Kutmichevitsa region of the First Bulgarian Empire

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The Kutmichevitsa region of the First Bulgarian Empire was a southwestern provincial and cultural center, encompassing parts of today’s North Macedonia and Albania, that became a major hub of Slavic literacy and Orthodox Christian scholarship.

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instanceOf historical region
province of the First Bulgarian Empire
borderedBy Macedonia region of the First Bulgarian Empire
linked to: Macedonia region

Theme of Dyrrhachium
capital Devol
Ohrid
country First Bulgarian Empire
culture Slavic
ethnicGroup Slavs
flourishedIn 10th century
9th century
hasCity Belgrad (Kukës area, medieval)
Devol
Glavinitsa
Ohrid
hasLiterarySchool Ohrid Literary School
languageUsed Old Church Slavonic
linked to: Church Slavonic

Slavic languages
locatedInPresentDay Albania
North Macedonia
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity southwestern part of the First Bulgarian Empire
namedAfter Kutmichevtsi clan (disputed or uncertain)
partOf First Bulgarian Empire
southwestern Bulgarian lands
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
religiousCenter Ohrid Literary School
significantEvent Christianization of Slavic population
spread of Slavic literacy in the Balkans
use center of Orthodox Christian scholarship
center of Slavic literacy
cultural center of the First Bulgarian Empire

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Saint Clement of Ohrid workLocation Kutmichevitsa region of the First Bulgarian Empire