Boletin, Mavrovo i Rostuše

Boletin Болетин
Village
View of the remnants of the village
Boletin Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°39′27″N 20°36′06″E
Country	North Macedonia
Region	Polog
Municipality	[[File:Coat of arms of Mavrovo and Rostušе Municipality.svg|15px]] Mavrovo and Rostušе
Population  (2002)
• Total	0
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Car plates	GV
Website	.

Boletin (Macedonian: Болетин) is an abandoned village in the municipality of Mavrovo and Rostušе, North Macedonia.

History

Due to uprisings in the Upper Reka region, Boletin was burned down by Serbian and Bulgarian forces between 1912 and 1916.[1]

Demographics

Boletin (Nulitin) is attested in the Ottoman defter of 1467 as a village in the ziamet of Reka which was under the authority of Karagöz Bey. The village had a total of five households and the anthroponyms recorded depict an exclusively Albanian character: Orogan Reçi, Kolë Reçi, Progon Sunda, Kola son of Budin, and Kolë Reçi.[2]

According to the 1942 Albanian census, Boletin was inhabited by 332 Muslim Albanians.[3] The 1948 Yugoslav census recorded 340 people in the village, all Albanians. The 1953 Yugoslav census recorded 390 people, of whom 201 were Macedonians, 176 Turks and 9 Albanians. The 1961 Yugoslav census which at that time was inhabited by 15 people, all Turks. The 1961 census marks the last time inhabitants were registered in the settlement.[4] In the second half of the 20th century the village was populated by a Torbeš community.[5]

According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 0 inhabitants.[6]

References

1. Osmani 2012, p. 9."Tërnica, Reçi, Boletini, Dëbova, Strezimiri, Zavojska dhe Shtirovica deri në vitin 1916 u dogjën nga serbët dhe bullgarët. [Tërnica, Reçi, Boletini, Dëbova, Strezimiri, Zavojska and Shtirovica until 1916 were burned by Serbs and Bulgarians.]"
2. Caka, Eduart (2019). Defteri i hollësishëm për zonat e dibrës i vitit 1467. Tiranë: Akademia e studimeve albanologjike instituti historisë. p. 123.
3. "Ethnic/Religious composition of Dibër and Tetovë prefectures".
4. Sherafedin Kaso (2005). The settlements with Muslim population in Macedonia. Logos-A. p. 42. ISBN 978-9989-58-155-7.
5. Vidoeski, Božidar (1998). Dijalektite na makedonskiot jazik. Vol. 1. Makedonska akademija na naukite i umetnostite. ISBN 9789989649509. p. 214. "Само со Торбеши се населени денеска Жировница, Видуше, Болетин, Аџиефци, Присојница, Скудриње, Горно Косоврасти (во Река),..."
6. Macedonian Census (2002), Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion, The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2002, p. 166.

Sources

• Osmani, Edibe Selimi (2012). Veshja autoktone e femrave të Rekës së Epërme [Authentic clothing of women from Reka e Epërme]. Skopje: Arbëria design. ISBN 9789989578281.