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Krste Misirkov (born 1874 in the village of Ayii Apostoli (Greek: Άγιοι Απόστολοι, Macedonian: Постол - Postol) in Macedonia (Greece)), died in Sofia, 1926), was the most prominent Macedonian publicist, philologist and linguist who set the principles of the Macedonian literary language at the beginning of the late 19th century.

His opinions on the political and national issues of his time carry the proof of the struggle of the Macedonian intellectuals and their contribution to the fight for the liberation of the Macedonians and the creation of an independent Macedonian state. In 1903 he published the book "Za Makedonskite Raboti" ("On Macedonian Matters") in which he laid down the principles of the modern Macedonian language.