Macedonians 2,247 2,239 2,276 2,154 2,168 2,097 2,092 1,416
Albanians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turks 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roma 0 — 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aromanians 0 — — 0 0 0 0 0
Serbs 1 0 8 9 2 3 1 0
Bosniaks — — — — — 0 0 0
Others 2 3 4 10 3 0 2 0
Total 2,251 2,242 2,288 2,173 2,173 2,100 2,095 1,503

Sex distribution

The historical population of both sexes in this village is as follows:

Sex Year
1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 1994 2002
Male 1,049 1,152 1,146 1,176 1,114 1,130 1,096 1,096
Female 995 1,099 1,096 1,112 1,059 1,043 1,004 999

Notable people

Born in Rusinovo

Died in Rusinovo

Notes

  1. ↑ In 1948, the population was 2,044, with no recorded ethnic composition.
  2. ↑ There are 87 "persons for whom the data has been obtained from administrative sources".

References

  1. ↑ Димитров, Страшимир; Грозданова, Елена; Андреев, Стефан (1986). Турски извори за българската история [Turkish Sources for Bulgarian History] (in Bulgarian). Vol. VII. Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 286.
  2. ↑ Кѫнчовъ, Василъ (1900). Македония. Етнография и Статистика [Macedonia. Ethnography and Statistics] (in Bulgarian). Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. p. 228.
  3. ↑ Мишев, Димитър. La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne [Macedonia and Its Christian Population] (in French). Paris: Plon, Nourrit & Cie. pp. 140–141.
  4. ↑ Ristovski, Blaže, ed. (2009). Македонска енциклопедија [Macedonian Encyclopedia]. Vol. 1. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts. pp. 404–405. ISBN 978-608-203-023-4.
  5. ↑ Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912–1913 г.: Личен състав по документи на Дирекция „Централен военен архив“ [Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps 1912–1913: Personnel According to Documents of the Central Military Archive Directorate]. Archival Guides (in Bulgarian). Vol. 9. Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo: Main Directorate of Archives; Central Military Archive Directorate. 2006. p. 875. ISBN 954-9800-52-0.
  6. ↑ "Попис „Жртве рата 1941. – 1945." из 1964. године" [The 1964 Census of Victims of the War 1941–1945] (PDF). Музеј жртава геноцида Београд (in Serbian). p. 2.
  7. ↑ Панов, Митко (1998). Енциклопедија на селата во Република Македонија [Encyclopedia of the Villages in the Republic of Macedonia] (PDF) (in Macedonian). Skopje: Patrija. p. 263. ISBN 9789989862007.
  8. ↑ "Население на Република Македонија според изјаснувањето за етничката припадност, по населени места, според пописите на население 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 1994 и 2002 година (согласно територијалната организација од 1996 година)" (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia.
  9. ↑ "Вкупно резидентно население на Република Северна Македонија според етничката припадност, по населени места, Попис, 2021" (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia.
  10. ↑ "Население по возраст и по пол, по населени места, според пописите спроведени во Република Македонија по Втората светска војна". PxWeb (in Macedonian). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia. Retrieved 2026-06-06.