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During the NATO bombing of the former Yugoslavia, Rakovica was the only municipality in Belgrade to be targeted almost every night, and eventually every day. [6] The most heavy attacks were suffered by the Straževica hill (under which was the Yugoslavian underground base), as well as the Monastery forest, most probably because anti-aircraft weapons were located there. [7]
The Rakovica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Раковица, romanized: Manastir Rakovica) is the monastery of the Serbian Orthodox Church, within the Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci, located in the municipality of Rakovica in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is dedicated to the archangels Michael and Gabriel. [1]
Rakovica is a Serbo-Croatian place name, meaning "crab". It may refer to: Rakovica, Belgrade, an urban neighborhood and a municipality of Belgrade, Serbia; Rakovica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, a village near Ilidža, Bosnia; Rakovica, Croatia, near Plitvice, Croatia; Rakovica, Kranj in Slovenia
The Rakovica revolt (Croatian: Rakovička buna) was an armed uprising in 1871 led by Croatian politician Eugen Kvaternik against authorities of Austria-Hungary, with the aim of establishing an independent Croatian state at the time when it was part of Austria-Hungary.
Map of Europe in 1989, showing Yugoslavia highlighted in green. This list comprises notable companies that participated in the economy of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a country which lasted from 29 November 1945 to 27 April 1992.
"Yugoslavia: further reports of torture and deliberate and arbitrary killings in war zones". Amnesty International. March 1992. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06 "The Prosecutor of the Tribunal Against Milan Babić - Indictment" (PDF). International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 6 November 2003.
Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia from its creation to its dissolution. [ note 1 ] In a fatally strategic position, the city has been battled over in 115 wars and razed 44 times, being bombed five times and besieged many times.
After the invasion of Yugoslavia, puppet-state Independent State of Croatia (NDH) was created by Axis powers in the areas of most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [1] The Ustaše sought to create an ethnically clean state by eradicating Serbs , Jews and Romani through genocidal policies . [ 2 ]