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The ''srez'' ( sr-cyr, срез; / срезови) was a second-level administrative unit in the
The ''srez'' ( sr-cyr, срез; / срезови) was a second-level administrative unit in the Principality of Serbia
The Principality of Serbia () was an autonomous, later sovereign state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation was negotiated first through an unwritten agre ...
, Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynast ...
and Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
, flag_p ...
. It was a district that included several town- or village municipalities. It was introduced in Serbia in 1834, and abolished in 1963–1367 in SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...
. The unit is no longer used, although the ''katastarski srez'' is used in cadastral classification of property.
History
The ''srez'' was noted as a second-level administrative unit in the 1903 Constitution of Serbia and the 1921 Constitution of Yugoslavia, below the ''okrug
An okrug is a type of administrative division in some Slavic-speaking states. The word ''okrug'' is a loanword in English, alternatively translated as area, district, county, or region.
Etymologically, ''okrug'' literally means ' circuit', der ...
'' and above the ''opština
, , , or (Cyrillic: , or ), is a local government unit in Slavic-speaking countries, most commonly translated as municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and p ...
''.
See also
*Administrative divisions of Serbia
The administrative divisions of Serbia are regulated by the Government decree of 29 January 1992, and by the Law on Territorial Organization adopted by the National Assembly on 29 December 2007.Government of SerbiaDistricts In Serbia/ref>
* Administrative divisions of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia had various administrative divisions throughout its 74 years of existence.
1918–1922
From 1918 to 1922, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes continued to be subdivided into the pre-World War I divisions (districts, countie ...
* Uyezd
An uezd (also spelled uyezd or uiezd; rus, уе́зд ( pre-1918: уѣздъ), p=ʊˈjest), or povit in a Ukrainian context () was a type of administrative subdivision of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the Tsardom of Russia, the Russian Empire, the R ...
, historical Russian equivalent
References
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* * {{Slavic terms for country subdivisions Administrative divisions of Yugoslavia Former types of subdivisions of Serbia Former types of subdivisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina