GREEK-BULGARIAN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN 19th-CENTURY BALKANS: THE CASE OF THE ROMBI/РОБЕВИ FAMILY
GREEK-BULGARIAN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND NATIONAL IDENTITIES IN 19th-CENTURY BALKANS: THE CASE OF THE ROMBI/РОБЕВИ FAMILY
Author(s): Maria LitinaSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Sociology, Comparative history, Local History / Microhistory, Modern Age, Nationalism Studies, 19th Century, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Институт за балканистика с Център по тракология - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: Rombi; Rompi; Robev; Demitsas; Pycheon; Ochrid; Monastir; Benediktos
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines perceptions and self-perceptions of national identities in 19th century Balkans using the history of the merchant family of Rombi or Робев as a case study. According to Greek and Bulgarian historians the family appeared to be of Greek-Wlach or Bulgarian origin. Preliminary research, mainly based on the family archive preserved in the National Library in Sofia, shows changing attitudes in terms of ethnic identity. Despite their Greek education certain members of the family identified themselves as Bulgarians and support the Bulgarian independent movement against the Greeks.
Journal: Études balkaniques
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 689-705
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
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