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Jedno slovensko pleme zove se u izvorima 7 vijeka Brziti, a navodi se kao naselje u južnoj Makedoniji. Uzima se danas općenito, da su to Brsjaci oko Ohridskog i Pre- spanskog Jezera i oko gradova Velesa, Prilepa i Bitolja.
- ↑ Traian Stoianovich (1994). Balkan worlds: the first and last Europe. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 149–. ISBN 978-0-7656-3851-9 . Retrieved 14 April 2013.
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