Kosovo and Metohija, From the Serbian-Turkish Wars of 1876-1878 Until Liberation From Centuries-lasting Turkish Rule in 1912 During the second half of the 19th century, Serbia led two different wars in the struggle for liberation from Turkey. The 1876 campaign failed, but the war waged between December 1877 and January 1878 ended with success when the Serbian army (composed of
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ON POPULATION IN THE PRIZREN VILAYET BEFORE THE SERBIAN-TURKISH WARS OF 1876-1878 There are historical problems whenever addressing population issues in the Prizren “vilayet” during the third quarter of the 19th century. More specifically, the administrative part known as the “mutessarifluk” was of deep concern because of how national life and history of Serbs in the Ottoman Empire, (as well
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THE YUGOSLAV STATE AND THE ALBANIANS (Demographic, legal, and social-economic circumstances) The territory of the state of the Serbian people varied dynamically during the 19th and 20th centuries. Following the Berlin Congress, the Principality’s four districts of Vranje, Niš, Pirot and Toplica measured 48,300 km2, an increase of 10,300 km2. (These territorial possessions were to eventually become the Kingdom
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THE BORDER FRONT The first preventive incident of the taking over of strategic points on the “Albanian front” was performed by Serbia in 1913. By this armed action, intrusions of “kacac” gangs were disabled; rebellion prevented; and attempts to expand Albania territorially cut. The intrusion of the troops of the Hasan Prishtina on the territory of Serbia in February 1915
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LIBERATION AND REBELLION As the dawn broke on September 15, 1918, from the position of the Second Serbian Army, after a whole day of military preparation, the Thessalonica front was breached – and with that the military denouement in the southeast of Europe. After a couple of days, on September 21, 1918, the Serbian troops reached the Vardar river, cut
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THE YUGOSLAV STATE AND THE ALBANIANS, part II In the years and decades after the Berlin Congress, the obsession with defending designated territories grew into pathological enmity towards neighboring states and peoples on religious-ethnic levels. The consequences of the conflict, followed by an accelerated change of ethnic structure in the Albanian population, was mostly felt in the impact made by
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THE YUGOSLAV STATE AND THE ALBANIANS IDEAS AND REALIZATION What became known as “the Big Eastern Crisis” of 1875-1878 can reasonably be considered as a turning point in the history of all Balkan peoples and states with regards to its scope of events, political decisions, and diplomatic solutions. This is supported by the international significance of the offered solutions and
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The Restored Serbian State and the Albanians 1804-1876, part II The major political events and developments determining relations between Serbia and the Albanians in the 19th century, (given the general situation in the Ottoman Empire, and particularly in the Albanian social setting – according to historical research), can be outlined as follows. During the First Serbian Uprising, (which in the
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The Restored Serbian State and the Albanians 1804-1876 Relations between the Serbs and Albanians during the 19th century were historically determined, yet contradictory in their reality. These relations were diverse and the resulting friction manifested in bitter conflicts, extreme hostility and spontaneous rapprochement. They contributed to a conscious, planned political commitment to overthrow Turkish rule through the joint efforts of
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During the First Serbian Rebellion, Serbia was seen from the perspective of its wholeness – the wholeness of the Serbian people. Vuk’s conceptions of Old Serbia are interesting – the geographic, ethnographic, and historical. According to him, “Old Serbia is the land of our people from the other side of the Stara Mountain. In some places of Old Serbia, e.g.
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