Pyotr Danilovich Draganov ( Russian: Пётр Данилович Драганов; Bulgarian: Петър Драганов; Macedonian: Петар Драганов; February 13 [ O.S. February 1] 1857 – February 7, 1928) was a Russian philologist and slavist.
Draganov was born in Komrat, Russian Empire, in 1857. He was of Bessarabian Bulgarian origin. [1] [2] [3] [4] Draganov studied history and philology at the University of Saint Petersburg. From 1885 to 1887 he was working as a teacher in a Thessaloniki high school after he was invited by the Bulgarian Exarchate. [5]
He came to Thessaloniki with the claim that the Slavic speakers in Ottoman Macedonia are Bulgarians.[ citation needed] However, after the huge research that he has done in Macedonia he came up with his own scientific opinion about them.[ citation needed] In other words, Draganov claimed that the Macedonian Slavs are a distinct Slavic ethnic group and the Macedonian dialects form a separate language. [4] [6] As a result of this claim and his personal beliefs, he was sent back to Russia. [7][ non-primary source needed] There he set the foundations of Macedonian studies. [8]
Pyotr Danilovich Draganov ( Russian: Пётр Данилович Драганов; Bulgarian: Петър Драганов; Macedonian: Петар Драганов; February 13 [ O.S. February 1] 1857 – February 7, 1928) was a Russian philologist and slavist.
Draganov was born in Komrat, Russian Empire, in 1857. He was of Bessarabian Bulgarian origin. [1] [2] [3] [4] Draganov studied history and philology at the University of Saint Petersburg. From 1885 to 1887 he was working as a teacher in a Thessaloniki high school after he was invited by the Bulgarian Exarchate. [5]
He came to Thessaloniki with the claim that the Slavic speakers in Ottoman Macedonia are Bulgarians.[ citation needed] However, after the huge research that he has done in Macedonia he came up with his own scientific opinion about them.[ citation needed] In other words, Draganov claimed that the Macedonian Slavs are a distinct Slavic ethnic group and the Macedonian dialects form a separate language. [4] [6] As a result of this claim and his personal beliefs, he was sent back to Russia. [7][ non-primary source needed] There he set the foundations of Macedonian studies. [8]