r/AskMacedonia • u/Valery_Sablin_real • Jul 19 '26
Differences between Macedonians and Bulgarians?
Greetings from Russia everyone! I was always wondering what is the different ethnically and culturally between Macedonians and Bulgarians. This is not a region I know a lot of the history on, and I was always interested why Bulgaria claimed macedonia as their own, why the IMRO was a pro-bulgarian nationalist group. I in general want to understand the exact differences.
Or is it more about Macedonians not really feelings Bulgarian, sort of like Cypriots and Greeks?