High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Krste Petkov Misirkov (Bulgarian: Кръстьо Петков Мисирков; Macedonian: Крсте Петков Мисирков) (born 18 November 1874 in Postol, Ottoman Empire (today Pella, Greece); died 26 July 1926 in Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria) was a philologist, slavist, historian, ethnographer, publicist author of the first book and scientific magazine in Macedonian where he for the first time outlined the principles of the literary Macedonian language. He is one of the most outstanding names in the Macedonian culture and history.