Mihail Petruševski was a Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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n academic, philologist and founder of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Skopje University

Skopje University

The Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje is the largest university in the Republic of Macedonia. It was named after the medieval brothers Cyril and Methodius, also known as the Apostles to the Slavs, enlighteners who developed the precursors to the Cyrillic alphabet used today in most...

. He published over 200 philosophic works, but his translation of Homer

Homer

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's "Iliad

Iliad

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" and his adaptation of "Skanderbeg

Skanderbeg

George Kastrioti Skanderbeg or Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu , widely known as Skanderbeg , was a 15th-century Albanian lord. He was appointed as the governor of the Sanjak of Dibra by the Ottomans in 1440...

" by Grigor Parlichev

Grigor Parlichev

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 were considered particularly significant for Macedonian culture.

Petruševski was also a committee member on the first Committee for the Standardization of the Macedonian Alphabet, and a former rector

Rector

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 of Saints Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje

Skopje University

The Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje is the largest university in the Republic of Macedonia. It was named after the medieval brothers Cyril and Methodius, also known as the Apostles to the Slavs, enlighteners who developed the precursors to the Cyrillic alphabet used today in most...

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