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Skopska Crna Gora (
Macedonian and
Serbian Cyrillic: Скопска Црна Гора, ;
Albanian
Albanian may refer to:
*Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular:
**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
: ''Malësia e Karadakut''), often called simply Crna Gora (Macedonian and Serbian Cyrillic: Црна Гора; Albanian: ''Mali i Zi''), is a mountain range and ethnographic region in
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...
,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
and
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
. The highest peak is Ramno in Macedonia.
The largest town on the mountain is
Kučevište
Kučevište ( mk, Кучевиште) is the largest village in the municipality of Čučer-Sandevo, North Macedonia.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census, the village had a total of 3,167 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Mac ...
in North Macedonia.
Name
Skopska Crna Gora is also known as Karadak (from earlier tr, Karadağ – "Black Mountain", Macedonian and Serbian: Карадаk, Albanian: ''Karadak''), which appeared after the Ottoman conquest of the region.
[С. Томић, Скопска Црна Гора, Српски етнолошки зборник 3, Београд 1905, 409—417.]
Geography
![Kalaja e Pogragjës](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Kalaja_e_Pogragj%C3%ABs.JPG)
Skopska Crna Gora extends from the
Kaçanik Gorge
Kaçanik Gorge ( sq, Gryka e Kaçanikut, sr, Качаничка клисура, ''Kačanička klisura'') is a gorge located in southern Kosovo, stretching between the town of Kaçanik and the Macedonian border, with the Lepenac river running th ...
to the west - to and the
Gorge of Končulj in the east. In the north, it stretches from
Binačka Morava to
Aračinovo
Aračinovo ( mk, Арачиново , sq, Haraçinë) is a village and seat of the municipality of Aračinovo, North Macedonia.
History
During the 2001 Macedonia conflict, it was occupied by ethnic Albanian insurgents. Later, during violence ...
in the south. The relief structure is fragmented due to the rivers of the region which descend from high points and carry eroded material. Additionally, the geological composition of the region is complicated as there are new sediments in the west,
Mesozoic
The Mesozoic Era ( ), also called the Age of Reptiles, the Age of Conifers, and colloquially as the Age of the Dinosaurs is the second-to-last era of Earth's geological history, lasting from about , comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceo ...
layers in the middle and old
Palaeozoic layers in the east. The most important rivers are Letnica, Golemareka, Karadak, Pasjani, Lashtica, and Llapushnica. 31% of the region consists of arable land, whereas 11% consists of pastures and meadows. Due to the lack of nutrition available, the keeping of livestock is limited. Skopska Crna Gora consists of high mountain peaks ranging from 700-1,650m. The mountains covers around and consist of around 50,000 inhabitants, with a density of about 120 per km.
Municipalities that lie in the region include:
Kosovo:
Kaçanik
Kaçanik ( sq-definite, Kaçaniku) or Kačanik ( sr-Cyrl, Качаник, ) is a town and municipality located in the Ferizaj District of southern Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Kaçanik has 15,634 inhabitants, while the munici ...
,
Viti,
Elez Han
Hani i Elezit or Elez Han ( sq-definite, Han i Elezit or ''Hani i Elezit''; sr, Ђенерал Јанковић, ''Đeneral Janković''; officially Елез Хан, ''Elez Han'') is a town and municipality located in the Ferizaj District of Ko ...
,
Gjilan
Gjilan, or Gnjilane ( sr-cyr, Гњилане) is the eighth largest city in Kosovo and seat of Gjilan Municipality and Gjilan District.
Name
Ottoman chronicler Evliya Çelebi mentions ''Morava'' as a settlement of the Sanjak of Vučitrn. ...
,
Ranilug,
Parteš
Parteš (Serbian Cyrillic: Партеш) or Partesh ( sq-definite, Parteshi), is a town and municipality located in the Gjilan District of Kosovo. The municipality was established on 19 August 2010. It is inhabited by Serbs, and as of 2013, it ha ...
,
Klokot
Klokot ( Serbian Cyrillic: Клокот) or Kllokot ( sq-definite, Kllokoti), is a town and municipality in the District of Gjilan in southeastern Kosovo. The municipality was established on 8 January 2010, the settlements having been part of t ...
Serbia:
Bujanovac,
Preševo
Preševo ( sr-cyrl, Прешево; sq, Preshevë, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. It is the southernmost town in Central Serbia and largest in the geographical region of Preševo Valley.
Preševo ...
North Macedonia:
Čučer-Sandevo
Čučer-Sandevo ( mk, ) is a village in Republic of North Macedonia. It is a seat of the Čučer-Sandevo Municipality.
Geography
The village is located in the northern part of the Skopje Valley, in the central part of the territory of the Muni ...
,
Lipkovo
Lipkovo ( mk, , sq, Likovë) is a village in North Macedonia. It is the seat of Lipkovo Municipality.
History
Lipkovo was a central strategic village during the 2001 armed conflict between the Albanian National Liberation Army and the Maced ...
,
Aračinovo
Aračinovo ( mk, Арачиново , sq, Haraçinë) is a village and seat of the municipality of Aračinovo, North Macedonia.
History
During the 2001 Macedonia conflict, it was occupied by ethnic Albanian insurgents. Later, during violence ...
,
Butel
Butel ( mk, Бутел, sq, Butel) is a neighbourhood in the city of Skopje, North Macedonia, and the seat of Butel Municipality
Butel Municipality ( mk, ; sq, Butel) is one of the ten municipalities that make up the City of Skopje, the ca ...
,
Gazi Baba
History
Middle Ages
It is not known since when this area is called by its current name, however it was first mentioned in the 13th century when the Tsar
Konstantin Tih
Konstantin Tih ( bg, Константин Тих Асен) or Constantine I Tikh (Константин I), was the tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277, he was offered the throne from Mitso Asen. He led the Bulgarian Empire at a time when the nearb ...
left the villages in his endowment. The name was mentioned again in 1300, in the charter of
King Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...
in the Church of Saint George in Skopje. After the Ottoman conquest of Skopje, the name was translated into Kara-Dag, which is used until this day.
Ottoman Times
During the Ottoman period the region remained out of the reach of the regular Ottoman civil administration. The Kosovar part of the region was turned into a
''nahiya'' by the Ottomans and was named Karatonlu, while the Macedonian part was turned into a ''
Kaza
A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough')
* bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза
* el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also ()
* lad, kaza
, ...
'' and was named Karadak. In this period many
Albanian Clans
The Albanian tribes ( sq, fiset shqiptare) form a historical mode of social organization (''farefisní'') in Albania and the southwestern Balkans characterized by a common culture, often common patrilineal kinship ties tracing back to one progeni ...
(''vllazni)'' settled in the region, thus around 8-10% of the Albanian population belonged to the
Berisha tribe, while descendants of the
Krasniqi tribe
Krasniqi is a historical Albanian tribe and region in the Accursed Mountains in northeastern Albania, bordering Kosovo. The region lies within the Tropojë District and is part of a wider area between Albania and Kosovo that is historically k ...
settled in the villages of
Gošince
Gošince ( mk, Гошинце, sq, Goshincë) is a village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia.
History
Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in 1965. Demograph ...
,
Slupčane
Slupčane ( mk, Слупчане, sq, Sllupçan) is the largest village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia.
History
Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in ...
,
Alaševce
Alaševce ( mk, Алашевце, sq, Allashec) is a village in the municipality of Lipkovo, North Macedonia.
History
Descendants of the Krasniqi ''fis'' were recorded in the villages of Gošince, Slupčane, Alaševce and Runica in 1965.
Demo ...
and
Runica
Runica ( mk, Руница; ) is a village in the Lipkovo municipality, in North Macedonia. In the Middle Ages, there was a village called Rućinci ( sr, Рућинци), which was one of the villages granted (''metochion'') by sevastokrator Dejan ...
. There are also members of the
Mirdita
Mirdita is a region of northern Albania whose territory is synonymous with the historic Albanian tribe of the same name.
Etymology
The name Mirdita derives from a legendary ancestor named Mir Diti from whom the tribe claims descent. Other ...
and
Sopi tribes which settled in the region.
Following
Tanzimat
The Tanzimat (; ota, تنظيمات, translit=Tanzimāt, lit=Reorganization, ''see'' nizām) was a period of reform in the Ottoman Empire that began with the Gülhane Hatt-ı Şerif in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876. ...
reforms in 1839 and the sacking of local pashas, Albanians from Skopska Crna Gora and
Šar, led by
Dervish Cara,
revolted
In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...
in
Aračinovo
Aračinovo ( mk, Арачиново , sq, Haraçinë) is a village and seat of the municipality of Aračinovo, North Macedonia.
History
During the 2001 Macedonia conflict, it was occupied by ethnic Albanian insurgents. Later, during violence ...
. In January 1844 the rebels captured
Gostivar
Gostivar ( mk, Гостивар , Albanian and Turkish: ''Gostivar''), is a city in North Macedonia, located in the upper Polog valley region. It is one of the largest municipalities in the country with a population of 81,042, and the town also ...
and
Tetovo
Tetovo ( mk, Тетово, , sq, Tetovë/Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, w ...
. In February 1844 the rebels attacked and captured the whole region, including the towns of
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
,
Kumanovo
Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia by population, largest municipali ...
,
Preševo
Preševo ( sr-cyrl, Прешево; sq, Preshevë, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. It is the southernmost town in Central Serbia and largest in the geographical region of Preševo Valley.
Preševo ...
,
Bujanovac,
Vranje
Vranje ( sr-Cyrl, Врање, ) is a city in Southern Serbia and the administrative center of the Pčinja District. The municipality of Vranje has a population of 83,524 and its urban area has 60,485 inhabitants.
Vranje is the economical, polit ...
and
Leskovac
Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in Southern Serbia (Geographical Region), southern Serbia. According to the 202 ...
.
[Albanische Geschichte: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung Volume 140 of Südosteuropäische Arbeiten Authors Oliver Jens Schmitt, Eva Anne Frantz Editors Oliver Jens Schmitt, Eva Anne Frantz Publisher Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2009 , p. 168] A National Council led by Dervish Cara was created The revolt was ultimately suppressed by the Ottomans, led by Hayredin Pasha in the summer of 1844.
During the mid 1800's, Catholic Albanians were
expelled by Ottoman authorities.
During the
Albanian revolt of 1910, Albanian fighters from Skopska Crna Gora under the command of
Idriz Seferi
Idriz Seferi (14 March 1847 – 25 March 1927) was an Albanian leader and guerrilla fighter (rebel). A member of the League of Prizren and League of Peja, he was the right-hand man of Isa Boletini, with whom he organized the 1910 Uprising agai ...
rebelled against the Ottomans and managed to defeat them in the
Battle of Kaçanik.
[Elsie 2012, p. 403] In 1912, the Albanians
rebelled
Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority.
A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...
again and managed to capture
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre.
The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...
.
[Pearsons 2004, p. 24]
Fighters from Skopska Crna Gora played a vital role during the struggle for Albanian independence.
Modern history
The region became part of the
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Краљевина Србија, Kraljevina Srbija) was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Princi ...
after the
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...
. Following this the region became a battleground between the Serbian forces supported by
Chetniks
The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...
and
Albanian Kachaks under
Idriz Seferi
Idriz Seferi (14 March 1847 – 25 March 1927) was an Albanian leader and guerrilla fighter (rebel). A member of the League of Prizren and League of Peja, he was the right-hand man of Isa Boletini, with whom he organized the 1910 Uprising agai ...
and
Ajet Sopi Bllata
Ajet Sopi Bllata (1861–1938) was an Albanian rebel from the village of Jabllanica, in present-day Bujanovac municipality, then part of the Ottoman Empire. From the age of 17 to that of 53, he fought as a kachak against Serbian interests in t ...
as well as the
Macedonian IMRO insurgents.
[Trotsky 1980, p. 117] The region was
occupied
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by the
Kingdom of Bulgaria
The Tsardom of Bulgaria ( bg, Царство България, translit=Tsarstvo Balgariya), also referred to as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom ( bg, Трето Българско Царство, translit=Treto Balgarsko Tsarstvo, links=no), someti ...
during the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
and became part of the newly established
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Kingdom commonly refers to:
* A monarchy ruled by a king or queen
* Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy
Kingdom may also refer to:
Arts and media Television
* ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...
after it ended.
During the
Interwar period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the World War I, First World War to the beginning of the World War II, Second World War. The in ...
many Serb colonizers setteled in the region
After the
Invasion of Yugoslavia
The invasion of Yugoslavia, also known as the April War or Operation 25, or ''Projekt 25'' was a German-led attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the Axis powers which began on 6 April 1941 during World War II. The order for the invasion was p ...
in 1941 the region was given to the
Kingdom of Bulgaria
The Tsardom of Bulgaria ( bg, Царство България, translit=Tsarstvo Balgariya), also referred to as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom ( bg, Трето Българско Царство, translit=Treto Balgarsko Tsarstvo, links=no), someti ...
, which resulted in
Albanian resistance
In Albania, World War II began with its invasion by Italy in April 1939. Fascist Italy set up Albania as its protectorate or puppet state. The resistance was largely carried out by Communist groups against the Italian (until 1943) and then Germ ...
led by
Mulla Idriz Gjilani
Mulla Idriz Gjilani was an Albanian patriot, a Muslim preacher, master orator and freedom fighter. He was born in the village of Velekinca in Gjilan, Ottoman Empire, (now Gjilan, Kosovo). The Gjilani family who have inhabited his birth region ...
. The
Karadak Uprising was later mostly quelled by
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
and the
Yugoslav partisan forces after the
Stratsin–Kumanovo and
Kosovo Operation, but low intense fighting under the command of Hasan Ali Remniku continued until 1951.
During the
Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia from ...
, Serb seperatists supported by the
FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup
A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...
sought to create a Serbian breakaway State named "Karadak republic" in the region.
From 1998 to 1999, during the
Kosovo War
The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...
the "Karadak Operational Zone" of the
KLA (which also included large parts of the
Anamorava Region) remained inactive, thus the region saw less fighting than other parts of Kosovo. But from 1999 to 2001, during the
Insurgency in the Presevo Valley and the
Insurgency in Macedonia the Serbian and Macedonian parts of the region became major strongholds of the Albanian separatist organizations
NLA and
LAPMB and a stronghold of
Albanian nationalism
Albanian nationalism is a general grouping of nationalist ideas and concepts generated by ethnic Albanians that were first formed in the 19th century during the Albanian National Awakening ( sq, Rilindja). Albanian nationalism is also associated w ...
, thus the region saw many armed conflicts against the security forces of
FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup
A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...
and the
Republic of Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...
such as
Dobrosin 1,
Dobrosin 2,
Oraovica,
Tanuševci 1,
Tanuševci 2,
Ljuboten
Ljuboten ( Serbian and mk, ) or Luboten (in Albanian) is a peak of the Šar Mountains located on the border between Kosovo and North Macedonia. Its elevation is .
Ljuboten, although not the highest peak of the range, is somewhat isolated fr ...
,
Aračinovo
Aračinovo ( mk, Арачиново , sq, Haraçinë) is a village and seat of the municipality of Aračinovo, North Macedonia.
History
During the 2001 Macedonia conflict, it was occupied by ethnic Albanian insurgents. Later, during violence ...
,
Vaksince 1,
Vaksince 2,
Operation MH-1
Operation MH-1 was a Macedonian mini-offensive and sweep operation designed to clear out the NLA rebels from the Skopska Crna Gora region all along the Macedonian border. The offensive started on March 28, 2001, and ended the next day.
Prelude ...
,
Operation MH-2
Operation MH-2 ( mk, Операција МХ-2) was the first major battle in the Kumanovo Karadak region during the insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia.
Execution of the Operation MH - 2
Macedonian forces started to demine the fields at 8 a. ...
. Low intensity skirmishes continued in these parts of the region such as the
Gošince attack and
Kumanovo attack in 2015.
Culture
The
Albanians
The Albanians (; sq, Shqiptarët ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Balkan Peninsula who share a common Albanian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Se ...
of Karadak have a dialect of their own, which in itself is a north-eastern extremity of central
Gheg Albanian
Gheg (also spelled Geg; Gheg Albanian: ''gegnishtja'', Standard sq, gegërishtja) is one of the two major variety (linguistics), varieties of Albanian language, Albanian, the other being Tosk Albanian, Tosk. The geographic dividing line betwee ...
. The dialect borders on the verge of north-eastern Gheg Albanian.
The
Macedonian population of the region speaks the
Skopska Crna Gora dialect
The Skopska Crna Gora dialect ( mk, Скопскоцрногорски дијалект, ) is a member of the western subgroup of the northern group of dialects of Macedonian. The dialect is spoken in a small territory north of Skopje on the hem ...
of
Macedonian.
Notable people
*
Idriz Seferi
Idriz Seferi (14 March 1847 – 25 March 1927) was an Albanian leader and guerrilla fighter (rebel). A member of the League of Prizren and League of Peja, he was the right-hand man of Isa Boletini, with whom he organized the 1910 Uprising agai ...
, Albanian patriot and freedom fighter
*
Agim Ramadani
Agim Ramadani (3 May 1963 – 11 April 1999) also known with nickname Katana, was an Albanian commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He was ...
, Albanian commander of the
KLA
*
Njazi Azemi
Nijazi Azemi (16 June 1970 – 26 March 2001) was an Albanian soldier of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and later Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UÇPMB), best known for his support in the Kosovo war. During the war, he ...
, Albanian commander of the
KLA and
UÇPMB
*
Ridvan Qazimi
Ridvan Qazimi ( sr, Ридван Ћазими, translit=Ridvan Ćazimi; 4 April 1964 – 24 May 2001), known by the ''nom de guerre'' Lleshi, was one of the commanders of the Albanian militant group called the Liberation Army of Preševo, Medve ...
, Albanian commander of the
KLA and
UÇPMB
*
Ismet Jashari
Ismet Jashari (16 April 1967 – 25 August 1998) also known as Commander Kumanova (), was an Albanian soldier of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) who was killed on 25 August 1998 during the fighting with Serbian forces in Klečke, Kosovo. The Is ...
, Albanian commander of the
KLA
*
Xhezair Shaqiri, Albanian commander of the
KLA and
NLA
*
Rashit Mustafa, Albanian commander of the
KLA
*
Jonuz Zejnullahu, Albanian
Imam
Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
and soldier of the
KLA known for blowing himself up during the
Battle of Koshare
*
Mulla Idriz Gjilan, Albanian
Mullah
Mullah (; ) is an honorific title for Shia and Sunni Muslim clergy or a Muslim mosque leader. The term is also sometimes used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law.
The title has also been used in some Miz ...
and freedom fighter
*
Jakup Asipi, Albanian
Mullah
Mullah (; ) is an honorific title for Shia and Sunni Muslim clergy or a Muslim mosque leader. The term is also sometimes used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law.
The title has also been used in some Miz ...
and commander of the
NLA
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Lutfi Haziri
Lutfi Haziri (born 8 November 1969 in Gjilan, Yugoslavia, now Kosovo) is the deputy chairman of the Democratic League of Kosovo and former mayor of Gjilan. He is a former deputy prime minister and minister of Kosovo for Culture, Youth, Sports and N ...
, Political Leader of the "ZO Karadak" of the
KLA
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Sulë Hotla, Albanian
Ballist commander
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Lavdrim Muhaxheri
Lavdrim Muhaxheri (; 1989 or ca. 1987 – 8 June 2017), also known by the '' nom de guerre'' Abu Abdullah al Kosova, was a Kosovar Albanian Islamic State (IS) leader and recruiter of ethnic Albanian ''jihadi'' foreign fighters fighting in Syria a ...
, Albanian ISIL commander
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Toma Raspasani
Toma Raspasani ( it, Tomasso Raspassani, c. 1648-17??) was an Albanian Franciscan friar and vicar, subordinate Pjetër Bogdani, Archbishop of Skopje, with whom he organized an Albanian pro-Austrian movement that would fight in the Great Turkish W ...
, Albanian Catholic
priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...
and freedom fighter
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Arif Hiqmeti Commander during the
Islamic Revolt in Albania
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Johan Tarčulovski, soldier and politician
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Triumf Riza
Triumf Riza (7 May 1978 – 30 August 2007) was a police officer, and member of an elite protection unit with the fledgling Kosovo Police Service, who was killed in the line of duty during an ongoing clash with the Enver Sekiraqa gang, an Ethnic ...
, Albanian policeman
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Daut Dauti Dauti Dauti was born in 1960 in Kokaj, near Gjilan, in Kosovo. He graduated from the University of Pristina Faculty of Law. He continued post-graduate studies at the University of West London (former Thames Valley University) and was awarded a PhD ...
, Albanian lawyer and journalist
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Shemsi Beqiri
Shemsi Beqiri (born 3 May 1986) is a Swiss Albanian kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division.
Early life
A Swiss Albanian, Beqiri was born to Kosovar Albanian parents in Vitina, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) on May 3, 1986, and, at the ...
, Albanian
kickboxer
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...
and World champion
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Petar Mandzhukov, revolutionary and anarchist
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Nathanael of Ohrid, cleric, writer, and revolutionary
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Riza Halimi
Riza Halimi ( sr-cyr, Риза Халими; born 16 September 1947) is a Serbian politician. An ethnic Albanian, he was the president of the Party for Democratic Action from its foundation until 2018, and now serves as the honorary president of ...
, Albanian politician
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Marko Sopi Marko Sopi (1938-2006) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Biography
Marko Sopi was born on in Binač, Vitina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (modern Kosovo) on February 6, 1938. From 1995 to 2006 he was the titular bishop of Celerina. F ...
, Albanian Catholic
prelate
A prelate () is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin , the past participle of , which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'pref ...
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Ali Aliu, Albanian activist
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Limon Staneci, Albanian politician and journalist
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Xherdan Shaqiri
Xherdan Shaqiri (; born 10 October 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire and the Switzerland national team.
Shaqiri began his career at FC Basel, winning honours including ...
, Swiss footballer of Albanian origin
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Nijazi Ramadani, Albanian poet
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Shaban Sejdiu
Shaban Sejdiu ( mk, Шабан Сејдиу; born 6 May 1959) is Macedonian retired freestyle wrestler.
An ethnic Macedonian Albanian, Sejdiu, as part of the Skopje Wrestling Club, was trained by notable coaches Risto Takov, who had also train ...
, Macedonian-Albanian wrestler
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Shqiprim Arifi, Mayor of Preševo
See also
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List of mountains in North Macedonia
The following is a list of mountains in North Macedonia.
North Macedonia is a predominantly mountainous country. The average elevation of the terrain is 850 meters. Approximately 80% of the country consists of hills and mountains. The mountains a ...
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Anamorava
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Gollak
Gollak ( sq-definite, Gollaku, sr, Гољак, Goljak) or Gallap ( sq-definite, Gallapi) is a mountainous and ethnographic region in the eastern part of Kosovo and partially in Serbia, bordering the Llap region to the North, the Kosovo field t ...
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Mountain ranges of North Macedonia
Mountain ranges of Kosovo
Mountain ranges of Serbia
Albanian ethnographic regions
Kosovo–North Macedonia border
International mountains of Europe
Rhodope mountain range
Kosovo Ethnographic Regions