Rijeka Crnojevića (
Montenegrin Cyrillic
The Montenegrin alphabet is the collective name given to "''Abeceda''" (#Latin alphabet, Montenegrin Latin alphabet) and "''Азбука''" (#Cyrillic alphabet, Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet), the writing systems used to Writing, write the Montene ...
: Ријека Црнојевића,
lit. "River of
Crnojević") is a town in
Montenegro
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on the eponymous
Rijeka Crnojevića river, near the coast of
Skadar lake
Lake Skadar ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, ; sq, Liqeni i Shkodrës, ) also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern ...
.
History
The
Ottomans
The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922).
Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...
captured
Žabljak Crnojevića
Žabljak Crnojevića ( sr-cyrl, Жабљак Црнојевића, ), commonly referred to as Žabljak, is an abandoned medieval fortified town (fortress) in Montenegro. The fortress is located on the confluence of the Morača river in Lake Skada ...
in 1478 after they defeated main army of
Ivan Crnojević
Ivan Crnojević ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Црнојевић, italics=no, lit=Ivan the Black) was the lord of Zeta and Serbian leader from 1465 to 1490. Having formed an alliance with the Republic of Venice, he led the Serb resistance against the expandi ...
in late 1477 or early 1478. Ivan moved his seat to Obod (fortified by him in 1475
) which was soon renamed to Rijeka Crnojevića, and became the new capital of Montenegro.
Rijeka Crnojevića was the historical seat of
Riječka nahija,
Stories about Rijeka Crnojevića
/ref> one of the four territorial units of Old Montenegro
Old Montenegro ( sr, Стара Црна Гора, Stara Crna Gora), also known as Montenegro proper ( sr, Права Црна Гора, Prava Crna Gora), or True Montenegro ( sr, Истинска Црна Гора, Istinska Crna Gora), is a ...
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Demographics
See also
*Crnojević printing house
The Crnojević printing house ( sr, Штампарија Црнојевића, Štamparija Crnojevića) or Cetinje printing house ( sr, Цетињска штампарија, Cetinjska štamparija), was the first printing house in Southeastern Eur ...
*Rijeka Crnojevića (river)
The Rijeka Crnojevića (Serbian Cyrillic: Ријека Црнојевића, lit. "River of Crnojević") is a river in Montenegro, emerging just above and running through the eponymous town, close to the northeastern shores of Lake Skadar.
Its l ...
* Rijeka Crnojevića bridge
References
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Populated places in Cetinje Municipality
Former national capitals
Former capitals of Montenegro