On August 6 this year, after a short and severe illness at the age of 68, Prof. Dr. Trajko Petrovski.

Trajko Petrovski was born on May 18, 1952. He received his PhD in 1997 from the Department of Ethnology at the University of Zagreb. Through his scientific research activity he left a deep impression in Roma anthropology, folklore, history and language of the Roma as a scientist at the Institute of Folklore "Marko Cepenkov" in Skopje. He remains in history as the first doctor of science of Roma origin and his works as important historical manuscripts. When the Romani language was in its infancy in Macedonia, Petrovski wrote the first Roma Macedonian and Macedonian Romani dictionary in 1998. He is the author of Roma Grammar, published by the Romano Ilo Association. Also, for the time being, Roma students in primary education are learning from his manuscript. He is the author of the textbooks on the subject Language and Culture of the Roma for third, fourth and fifth grade. From the scientific research activity, important works are the calendar customs of the Roma and the ethnic characteristics of the Roma population in Macedonia. In 2017, he published the History of the Roma in Macedonia and the Balkans. Trajko Petrovski was part of the International Roma Union - IRU where he gave his great contribution through the Committee on Language and Culture and also had his presentations during the Scientific Symposiums organized by the IRU in the field of culture, language and details of the Roma Holocaust. With his scientific research and analysis, he left a deep mark as well as documents for further research in those fields.

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