Zvornik - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Zvornik: Encyclopedia Ii - Zvornik - History
Zvornik is one of the oldest cities in Bosnia, being first mentioned in the year 1410, although it was known as Zvonik ("bell tower") at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina
Adnan Terzic Bosnia and Herzegovina (locally: Bosna i Hercegovina/Босна и Херцеговина, most commonly abbreviated as BiH)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subdivisions Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Subdivisions Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Amendments To The Divisions
On the grounds that the Dayton Agreement's framework is outdated, many groups have come forth with ways to redevelop the divisions of Bos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Srebrenica Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Srebrenica Massacre - The Massacre
Srebrenica massacre - The Crowd at Potočari. The UN forces did nothing to protect the Bosniak civilians in Srebrenica. Faced with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Husein Gradaščević: Encyclopedia Ii - Husein Gradaščević - Biography
Husein Gradaščević - Background and youth. The most widely accepted theory about the origin of the Gradaščević family is that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Dark Ages And The Great Migrations
History of the Balkans - Nomadic peoples. Western Huns empire stretched in 434 AD from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Dan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbian Orthodox Church - History
Main articles: History of the Serbian Orthodox Church, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chetniks: Encyclopedia Ii - Chetniks - World War Ii
After the surrender of the Yugoslav royal army in April 1941, some of the remaining Yugoslav soldiers organized Yugoslav Royal Army in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Migrations And Other
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 15th century - 19th century demographic changes. Frequent wars, religious persecutions,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - History
Main article: History of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina - Pre-Slavic period. Bosnia has been inhabited at least since Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bokelji: Encyclopedia Ii - Bokelji - Famous Bokeljs And Their Achievements
Matej Zmajević (a.k.a Matija Zmajević) (1680-1735) was a Bokelj. He was the admiral of Baltic navy and the ship-builder of the famous R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia - Bosnian Kingdom
1353 (1357?) - 1391 (Ban 1353-1377, King 1377-1391) Tvrtko I of Kotroman (born 1338?, died 1391) Nephew of Stephen Kotromanić. Crowned h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Srebrenica Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Srebrenica Massacre - The Massacre
Srebrenica massacre - The Crowd at Potočari. The UN forces did nothing to protect the Bosniak civilians in Srebrenica. Faced with the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Dark Ages And The Great Migrations
History of the Balkans - Nomadic peoples. Western Huns empire stretched in 434 AD from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Dan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Dark Ages And The Great Migrations
History of the Balkans - Nomadic peoples. Western Huns empire stretched in 434 AD from Central Europe to the Black Sea and from the Dan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - History
Main article: History of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina - Pre-Slavic period. Bosnia has been inhabited at least since Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Austro-hungary
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Population censi. The first thorough population census stated that there were 1,158,16...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Balkan Wars
Main article: Balkan Wars History of the Balkans - First Balkan War. Main article: First Balkan War For more info please use the main...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - State Of Slovenes Croats And Serbs To Kingdom Of Serbs Croats And Slovenes
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1921 population cencus. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes conducted a populatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Pig War
Main Article: Bosnian crisis The means adopted by the governments of Vienna and Budapest to nullify the plans of Serbian expansion were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Kingdom Of Yugoslavia
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1931 population census. The Kingdom of Yugoslavia has conducted a population census on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Balkans In Modern Times
History of the Balkans - World War I in the Balkans. World War I (then known as the Great War) started when a Serb man called Gavrilo P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Migrations
As soon as the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs was formed, a number of earlier colonized families started to emigrate and return to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Current State And Perspectives
Since 2000, all Balkan countries are friendly towards the EU and the USA. Greece has been a member of the European Union since 1981. Slov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chetniks: Encyclopedia Ii - Chetniks - Allied Pilot Rescues And Legion Of Merit
The Chetniks rescued some 500 U.S. airmen who crashed over Yugoslavia in 1944-45. The Chetniks rescued German airmen and handed them over...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chetniks: Encyclopedia Ii - Chetniks - Origins
Chetniks originally formed as a result of the Macedonian struggle against the Ottoman Empire. Soon, other ethnic groups in the Balkans cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chetniks: Encyclopedia Ii - Chetniks - Chetnik Ideology
Chetniks were royalists, and their salute was "За краља и отаџбину" ("Za kralja i otadžbinu") - For King and Fatherland....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chetniks: Encyclopedia Ii - Chetniks - Collaboration And War Crimes
The Chetnik collaboration with Germans and Italians did exist. In Serbia, a new pro-Nazi government was first established under the leade...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Second World War
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Losses. The of the Federal Bureau of Statistics in Belgrade composed a figure of 179,17...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chetniks: Encyclopedia Ii - Chetniks - Postwar Era
During the Tito era, Chetnik crimes were recognised, and many say that their atrocities were equalized with the crimes of the Ustashe reg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Ottoman Empire
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1463 - 1557. During and shortly after the Ottomans' conquest of Bosnia it is estimated ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Republic Of Bosnia And Herzegovina
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1992 estimate. 4.4 million people of which: Muslims (Bosniaks) 7 44% Serbs 33% Croats ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Current State And Perspectives
Since 2000, all Balkan countries are friendly towards the EU and the USA. Greece has been a member of the European Union since 1981. Slov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Classical Antiquity
History of the Balkans - Odrysian empire. Main article: Odrysian empire The Odrysian empire was a union of Thracian tribes that was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Early History
History of the Balkans - Chalcolithic civilization. Early cultures of the Balkans were predominantly agricultural. Archaeologists have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Middle Ages And The Early Modern Period
The Balkans was a confluence of great powers, a buffer between occident and orient. Various wars, rebellions, invasions, and disputes bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Rise Of Independence
The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire was losing influence, status and territory throughout the 19th century, known as the 'sick man of Europe'; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Balkan Wars
Main article: Balkan Wars History of the Balkans - First Balkan War. Main article: First Balkan War For more info please use the main...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Pig War
Main Article: Bosnian crisis The means adopted by the governments of Vienna and Budapest to nullify the plans of Serbian expansion were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Early History
History of the Balkans - Chalcolithic cultures. Early cultures of the Balkans were predominantly agricultural. Archaeologists have iden...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Etymology
The first preserved mention of the name "Bosnia" lies in the De Administrando Imperio, a politico-geographical handbook written by Byzant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Rise Of Independence
The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire was losing influence, status and territory throughout the 19th century, known as the 'sick man of Europe'; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Balkans In Modern Times
History of the Balkans - World War I in the Balkans. World War I (then known as the Great War) started when a Serb man called Gavrilo P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Middle Ages And The Early Modern Period
The Balkans was a confluence of great powers, a buffer between occident and orient. Various wars, rebellions, invasions, and disputes bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Husein Gradaščević: Encyclopedia Ii - Husein Gradaščević - Legacy
Husein Gradaščević was a living legend in his own time. Upon his death, he also became something of a martyr for Bosnian pride. There ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Classical Antiquity
History of the Balkans - Odrysian empire. Main article: Odrysian empire The Odrysian empire was a union of Thracian tribes that was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subdivisions Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Subdivisions Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Overview
Banovići | Berkovići | Bihać | Bijeljina | Bileća | Bosanska Kostajnica | Bosanska Krupa | Bosanski Brod | Bosanski Petrovac | Bosan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Demographic History Of Bosnia And Herzegovina - Second Yugoslavia
Demographic history of Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1945-1948 colonization of Vojvodina. Prior to the expulsions of Germans from Vojvodina ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Economy
Main article: Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina For the most part, agriculture has been in private hands, but farms have been small and i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Pig War
Main Article: Bosnian crisis The means adopted by the governments of Vienna and Budapest to nullify the plans of Serbian expansion were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Rise Of Independence
The Ottoman (Turkish) Empire was losing influence, status and territory throughout the 19th century, known as the 'sick man of Europe'; a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Middle Ages And The Early Modern Period
The Balkans was a confluence of great powers, a buffer between occident and orient. Various wars, rebellions, invasions, and disputes bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Balkan Wars
Main article: Balkan Wars History of the Balkans - First Balkan War. For more info please use the main article; October 8, 1912 the Fir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - The Balkans In Modern Times
History of the Balkans - World War I in the Balkans. World War I (then known as the Great War) started when a Serb man called Gavrilo P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia - Austrian Occupation
1878-1908 Occupation and administration of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary under a military governor, responsible directly to the crown. 1908-1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia - Turkish Occupation
1463 Turkish Conquest (see List of Ottoman Sultans). King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary took control of some northern Bosnian territory af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Current State And Perspectives
Since 2000, all Balkan countries are friendly towards the EU and the USA. Greece has been a member of the European Union since 1981. Slov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Classical Antiquity
History of the Balkans - Odrysian empire. Main article: Odrysian empire The Odrysian empire was a union of Thracian tribes that was p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Balkans: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Balkans - Early History
History of the Balkans - Chalcolithic civilization. Early cultures of the Balkans were predominantly agricultural. Archaeologists have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Geography
Main article: Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia is located in the western Balkans, bordering Croatia to the north and south-west...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Subdivisions
Main article: Political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina has several levels of political structuring under the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Politics
Main article: Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates among three members (Bosni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Economy
Main article: Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina For the most part, agriculture has been in private hands, but farms have been small and i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Large population migrations durings the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s have caused a lar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Gallery
Počitelj - Old town Sarajevo - Baščaršija Gradačac - City castle Mostar - Kazandžiluk Neum - Coastline Mostar - Stari Most Sarajevo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Culture
Main article: Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina See also: Bosnian Cyrillic Comedy in Bosnia and Hercegovina Council of Scout Association...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Education
Main article: Education of Bosnia and Herzegovina As part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia enjoyed a highly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Rulers Of Bosnia - Modern Times
1920-1941 Bosnia and Herzegovina became part of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, after 1929 called the Kingdom of Yugoslav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Srebrenica Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Srebrenica Massacre - Background
Srebrenica massacre - The conflict in Eastern Bosnia. See also History of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia began its journey to independ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Subdivisions
Main article: Subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina has several levels of political structuring under the federal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Politics
Main article: Politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina rotates among three members (Bosni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Etymology
The first preserved mention of the name "Bosnia" lies in the De Administrando Imperio, a politico-geographical handbook written by Byzant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Geography
Main article: Geography of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia is located in the western Balkans, bordering Croatia to the north and south-west...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Etymology
The first preserved mention of the name "Bosnia" lies in the De Administrando Imperio, a politico-geographical handbook written by Byzant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Culture
Main article: Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina See also: Bosnian Cyrillic Comedy in Bosnia and Hercegovina Council of Scout Association...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Education
Main article: Education of Bosnia and Herzegovina As part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Bosnia enjoyed a highly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Demographics
Main article: Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina Large population migrations durings the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s have caused a lar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bokelji: Encyclopedia Ii - Bokelji - History & Monuments Made By Bokeljs
The Boka region has a long naval tradition -- ever since the middle ages the Bokeljs had a very strong fleet, which counted as many as 30...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bokelji: Encyclopedia Ii - Bokelji - Population
The three counties making up Boka Kotorska have a total population of 71,443 which has about 76% Orthodox and 11% Catholics: Kotor 23,48...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Srebrenica Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Srebrenica Massacre - Denial Of The Massacre Revisionism And Scepticism
The Bosnian Serb side has, under the pressure of the authority of Governor Ashdown, officially admitted the number of killed Muslims and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Srebrenica Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Srebrenica Massacre - Recent Developments
Ratko Mladić and the political leader of Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadžić have both been indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Srebrenica Massacre: Encyclopedia Ii - Srebrenica Massacre - The Reburials
The forensic evidence presented to the Trial Chamber of ICTY suggests that, commencing in the early autumn of 1995, the Serbs engaged in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbian Orthodox Church - Structure
The supreme authority of the Serbian Orthodox Church is the Holy Synod, a "parliament" composed of all its bishops, who meet once a year....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbian Orthodox Church - Holy Assembly Of Bishops
Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana JOVAN Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Coastlands AMPHILOHIJE Metropolitan of Midwestern America...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bokelji: Encyclopedia Ii - Bokelji - Origin
The Bokelj designation is regional rather than ethnic. These Slavic people originated in the medieval duchy of Duklja which was one of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bosnia And Herzegovina: Encyclopedia Ii - Bosnia And Herzegovina - Gallery
Počitelj - Old town Sarajevo - Baščaršija Gradačac - City castle Mostar - Kazandžiluk Neum - Coastline Mostar - Stari Most Sarajevo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbian Orthodox Church - Icons
Icons are replete with symbolism meant to convey far more meaning than simply the identity of the person depicted, and it is for this rea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serbian Orthodox Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Serbian Orthodox Church - Architecture Of Churches
Serbian Orthodox Church - Wooden Church. The original style of Serbian Orthodox Church was the church built out of wood. This church bu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zvornik: Encyclopedia Ii - Zvornik - Demographics
The city's demographic situation has changed drastically in the last 15 years. Up until 1992, the municipality had a population of 81,111...   » Read the article