Oliver Alger
Published: 2016-06-10
Total Pages: 170
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History of Serbia and Montenegro. Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia and Montenegro history, Serbia travel guide, Montenegro travel guide, Serbia and Montenegro facts. Introduction to the history. The name Yugoslavia previously designated six republics (Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzogovia, Croatia, and Slovenia), but now includes just Serbia and Montenegro. The word means "land of the southern Slavs." Montenegro, which means "Black Mountain," takes its name from its rugged terrain. Within Serbia there are several national cultures. In addition to the dominant Serb tradition, there is a large Hungarian population in the Northern Province of Vojvodina, where Hungarian is the common language and the culture is highly influenced by Hungary (which borders the province to the north). In southern Serbia, the province of Kosovo is primarily Albanian, and has an Islamic culture that bears many remnants of the earlier Turkish conquest