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Ottoman general and statesman Omar Pasha Latas (1806-1871), who was ethnic Serb by birth Serb Muslims in Sarajevo, 1913. Since Serbs were, and still are, predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians, their first significant historical encounter with Islam occurred in the second half of the 14th century, and was marked by the Turkish invasion and conquest of Serbian lands (starting in 1371 and ...
In the mid-9th century the so-called Bavarian Geographer wrote that people named Zeriuani had so large kingdom that all Slavic peoples originated from there (or from them). [32] [33] According to one of interpretations, Zeriuani are identified with Serbs, and there are opinions that "Serbs" was an old name of all Slavic peoples. [34]
The History of the Serbs spans from the Early Middle Ages to present. [1] Serbs, a South Slavic people, traditionally live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and North Macedonia. A Serbian diaspora dispersed people of Serb descent to Western Europe, North America and Australia.
Serbs in Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia also have recognized collective rights, and number some 186,000, 178,000 and 39,000 people, respectively, while another estimated 96,000 live in the disputed area of Kosovo. [4]
The White Angel fresco from Mileševa monastery ; sent as a message in the first satellite broadcast signal from Europe to America, as a symbol of peace and civilization Guča Trumpet Festival, also known as Dragačevski Sabor, in western Serbia Part of a series on the Culture of Serbia History Middle Ages Monarchs People Languages Serbian language Old Serbian Traditions Dress Kinship ...
The Great People's Assembly of Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs in Banat, Bačka and Baranja, the Serbian Crown Lands in Austria-Hungary, (today's Vojvodina) declared unification with the Kingdom of Serbia on 25 November 1918. As the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed, the territory of Syrmia united with Serbia on 24 November 1918. [90]
'People of the Black Mountain', pronounced [tsr̩nǒɡoːrtsi] or [tsr̩noɡǒːrtsi]) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians, but the population also includes Catholics, Muslims and irreligious people.
In Montenegro census of 2011, 20,537 (3.3%) of the population declared as Muslims by nationality; while 53,605 (8.6%) declared as Bosniaks; while 175 (0.03%) Muslims by confession declared as Montenegrin Muslims. [22] Muslims and Bosniaks are considered as a two separate ethnic groups, and both of them have their own separate National Councils.