Dear Macedonian Brothers and Sisters,

Since 1990, I have interviewed over 1507 people who are today naturally referred to by some as "Macedonian Slavs."

The aforementioned individuals were born (between 1800 and 1912) and raised in Aegean, Vardar, and Pirin Macedonia. I met some of them in the USA, Canada, and Western Europe. However, I talked with the majority of them while visiting my relatives in Republic of Macedonia, Antique Macedonia (Greece), and Tatar's Bulgaria.

I would like to emphasize that each and every one of them identified himself/herself (on clear Macedonian language) as Macedonian and only as Macedonian.

Tase Tasev