Radiovce
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Brvenica municipality
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near the town of Tetovo
Tetovo
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in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
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. The village of Radiovce is one of the newest in the municipality. The village is divided into several neighbourhoos including: Upper Radiovce; Middle Radiovce; Lower Radiovce; Zbiralo; Vakov; and Koriḱansko.
Geography and position
Radiovce is one of only a few villages in the Brvenica Municipality that is completely on flat land. The village lies near the VardarVardar
The Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is long, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of river is ....
and Bogovinjska rivers. These two rivers make for fertile soil and are good for agricultural and fishing purposes. Corn, beans, wheat, rye are some of the typical crops grown in Radiovce. The Suva Gora mountain, located near the village, is an important source of wood.
History
At the end of the 19th century, Radiovce was part of the Tetovo region of the Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
. In 1900, roughly 140 people lived in the village, mostly Orthodox Slavs. After the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Radiovce fell under Serbian
Kingdom of Serbia
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control. After the end of the World War I
World War I
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, Radiovce, along with the rest of the territory of that is now the Republic of Macedonia, became part of a new kingdom called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and later on after 1945 SR Macedonia
Socialist Republic of Macedonia
The Socialist Republic of Macedonia was a socialist state that was a constituent country of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
became an equal state of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
. After the fall of SFRY, Radiovce became part of the newly independent Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
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Etymology of the name Radiovce
There is a local legend as to why the village was named Radovce. When the land where is the village today was not inhabited, there were big alps for sheep, where there were a lot of shepherds. One day came one man and he liked the place a lot. so he decided to build a small house just to stay there while the sheep were on the alps. This man and the small house were very strange for the people of the nearset villages. They always asked him why he lives there alone, and he answered: Radi ovce (on Tetovo dialectLower Polog dialect
The Lower Polog dialect is a member of the western subgroup of the Northern group of dialects of the Macedonian language. It is spoken by the population in north-western Republic of Macedonia. This dialect is spoken in the city Tetovo, in the bigger villages Jegunovce, Vratnica, Tearce, Lešok,...
, which means Because of the sheep. Sooner the place was inhabited by other people and the village was called Radiovce.
Also, there is another version for the name that tell us that people from the mountains came to the present day village to live there for Rad and Ovce which mean that they came there for work and sheep.
The people from Radiovce are known as Rakari which means Crabs, because in the rivers near Radiovce there were a lot of crabs, but unfortunately today crabs cannot be found anymore.
Population and demographics
Macedonia (region)
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. A big part of the population has come from the nearest villages Žerovjane, Lisec, Gradec, Strimnica and from the Porečie valley. The Albanian people primary have come from the villages Gurgurnica, Korita and Čegrane.
Other nationalities in Radiovce are few Roma people and few Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
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Relations with the near cities
Even though Radiovce is maybe nearer to GostivarGostivar
Gostivar , is a city in the Republic of Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is one of the largest municipalities in the country with a population of 81,042, and the town also covers . Gostivar has good road and railway connections with the other cities in the region, such as...
, people from Radiovce have always been oriented towards Tetovo
Tetovo
Tetovo is a city in the northwestern part of Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River.The city covers an area of at above sea level, with a population of 86,580 citizens in the municipality. Tetovo is home to the State University of Tetovo and South East...
. The institutional and the social problems of the people have aways been solved in Tetovo. Also Tetovo is educational center for Radiovce's people and main center for trade, recreation and the main hospital is in Tetovo. Also, a big pert of the population of Radiovce has very good relations with the other city- Gostivar. A large number of youngsters go in high- school in Gostivar, the trade relationship between Radiovce and Gostivar is very good and large number of the holidays such as New Year and Easter are celebrated in Gostivar. Radiovce, together with the surrounding is a perfect example of how one multicultural society works.
Sport and recreation
The village has always had a football club named Radiovce, and unfortunately today it has gone since 1990. In the following years there were some efforts to restore the club. but because of financial problems it didn't happen. The club has won in the regional football league in Tetovo.The river Vardar that flows near Radiovce was an attractive recreational center, but because of the water became very dirty people stop coming to this place for pick-nick or for walk. Also very interesting place is the area where Bogovinjska river and Vardar river join. This was a very good place for pick- nick, but today because of the dirtiness of the local factories it is very unpleasant place.
External links
- http://www.rumbletum.org/Europe/Macedonia/Kamenjane/_786596_Radiovce.html#themap actuell weather in Radiovce(cz)