About the Author
The Macedonian Scientific and Literary Society in Saint Petersburg was officially constituted on 28 October 1902 with 19 signatories (Krste Petkov Misirkov, Dimitrija Čupovski, Dijamandija Trpkov Mišajkov, Stefan Jakimov Dedov, Dr. Gavril Konstantinovich, and others).
At its founding, the Society was placed under the patronage of Saint Clement of Ohrid, and from 1903 (with the adoption of its Statute) under Saints Cyril and Methodius. Toward the end of 1905, the Society was neutralized, and from 1912 it reappeared under new names, but failed to obtain official recognition from the Russian authorities. Its activities came to an end in 1917 with the October Revolution in Russia.
