Ozrinići ( sr-Cyrl, Озринићи) is a village in the
municipality
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of
Nikšić
Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...
,
Montenegro
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History
The village was founded by five families of the
Ozrinići tribe in 1597.
Apart from the Ozrinići descendants, from the 18th century onwards there were families that settled from
Banjani, Kriči,
Pješivci
Pješivci ( Serbian and Montenegrin: Пјешивци; ) was a historical tribe and region in Montenegro, consisting of numerous brotherhoods of mutual origin. It was one of the largest tribe from the area of Katunska nahija of Old Montenegro.
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, and from other regions and tribes.
In March 1942, during the
leftist errors
Leftist errors ( sh, leva/lijeva skretanja) was a term used by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) to describe radical policies and strategies – described as the Red Terror (''Crveni Teror'') by others – pursued by self-described Left-wi ...
of
Second World War
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, Ozrinići were burned down by
Partisans from
Nikšić
Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2003 census, the town has a population of 2,024 people.
According to the 2011 census, its population was 2,057.
References
Populated places in Nikšić Municipality
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