Dimitrija "Dime" Nikodinoski (8 November 1924 Rechani-Chelopechko, Kichevo - 18 July 2003 Rechani-Chelopechko, Kichevo) was a Macedonian fighter and a partisan who took part in World War 2 he was part of the "First Macedonian-Kosovar brigade" which fought for freedom of Маcedonia from the Bulgarian and Italian fascist and oppressive forces.

Life

He is born on the 8-th of November 1924 in the village Rechani,Kichevo in that time it was " The Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes" in the occupied Vardar part of Macedonia. He was born as Dimitrija Stojcheski Nikodinoski , his father was Simeon "Sinadin" Stojcheski (1902 Rechani-Chelopechko,Kichevo- 1974 Rechani-Chelopechko,Kichevo), his mother was Vasilka Stojcheska (14 january 1885 Orlanci,Kichevo- 1980 Rechani-Chelopechko,Kichevo), he had two sisters Natalija "Nata" (1921 Rechani-Chelopechko,Kichevo- 1990) and Ilinka (1927 Rechani-Chelopechko,Kichevo- 1995). Dime from a young age was showing love for the fatherland Macedonia he had a strong Mаcedonian identity. Dime finished four year school in Svetorache and he was showing huge potential. The love for the fatherland became even bigger when during the occupation of the Bulgarian and Italian fascist and oppressive forces, Dime found a radio which the soldiers lost, his mother Vasilka told about the found radio, when the Italian soldiers found out they took Dime to ask him questions, they suspected that he was a Partisan even though the innocent Dime did nothing bad but the Italian

soldiers beat him badly, in that moment the love for the fatherland became even bigger and the wish for free and United Macedonia grew. Dime couldn't endure the tortures and robberies by the Bulgarian fascist aggressors and he decided to go to Bitola to work as a cleaner of the bed of the river, when he went to Bitola the Bulgarian soldiers planned to kill him and to push him in the Black River, but luckily Dime found out and he escaped to his village, but they started looking for him and he escaped and joined the partisans in 1942, after some time he joined the "First Macedonian-Kosovar brigade" , he participated in the front in Qafasan,he participated in fronts in the west and central parts of Macedonia and the occupied parts of Macedonia in Albania and Serbia, he participated in the

Syrmian Front and most importantly he participated in the liberation of Kichevo. When the war finished he was happy because Macedonia was freed from the Bulgarian and Italian fascist and oppressive forces but he was not satisfied because of Јosip Broz Tito who prevented the campaign to liberate Solun and unification of Aegean, Pirin and Vardar Macedonia that was the biggest wish of Dime. When he came back to Rechani for his heroism, the country gave him several fields. After the war he was employed in "Udba" as a secret agent and in the Assembly of Yugoslavia from 1946 to 1950, but in 1950 he was fired and he was sent to "Goli Otok" by Тito because he told him that he should have bowed to Stalin , he said this out of frustration that Tito did not want

Маcedonia to unite with it's occupied territories in Greece, Bulgaria and in Albania but also that he was a huge admirer of Russia and Stalin,they even suspected that he was a Russian spy, Dime came out of "Goli Otok" after one year. When he came back to Rechani he immediately got married to Мirjana "Mirka" Treneska (27 October 1924 Rechani-Chelopechko,Kichevo- 18 April 2015 Kichevo), after he got married he got employed in Belgrade in a factory. After one year his first child is born, Miko (13 November 1951 Rechani-Chelopechko,Кichevo- 30 December 2019 Кichevo

),after his daughter is born, Leposava "Lepa" (17 September 1953 Rechani-Chelopechko,Kichevo- ), and lastly his son is born, Dragoljub "Drage" (24 june 1955 Rechani-Chelopechko,Кichevo- 24 December Кichevo),after four years he has an accident with a bomb as a result of which he loses his right arm, and he spends the next four years in a hospital in Bitola where he is being treated. After he returned from Bitola he got a job as a warehouse keeper, after a few years he retired and took a pension for the fighters, then he started farming and raising livestock. In 1976 he is visited by the son of Spiro ( Spiro was the uncle of Sinadin), Ljube(1905 Rechani-Chelopechko, Kichevo-1976 Svetorache) who worked in Plovdiv,Bulgaria he was not in good health, so he wanted to spend his last days in his homeland, he died after three months in the village Svetorache while visiting his sister, he was buried in Rechani. In 1985 on the occasion commemorating fourty years since the liberation from the occupation of the fascists, he was awarded a diploma,medal and a book. He spends the following years doing agriculture and animal husbandry as a job. In 2001, when there were conflicts with the Albanian population his children barely prevented him from joining the war even though he was 77 years old he still wanted to fight for Маcedonia. On the 18th of July 2003 he dies from health complications he dies in Rechani, Кichevo.

Family history

This family goes back to Nedelko Stojcheski who is supposed to have been born around 1810 in the village of Rechani-Chelopechko,Kichevo, it is assumed that Nedelko's father came to Rechani from the village of Кladnik,Кichevo

around the end of the XVIII century. When Nedelko's father moved to the village of Rechani-Chelopechko, at that time the village was a Turkish homestead .Nedelko had a son Stojche around 1840,Nedelko also had daughters Мitana and Коstadinka, Nedelko was engaged in agriculture and livestock farming, he had sheep. Nedelko is assumed to have died around Rechani. Stojche just like hi father Nedelko he was engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, he had two sons Spiro who was born around 1865 and Nikodin who was born around 1870 in Rechani, he also had two daughters Kala and Budumka. It is assumed that Stojche died around 1900 in Rechani. Spiro first started to engage in agriculture and animal husbandry but started to get into bad waters, he became a Bulgarophile even though everyone in the family had a strong Mаcedonian identity from Nedelko and before Nedelko. Spiro was appointed as a Bulgarian serf and spy in the region along the Rabetino river, Spiro was considered a traitor because he fought against the Macedonians , The village of Rechani and the surrounding villages were burned by the Turkish soldiers after the defeat of the Macedonian comites in 1907. Spiro married twice and had seven children, Меtodija,Stojmir and Коstadinka from the first wife, and Ljubomir,Ruzha,Ivanka and Dola from the second wife. Spiro around 1930 in Rechani. Nikodin unlike his brother, he had a strong

Macedonian identity, he was engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. Nikodin had one son Simeon "Sinadin" who was born around 1902 in Rechani. Nikodin's life ended tragically around 1906, he was grazing his sheep as always, but the Chetniks (Macedonian Serbomans) came out of nowhere they were supposed to kill Spiro the brother of Nikodin, but the Chetniks mistook Nikodin for Spiro and shot Nikodin. After Nikodin's death, Spiro kicked out Blagunja , Nikodin's wife and told her to remarry someone else, and Sinadin was taken by Тrajche the son of Budimka from the neighboring village of Кrushica, Sinadin was about 5 years old. Sinadin together with Тrajche went to work in Romania

, Sinadin first started selling newspapers on the streets, then he worked various jobs to earn something. After a long time ,Sinadin went to Belgrade to work for a family member, after a few years he returned to Macedonia when he was 18 years old he immediately decided to get married and married Vasilka from the neighboring village of Оrlanci who was almost twice his age, but she was a housewife, a hardworking and honest woman. When Sinadin returned, Spiro gave him some sheep and part of an inheritance that Dime would later buy from Spiro. Sinadin's first child Natalija, was born in 1921, after a few years in 1924 his son Dimitrija was born, and his last daughter Ilinka was born in 1927. In the following years, Sinadin began to drink alcohol excessively and became a drunkard, when Dime was about 10 years old, Sinadin went to Belgrade to work for a family member as a bread seller, he spent everything he earned there on alcohol and women. Sinadin returned when his grandson Drage was born in 1955. Sinadin continued drinking until his death in 1974 in Rechani, and in 1980 his wife Vasilka died in Rechani. We know about the heroism of Dime in the World War 2 , how he resisted the Bulgarian fascist aggressors and decided to escape to the mountains and join the Partisans now a little information about life in Rechani. Dime in Rechani he was engaged in agriculture, planted potatoes, made rakija from his plums, and from cattle breeding he raised oxen with which he plowed the fields, he also had chickens and dogs. In his spare time he liked to play Tablanet cards , he never liked to lose, when he lost he got very angry. Vasilka was born around 1885 in the village of Оrlanci, her father was Mitko Mijajleski, she had two brother Sande and Мijat and one sister Gjenka, Vasilka rested in 1980 in Rechani. Мirjana "Mirka" Nikodinoska was born on October 27 1924 in Rechani her parents are Мirche Treneski and Danica Treneska her siblings were Vlado,Мito,Slavko and Fitka. She finished a four year school in Svetorache. Her grandfather Milan Treneski participated in the Ilinden Uprising and gave his life for Маcedonia. The Тreneski before Rechani came from the village of Trebino, Makedonski Brod ,and before Тrebino they came from Оhrid and the Ohrid villages. Мiko was born in 1951 Rechani, he finished eight years of school in Оrlanci, Мiko started to go to high school did not finish it. Miko went to Croatia to work for a short time and returned to Маcedonia. Мiko decided to open his own restaurant and for a while everything went well, but in the business failed, then he worked in a hotel as a waiter and did other things. Мiko married Stanka with whom he had a daughter Мarija in 1992. Мiko rests on December 30 2019 Кichevo. Lepa was born on September 17 1953 in Rechani, she finished eight years of school in Orlanci, Lepa finished high school in Кichevo as a seamstress. When she was 24 years old she married Кosta Lazeski ,with whom she had Маrjan in 1979 and Маrjana in 1980. Then she worked as a seamstress and retired around 2010. Drage was born on June 24 1955 in Rechani, he finished eight years of school in Оrlanci, Drage was a rebel from a young age, everyone was afraid of him, did not study bat was very intelligent and hardworking, from a young age he worked in the field but he had the greatest love for football

he was the best, he played on the right wing, he was fast, strong and his left leg was like a cannon, but because he didn't have the conditions, he gave up football even though he showed great potential. Drage finished high school as a mechanical technician. He served in the army for one year in Novi Sad. When he returned from the army, he got a job in "Kjeramichko" ,Drage decided to renovate the house in Rechani and rebuilt it himself. Drage had conflicts at work and that's why he was fired from "Kjeramichko" and got a job as a conductor. Drage was engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, he was hardworking but spent his money on alcohol and women. After a few years he is fired from his job due to conflicts, then he gets a job in "Оslomej" , after a few years he has a fight and spends 4 months in prison, then he buys land in Кichevo or rather "Коpachka" and starts building a house with his brother Мiko. After Маcedonia's independence from Yugoslavia, Drage and a few people founded VMRO-DMPNE in Кichevo but after a few years they chased him due to conflicts and disagreements with theBulgarophiles , Serbomans and Grecomans ,but Drage continues to support VMRO-DPMNE and vote for them although he had conflicts. In 2007 he went to Аlbania and married Dukate Alia (2 април 1975 Мiliska, Мezi Puka-) , on March 28 his first child Dime was born, then on April 2 2009 his daughter Мirjana "Mimi" was born, he changed their last name to Dimeski after his father. Drage rests at 24 December 2021 due to complications from the effects of the Corona virus.