 At different points in their lives, most of them expressed conflicting statements about the ethnicity of the Slavs living in Macedonia, including their own nationality.They formed their pro-Macedonian conceptions after contacts with some panslavic circles in Serbia and Russia.The lack of diverse ethnic motivations seems to be confirmed by the fact that in their works they often used the designations "Bulgaro-Macedonians", "Macedonian Bulgarians" and "Macedonian Slavs" in order to name their compatriots.