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The Republic of Serbia is a landlocked country in the Balkan Peninsula at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe. It covers 34,116 sq mi and has an estimated population of 7.31 million as of 2010.

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What is Greater Serbia?

Greater Serbia is the idea that all people who identify as Bosniaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins and most Albanians and Croatians are actually ETHNIC SERBS whose ancestors were assimilated into new (Bosniaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins) or existing (Croats & Albanians) ethnic formations only after the fall of the Serb kingdoms based in Raska and Bosnia in the late middle ages. Research attempting to show that this is the case can be found here...

http://greaterserbia.blogspot.com

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Greater Serbia is the imaginary border in the Balkans that Serbs claimed as their own land. It consists of the whole Serbia, including Kosovo, Republika Srpska (Serbian Republic) in Bosnia, and Vojna Krajina (Military Area) in Croatia. This is the place where Serbs have settled and lived for the past 1300 years.

What was the name of the man from Serbia who killed the Austria-Hungary prince?

World War I started with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austria- Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 by by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the 'Black Hand', a Serbian nationalist secret society.

Why does everybody hate Serbia?

It is not true that everybody hates Serbia, but it is true that there are lingering resentments concerning the various wars of secession from what used to be Yugoslavia, in which there were ugly incidents of genocide, described as "ethnic cleansing" as well as the subsequent war with the secessionist Kosovo province.

What is serbias flag name?

Official name is called simply Serbian flag or Flag of Serbia. But many people also call it Trobojka (Tricolour) or Srpska trobojka (Serbian Tricolour)

Why did the group Black Hand did not want Archduke Franz Ferdinand to rule over Serbia?

Because Archduke Ferdinand disapproved of the Slavic people forming their own country. They were too afraid of him controlling the country.

Also, Black Hand wanted independence for Slavic countries, and assassinating the Archduke got them attention. This was more likely to get them what they wanted (or so they thought).

What date did Russia mobilize their army to support Serbia?

29 July, 1914; the day following the Austro-Hungary declaration of war.

Who defied Stalin and ruled Yugoslavia relatively free of Soviet interference?

Josip Broz Tito, president of the (Socialist Federal Republic of) Yugoslavia from 1945 until his death in 1980.

Where were the first shots of Croatia's war with Yugoslavia fired in 1991?

Plitvice Lakes National Park, the start of the war AKA in Croatia as Plitvice Bloody Easter

What was the relationship between Serbia and bosnia and Herzegovina?

Post war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Montengrins, and the Serbs made their claims on land they wanted for their nations. Austria-Hungary got a hold of Bosnia and Herzegovina before Serbia. The newly annexed Serbia still saw Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of its rightful territory, so they started to fight to earn it back, and get even with Austria-Hungary by attacking parts of its country.

What year did denmark win the euro cup because of the war in Yugoslavia?

Denmark was included in the euro 1992 cup, in the place of Yugoslavia. As Yugoslavia were expelled from competing for the reason of the war. Denmark won the Euro 1992.

Who were the all the allies to Serbia in ww1?

the allies to Serbia are the Triple Entente, which included France, Russia and Great Britain...the Commonwealth, Italy, and America were also allies

How did Yugoslavia come under Nazi rule?

Ugloslavia became under the Nazi rule because when Hitler began to invade the Soviet Union the first city they marched into was the city with the slavics.... they greeted the Nazis with good and gifts but in return the Nazis began to kill the Jewish people that lived there and took all of their grain and other foods

What is the Yugoslavia alphabet?

Yugoslavia no longer exists. When the country existed there were about 6 national languages (depending on how you define a language) and 2 alphabets. The alphabets are the Latin Alphabet (as used in English: ABCD, etc.) and the Cyrillic Alphabet (like the alphabet used in Russia and Bulgaria). The Cyrillic Alphabet was manily used by people in Serbia and Macedonia.