Sredorek () is a historical and geographical region in northeastern Republic of Macedonia. It includes settlements in the PÃÂinja river valley, parts of the mountainous regions of Kozjak (KozjaÃÂija), German and Rujen, which are today located within the Municipality of Staro NagoriÃÂane. The region is predominantly inhabited by ethnic Macedonians and ethnic Serbs (see Serbs in the Republic of Macedonia), adherents of Eastern Orthodoxy. In the Middle Ages, the region was part of the à ¾upe (counties) of à ½egligovo and Preà ¡evo.
Notable monuments in the region include the Church of St. George,
The region includes settlements in the PÃÂinja river valley, parts of the mountainous regions of Kozjak (KozjaÃÂija), German, Rujen, which are today located within the Municipality of Staro NagoriÃÂane; roughly from PÃÂinja and the lower course of the Kriva Reka. The region borders Serbia to the north, and the historical and geographical regions of Slavià ¡te and Stracin.
In 1354, when Dejan had finished building the Arhiljevica Church of the Holy Mother of God, his endowment, he asked that some of the villages under his administration be granted to the church (as metochion). According to Stefan Duà ¡an's charter to Arhiljevica dated 10 August 1354, sevastokrator Dejan, whom he called his brother ("ñÃÂðàÃÂðÃÂÃÂÃÂòð üø ÃÂõòðÃÂÃÂþúÃÂðÃÂþàÃÂõÃÂðý"), possessed a large province east of Skopska Crna Gora. It included the old à ¾upe (counties) of à ½egligovo and Preà ¡evo (modern Kumanovo region with Sredorek, KozjaÃÂija and the larger part of PÃÂinja). Among the granted villages, still existing today in Sredorek, were: Ruõince, Dejlovce and VraÃÂevce.
Serbian geographer and sociologist Jovan Cvijiàtravelled and studied the lands, and included the region of Sredorek (chapter "áÃÂõôþÃÂõú, áÃÂÃÂðÃÂøý ø áûðòøÃÂÃÂõ"). Jovan Hadà ¾i-Vasiljeviàalso travelled and studied the lands.