Leskova ( sr-Cyrl, Лескова) is a

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located in the

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, southwestern Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 193 inhabitants.

History

Leskova, like other villages of Tutin, was founded by Albanian

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who moved there from what is today Albania. The elders of the village recount that a blood feud caused their settlement near Tutin. Leskova is the main village of the Upper

Pešter The Pešter Plateau (), or simply Pešter ( sr-Cyrl, Пештер, ) is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Raška (or Sandžak) region. It lies at an altitude of , with the highest point (''Kuljarski vrh'') at 1,492 meters. The terr ...

plateau. During the early 18th century, the village was noted to have been inhabited by six families and 196 people belonging to Catholic Albanian tribes. The first windmill generator opened in Serbia is located near Leskova; it was opened in 2011 and has an installed capacity of 600 KW. Leskova is also a place of a large company for

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production by the name of Treset, whose soil is delivered from Braćak, the village north of Leskova. Leskova consists of two parts, north, usually considered the part of which the business revolves around

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and keeping animals for profit. The southern part is considered downtown in all of the

Pešter plateau The Pešter Plateau (), or simply Pešter ( sr-Cyrl, Пештер, ) is a karst plateau in southwestern Serbia, in the Raška (or Sandžak) region. It lies at an altitude of , with the highest point (''Kuljarski vrh'') at 1,492 meters. The terri ...

. In southern Leskova, there is a main or

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“Dr. Ibrahim Bakić” and is the only elementary school in the area.

References

Sources

* Populated places in Raška District {{RaškaRS-geo-stub