145 2019. № 1 (25). Январь—Июнь B. Ristovska-Josifovska. A picture of the Slavic world ... Miscellanea / Смесь УДК 94(497.17); ББК 63.3(0); DOI https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu19.2019.111 Biljana Ristovska-Josifovska A PICTURE OF THE SLAVIC WORLD THROUGH THE PRISM OF A 19 TH CENTURY MACEDONIAN MANUSCRIPT (TRANSFERING KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS) Transfering knowledge inevitably involves transfering ideas through written works. In this article we analyze the case of a Macedonian manuscript from the 19 th century, «The Slavic- Macedonian General History», by the Macedonian revival activist Ǵorǵija Pulevski 1 , from the aspect of understanding and presenting the history of the Slavs. In that respect this paper analyzes the ideas transfered and refected in the text, specifc to the revival processes in that period — an emphasis on the Slavic element in self-identifcation and separation from the others, the national mythology, as well as the tendency for verifcation through written works and literary associations. The process of self-awareness and affrmation of Macedonian national identity, usually called a revival movement similar to that of other Balkan peoples and a counterpart to Euro- pean nationalism, begins at the beginning of the 19 th century and continues in different forms until the constitution of the modern Macedonian state (1944) 2 . Among the most important 1 Ǵorǵija Pulevski (1822/23‒1893) was a revival activist, lexicographer, poet, folklorist, author of grammar books, historian, ethnographer, komitadji, a volunteer in the Serbo-OttomanWar (1876) and the Russian-Ottoman War (1877/78), a participant in the liberation actions in Pijanec and the Kresna Uprising (1878/79). His works include «Dictionary of four languages» (Belgrade, 1873), «Dictionary of three languages» (Belgrade, 1875), a patriotic-political poem «Macedonian Fair» (Sofa, 1878 (?)), a collection of poems in two parts, «Macedonian songbook» (Sofa, 1879), and the frst part of the frst printed Macedonian grammar book (Sofa, 1880). He left manuscripts: «Grammar» and «Slavic-Macedonian General History». 2 See: Старделов Г. Нациите на Балканскиот историски контекст некогаш и денес (Маке- донско искуство) // Македонија. Прашања од историјата и културата. Скопје, 1999. P. 63–64; Ристовски Б. Столетија на македонската свест. Истражувања за културно-националниот развиток. Скопје, 2001. P. 9–25; Миронска-Христовска В. Просветителството во Македонија. Скопје, 2005. P. 28–33. © B. Ristovska-Josifovska, 2019