Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Велика) is a village in the
municipality
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of
Plav,
Montenegro
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, close to the village of
Murino.
History
In 1479, the Ottomans annexed Gornje Polimlje and Velika. Subsequently, these villages were organized into the
Sanjak of Scutari
The Sanjak of Scutari or Sanjak of Shkodra ( sq, Sanxhaku i Shkodrës; sr, Скадарски санџак; tr, İskenderiye Sancağı or ''İşkodra Sancağı'') was one of the sanjaks of the Ottoman Empire. It was established after the Otto ...
.It was the site of several conflicts during the
battles for Plav and Gusinje
The Battles for Plav and Gusinje were armed conflicts between the Principality of Montenegro and the League of Prizren (supported by the Ottoman Empire) that broke out following the decision of the Congress of Berlin (1878) that the territorie ...
, between the pro-Ottoman Albanians and Montenegrin forces in 1879–80.
During
WWII
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, when the region was
annexed by Axis forces, 428 Serbs and Montenegrins from the village were killed by the ethnic, nazi Albanian
SS Skandenberg division on July 28, 1944.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, its population was 308.
References
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Populated places in Plav Municipality
Serb communities in Montenegro
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