Achlada

Achlada (Greek: Αχλάδα, Bulgarian: Крушоради, Krushoradi, Macedonian: Крушоради, Krušoradi) is a village in the Florina regional unit, Greece. It was previously known as Κρουσοράτη (Krousorati) or Κρουσουράτη (Krousourati) until it was renamed by Greek authorities in 1926.[2]

Achlada Αχλάδα
Achlada
Coordinates: 40°51.68′N 21°36.80′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	West Macedonia
Regional unit	Florina
Municipality	Florina
Municipal unit	Meliti
Community [1]
• Population	404 (2011)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

History

The settlement was mentioned in an Ottoman tax register (defter) of 1626–1627, under the name of Krushorad, and was described as having sixty-one non-Muslim households.[3] The Russian slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Krushorade (Крушораде) as mainly Bulgarian village in 1845.[4] The population of the village was under the supremacy of the Bulgarian Exarchate in the beginning of the 20th century. The survey "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne" by Dimitar Mishev concluded that the Christian population in 1905 was composed of 760 Bulgarian Exarchists.[5] The name was changed to the Greek Achlada after the Balkan Wars. The father of Nikola Gruevski (former Prime Minister of North Macedonia) was born in Achlada.

References

1. "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
2. The Pandektis Institution
3. Турски извори за българската история, т. VII, София 1986, с. 333 (Turkish Sources for Bulgarian History, vol. VII, Sofia 1986, p. 333).
4. Григорович, В. Очерки путешествiя по Европейской Турцiи, Москва, 1877
5. D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, pp. 176-177.