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: Томашево), previously known as Šahovići, is a village in the

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Bijelo Polje Bijelo Polje (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бијело Поље, ) is a town located in the Northern Montenegro, Northern Region of Montenegro, situated along Lim (river), Lim River. It has an urban population of 12,900 (2011 census). It is the ad ...

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History

During the early 20th century, Šahovići was the administrative centre of the kaza of

Kolašin Kolašin (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Колашин, ) is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 2,989 (2003 census). Kolašin is the centre of Kolašin Municipality (population 9,949) and an unofficial centre of Morača region, nam ...

. Demographic data compiled by Bulgarian foreign ministry in 1901-02 reported that Šahovići was populated by 25

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households. Šahovići was the site of the 1924 Šahovići massacre, in which around 600-900 local Muslims were massacred by Montenegrin peasants under the pretext that local outlaws murdered the chief of Kolašin county, Boško Bošković. These accusations later turned out to be untrue, as after the events of the massacre, it emerged that the murderers of Bošković were clan members from Rovca, a rival tribe to his own.

Demographics

According to the 2003 census, the village had a population of 282 people. The village was formerly known as Šahovići (Шаховићи), until 1952. According to the 2011 census, its population was 243.

References

Literature

* Populated places in Bijelo Polje Municipality Serb communities in Montenegro {{BijeloPolje-geo-stub