Tretyakova M. Makedoniia-2001. Novyi vitok krizisa: Istoricheskie predposylki i politicheskie posledstviia. M.: Indrik, 2021. 376 s. ISBN 978-5-91674-633-4 [Tretyakova M. Macedonia-2001. A New Round of the Crisis: Historical Background and Political Consequences. Moscow: Indrik, 2021. 376 p.]

Abstract

This review is devoted to the book by Maria Chedomirovna Tretyakova Macedonia-2001. A New Round of the Crisis: Historical Background and Political Consequences. The author sets herself the task of studying the significance of the Albanian factor in the history of Macedonia. The author studies not just the 2001 insurgency in Macedonia, but the region's history from the middle of the nineteenth century until 2018. The author pays most attention to the demographic issue and argues the historical right of the Macedonian people to the territory of the country. The monograph was written according to the Right-Macedonian national discourse and therefore has all the pros and cons of the primordial approach in the study of interethnic tensions in the Balkans. The book is of undoubted interest for the reader who wants to get acquainted with the Macedonian vision of the Albanian question in the Balkans. Illustrative material and maps of the so-called “United Macedonia” emphasize the tragedy of the situation in which, according to the author, the Macedonian people found themselves.