Claims that family of Lazar Kolisevski had Bulgarian ethnicity When someone claims for a Macedonian person to be a Bulgarian is an offense to the Macedonians similar or worse when someone calls Bulgarian a Tatar Kolisevski has always stated he has a Macedonian ancestry He had done a lot to stop the Bulgarian Nationalistic Propaganda that claims a lot of aspects about Macedonian Nation to be Bulgarian These views do not exists in reality These views are coming from the 19th century Romantic movement of the new Balkan nations like Serbia Bulgaria and Greece After they got independent from the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century and Macedonia being under the Ottoman rule until early 20th century all of these neighboring nations had assimilation policies towards the people living in Macedonia The fruit of this policies were the first and second Balkan Wars when the territory of Macedonia was taken over from the Ottoman Empire and divided between these neighboring countries And according to the new rulers of these territories they were inhabited by Serbs Bulgarians and Greeks Bulgaria got the smallest part which was the reason for starting the Second Balkan War These policies truly belong to the past and should rest in peace there Macedonian people after the liberation and proclaiming of federal Macedonia as part of Yugoslavia had for the first time in the recent history to proclaim there Nationality Language and Culture as they feel it Macedonian