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The author gives a short but informative history of the Mathematical Institute in Skopje, Macedonia, from the founding in 1946. The difficulties of the new institution are vividly presented (Macedonia was just established as a republic within Yugoslavia, Macedonians as a nation and Macedonian language were officially recognized for the first time). Two striking examples of these difficulties are: 1. The university library in Skopje at the time had some 15000 books, none of them in Macedonian language. 2. The first generation of students had to go to Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubljana (from 400 to 1000 km away) to listen to some particular lectures. The key teachers are listed, some of them became well-known mathematicians in the meantime. A wealth of further information is given, from statistical data to curious facts, describing the successful 50 years long life of the Institute. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0951.00037].