Achlada
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Achlada
Αχλάδα | |
|---|---|
 Church of St. Spyridon | |
  Achlada | |
| Coordinates: 40°51.68′N 21°36.80′E / 40.86133°N 21.61333°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Geographic region | Macedonia |
| Administrative region | Western Macedonia |
| Regional unit | Florina |
| Municipality | Florina |
| Municipal unit | Meliti |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 320 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Achlada (Greek: Αχλάδα; Bulgarian and Macedonian: Крушоради) is a village in the Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece.
The settlement was mentioned in an Ottoman tax register (defter) of 1626–1627, under the name of Krushorad, and was described as having 61 non-Muslim households.[2]
The Russian slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Krushorade (Крушораде) as mainly Bulgarian village in 1845.[3] Gyorche Petrov in 1986 notes that the village had 20 Bulgarian Exarchist and 40 Bulgarian Patriarchist households.[4] According to statistics collected by Vasil Kanchov in 1900, the village had a population of 650, all Bulgarians.[5] According to statistics collected by Dimitar Mishev (under the pseudonym "Brancoff"), there were 760 Bulgarians in the village, all Bulgarian Exarchists.[6]
The paternal grandparents of Nikola Gruevski, former Prime Minister of then Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia), were born here, including his grandfather Nikolaos Grouios.[7]
In 1926, the name of the village was changed from Κρουσοράτη (Krousoráti) to Αχλάδα (Achláda).[8]
In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Achlada was populated by Slavophones. The Macedonian language was spoken by people over 60, mainly in private.[9]
