inst them. On 11 September 1944 the
Bulgarian army was expelled from Strumica and on 5 November 1944, the town was
left by the German army. Blagoj Jankov – Mucheto was proclaimed to be the sole
national hero in Strumica. After the war Macedonian people entered the
Federation Yugoslavia as egalitarian people. However, with the referendum on 8
September 1991, Macedonia became an independent country. Nowadays Strumica is
one of the most developed and magnificent towns in the country