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Luan Haradinaj
Luan Haradinaj (17 November 1973 – 6 May 1997) was a Kosovo Liberation Army soldier who died during the fight with Serbian/Yugoslav forces in Qafë Prush, at the border of that time of Yugoslavia and Albania. Early life and education Luan was born on 17 November 1973 in the village of Glloxhan, near Deçan (), in Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, Kosovo, then part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. His paternal descent is from Berisha (tribe), Berishë in northern Albania, around the city of Pukë. He spent his youth in his native village with his parents and 9 other siblings, including his elder brothers Ramush Haradinaj, Ramush and Shkelzën Haradinaj, Shkëlzen and his younger Brother Daut Haradinaj, Daut. He completed primary school in Isniq and secondary school in Deçan and Gjakova. Involvement in the Kosovo Liberation Army First resistance in Dukagjin In November 1993, Luan Haradinaj, alongside his brother Shkelzën Haradinaj and their fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deçan
Deçan, or Dečani sr-cyr, Дечани ; also in use Dečane sr-cyr, Дечане is a town and municipality in Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of has 3,803 inhabitants, while the municipality has 40,019 inhabitants. Geography Geographically, Deçan is located in the Accursed Mountains mountain region. It is surrounded by the Beleg Mountain. History Deçan was first recorded in 1330 in the decrees known as the Dečani chrysobulls as being a village with a population of 89 households, consisting of 623 people. The village was one of many feudal holdings of the Visoki Dečani monastery. As part of their feudal obligations, the local population of Deçan provided labour and payment in products to the Visoki Dečani monastery. The chrysobulls listed that Visoki Dečani held such rights over 2,097 households of meropsi (dependent farmers-serfs), 266 Vlach households (pastoral communities) and 69 ''sokalniki'' (craftsmen) over a large area in southern Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isniq
Isniq (Serbian: Istinić/Истинић) is a settlement north of Deçan in Western Kosovo about 45 miles (or 72 km) west of Pristina. The village is based on the plains of Dukagjini at the foot of the Accursed Mountains next to the Deçani's White Drin River and is the biggest village in Kosovo. Medicinal plants grow at the mountains of 2656 meters above the sea. Berit Backer wrote a book about the region. History In the medieval ages, the village was part of the Decani monastic estate and two families ruled it. During the Ottoman era The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ..., the village was split into three timers (military estates) led by three knights. Many inhabitants gradually embraced Islam in the 18th century. Isniq is mentioned in the Lahuta e Malcis. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fehmi Lladrovci
Fehmi Lladrovci (15 May 1956 – 22 September 1998) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Alongside his wife, Xhevë Krasniqi-Lladrovci, he was killed in battle against the Serbian forces. Early life He completed primary school in Dobrashec and secondary school at the technical school "19 Nëntori" in Pristina, specializing in machinery. During his early years, Lladrovci was influenced by patriotic ideas, largely shaped by his teacher, Fazli Greiçeci, a noted nationalist. His activism led to surveillance by the Yugoslav secret police during his high school years. After excelling in secondary school, Lladrovci continued his studies in Zagreb, where he connected with fellow patriots and coordinated with underground groups. In the early 1980s, he and his wife, Xhevë Krasniqi, became active members of the People's Movement of Kosovo (Albanian: LPK ), working towards the mobilization of Kosovo Albanians and others under Yugoslav rule for national liberation. Military car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Has Region
Has ( sq-definite, Hasi) is a region in north eastern Albania and south western Kosovo. Hasi is an ethno-geographic area with well-defined borders, surrounded by river Black Drin to its West and south west in Albania and by the White Drin river on its south, east and north east in Kosovo. Hasi area is located in north-eastern part of Albania, while the south-western part remaining in Kosovo, in Gjakova area and a part that captures the Prizren area. This division occurred in 1913 at the Ambassadors Conference of London after the Balkan wars. Hasi has an area of 371 kilometers square and has a population of around 40,000 in the Republic of Kosovo, while in the Republic of Albania it has an area of 374 kilometers square and a population of 21,500. In this way, Hasi has an area of 745 kilometers square and a population of 61,500. Etymology The name originates from ''hass'', an Ottoman land revenue. The area was first mentioned as a ''hass'' in a 1570 document. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia And Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia) which bordered Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Albania to the southwest. The state was founded on 27 April 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, known as FR Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia which comprised the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro. In February 2003, FR Yugoslavia was transformed from a federal republic to a political union until Montenegro seceded from the union in June 2006, leading to the full independence of both Serbia and Montenegro. Its aspirations to be the sole legal successor state to SFR Yugoslavia were not recognized by the United Nations, following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahir Pajaziti
Zahir Pajaziti (1 November 1962 – 31 January 1997) was an Albanian commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). He was the first Commander of the KLA, known as "First Gun of Freedom". He was killed on 31 January 1997 in a gunfight with Yugoslav forces. After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1992, Pajaziti remained in Kosovo while battles raged in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the Tirana military academy in Albania he undertook military training and later with the ascension of Sali Berisha to power, his government arrested Pajaziti in 1995. Later at two secret camps in Tropojë and Kukës owned by the Albanian army close to the Albania-Kosovo border, Pajaziti along with Agim Ramadani and Sali Çekaj organised military training for Kosovan Albanians. Pajaziti joined the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in 1997. He and his group developed in the Llap region of Kosovo. Pajaziti, Sali Çekaj and Adem Jashari were the leaders of the first Kosovo military groups, which were trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylejman Selimi
Sylejman Selimi (born September 25, 1970) is the former commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, military organisation, who was convicted of war crimes for the torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners at the Likovac detention center during the Kosovo War. After the war, he served as Security Force of the Republic of Kosovo;"Kosovo security forces to become operative" '' b92.net'' 20 January 2009 Link retrieved 21-01-09 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rexhep Selimi
Rexhep Selimi (born 15 March 1971) is a Kosovo-Albanian politician and former parliamentary leader of Vetëvendosje. He was also one of the founders and high-ranking commandants of the Kosovo Liberation Army. In 2020, he was indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Kosovo War. Early life Rexhep was born in the Village of Açarevë, Skënderaj in the Drenica Valley and completed his primary education in Klinë and his secondary education at the "Luigj Gurakuqi" High School in Klinë. He pursued his university studies at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Prishtina, majoring in Albanian Language and Literature. Involvement in Kosovo Liberation Army Influenced by his older cousin, Mujë Krasniqi, Rexhep Selimi, along with other patriots like Adem Jashari, founded the KLA in the early 1990s. Due to Selimi's frequent resistance activities, his family faced severe harassment by the authorities. On January 13, 1994, police surrounded the home of Hali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adem Jashari
Adem Jashari (born Fazli Jashari; 28 November 1955 – 7 March 1998) was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a Kosovo Albanian separatist militia which fought for the secession of Kosovo from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Beginning in 1991, Jashari participated in attacks against the Serbian police before travelling to Albania to receive military training. Arrested in 1993, he was released at the behest of the Albanian Army and later returned to Kosovo, where he continued launching attacks against the Yugoslav establishment. In July 1997, he was convicted of terrorism '' in absentia'' by a Yugoslav court. After several unsuccessful attempts to capture or kill him, Serbian police launched an attack against Jashari's home in Prekaz in March 1998. The battle that followed resulted in the deaths of 57 members of Jashari's family, including that of Jashari, his wife, brother and son. Seen as the "father of the KLA", Jashari is consid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Albania
Greater Albania is an irredentist and nationalist concept that seeks to unify the lands that many Albanians consider to form their national homeland. It is based on claims on the present-day or historical presence of Albanian populations in those areas. In addition to the existing Albania, the term incorporates claims to regions in the neighbouring states, the areas include Kosovo, the Preševo Valley of Serbia, territories in southern Montenegro, northwestern Greece (the Greek regional units of Thesprotia and Preveza, referred by Albanians as Chameria, and other territories that were part of the Vilayet of Yanina during the Ottoman Empire),. and a western part of North Macedonia. The unification of an even larger area into a single territory under Albanian authority had been theoretically conceived by the League of Prizren, an organization of the 19th century whose goal was to unify the Albanian inhabited lands (and other regions, mostly from the regions of Macedonia and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junik
Junik ( sq, Junik, sq-definite, Juniku; sr, Јуник, Junik) is a town located in Junik Municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Junik has 6,053 inhabitants, while the municipality has 6,084 inhabitants. Based on the population estimates from the Kosovo Agency of Statistics in 2016, the municipality has 6,425 inhabitants. It is located between Deçan and Gjakova along Kosovo's mountainous border with Albania. It is populated with ethnic Albanians. Junik is the hometown of several prominent people including former heavyweight European boxing champion Luan Krasniqi, Robin Krasniqi and poet Din Mehmeti. History During the Ottoman occupation of the Balkans, Junik and the Municipality of Junik were part of the Nahiya of Altun-ili during the 15th century. In a 1485 defter of the region, Junik was mentioned with the name ''Lunik''. In the 15th century, around half of Junik's population had typical Albanian anthropono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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