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Čičavica
Çyçavica or Čičavica is a mountain situated at the center of Kosovo with a length of about and a width of about . Its highest peak reaches a height of . It is in the boundary line between the Kosovo Plain, the Drenica and the Artakolli i Çyçavicës region. The river Sitnica passes by it. The villages of Oshlan and Akrashticë are located to the right of the mountain. Large towns and cities like Skenderaj, Vushtrri and Drenas are located close by the mountain. Etymology The name is inherited from the ancient legend of thÇyçja According to the legend, Muja and Halil got their well-known strength in Çyçavica after drinking milk from Zana's breast and then comparing their new strength in the form of throwing stones. History During the Kaçak movement, Çyçavica was fully inhabited by Albanians who, under the leadership of Azem Galica, took up arms against the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. During the Second World War under the leadership of Shaban Polluzha, Çyçavica was a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fehmi Lladrovci
Fehmi Lladrovci (15 May 1956 – 22 September 1998) was a commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Alongside his wife, Xhevë Krasniqi-Lladrovci, he was killed in battle against the Serbian forces. Early life He completed primary school in Dobrashec and secondary school at the technical school "19 Nëntori" in Pristina, specializing in machinery. During his early years, Lladrovci was influenced by patriotic ideas, largely shaped by his teacher, Fazli Greiçeci, a noted nationalist. His activism led to surveillance by the Yugoslav secret police during his high school years. After excelling in secondary school, Lladrovci continued his studies in Zagreb, where he connected with fellow patriots and coordinated with underground groups. In the early 1980s, he and his wife, Xhevë Krasniqi, became active members of the People's Movement of Kosovo (Albanian: LPK ), working towards the mobilization of Kosovo Albanians and others under Yugoslav rule for national liberation. Military ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitnica
The Sitnica (; sr-Cyrl, Ситница) is a river in Kosovo. It flows into the Ibar at Mitrovica, and it is the longest river that flows completely within Kosovo. History In the 14th century, during the reign of king Milutin, a canal connecting the Sazli and the river Nerodime was dug, creating an artificial bifurcation, since the Nerodime flows to the south into the Lepenac river and thus belongs to the Aegean Sea drainage basin, while the Sitnica flows to the north, into the Ibar river and belongs to the Black Sea drainage basin. After World War II, the canal was covered with earth again. The Sitnica was supposed to be the major part of the huge Ibar-Lepenac Hydrosystem, which was to regulate Ibar-Sitnica-Lepenac watercourse (including ecological protection, irrigation and power production), but the projected plan never came true. Course The Sitnica originates from the Sazli pond in the village of Sazli, north of the town of Ferizaj, and it is initially calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drenas
Drenas or Gllogovc/Gllogoc ( sq-definite, Drenasi or ''Gllogovci/Gllogoci'') or Glogovac ( sr-Cyrl, Глоговац) is a town and municipality in the District of Pristina in Kosovo. The municipality has an area of . According to the last census of 2024, the municipality has a population of 48,079. History The municipality was established before World War II as a distinct social, political, and administrative unit. Over the past eighty years, economic development has been very limited, as previous governments, directed from the central authorities of Yugoslavia, largely neglected the municipality. Historically, Drenas was focused on extensive agricultural development. In the 1970s, the first initiatives for economic development in Drenas began to emerge. These efforts were accompanied by urban spatial development as well. In 1981, the settlement of Drenas was officially declared a town, becoming the main administrative, cultural, social, and municipal center of the area. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo Liberation Army
The Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA; , UÇK) was an Albanians, ethnic Albanian separatist militia that sought the separation of Kosovo, the vast majority of which is inhabited by Albanians, from the Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Republic of Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Serbia and Serbia and Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the 1990s. Albanian nationalism was a central tenet of the KLA and many in its ranks supported the creation of a Greater Albania, which would encompass all Albanians in the Balkans, stressing Culture of Albania, Albanian culture, ethnicity and nation. Military precursors to the KLA began in the late 1980s with armed resistance to Yugoslav police trying to take Albanian activists in custody.. By the early 1990s there were attacks on police forces and secret-service officials who abused Albanian civilians. By mid-1998 the KLA was involved in frontal battle though it was outnumbered and outgunned. Conflict escalated from 1997 onward due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vullnetari
The Vullnetari ("the volunteer") were an Axis collaborationnist volunteer militia of Albanians from Kosovo set up in 1941 by Italian forces after the successful invasion of Yugoslavia. They served as an auxiliary force for civilian control and protection of villages. Some of the militia served as frontier guards under both Italian and German rule. The Vulnetari fought only in their own local areas, so they fought against both Partisans and Chetniks, "against whom they showed themselves skilled and determined fighters". The Vulnetari of the region of Gjakova went to Plav and Gusinje to support the Italian counteroffensive during the Uprising in Montenegro. Independently, Vulnetari units often attacked ethnic Serbs and carried out raids against civilian targets. According to Serbian scholars, the Vulnetari burned down hundreds of Serbian and Montenegrin villages, killed many people, and carried out plundering campaigns in Kosovo, and neighboring regions. At the end of World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmet Delia
Ahmet Delia (1850-1913) was an Albanian guerilla fighter and member of the League of Prizren during the Albanian National Awakening. Born in Drenica, Prekaz, Kosovo (back then Vilayet of Kosovo, Ottoman Empire) his father, Deli Prekazi, was one of the founders of the League. Ahmet Delia became active early during the Albanian war of resistance against the invading Serbian army in 1912. Fighting in Prekaz Ahmet Delia became one of the most important figures of the Albanian struggle for freedom when he defended a house in Prekaz that was being attacked by Serbian forces in 1913. A group of 13 Serb soldiers had entered the village and begun looting, burning and killing Albanian civilians. Ahmet Delia, aged 63 at the time, spotted the soldiers as they forced the neighbor Halil and his family on the yard. When Delia heard the women and children crying he decided to take action and approached the house. He called on his son Mursel and the village chieftain, Rame Islami, and togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian National Awakening
The Albanian National Awakening ( or ), commonly known as the Albanian Renaissance or Albanian Revival, is a period throughout the 19th and 20th century of a cultural, political, and social movement in the Albanian history where the Albanian people gathered strength to establish an independent cultural and political life, as well as the country of Albania. Prior to the rise of nationalism, Albania remained under the rule of the Ottoman Empire for almost five centuries and the Ottoman authorities suppressed any expression of national unity or institutional national conscience by the Albanian people. There is some debate among experts regarding when the Albanian nationalist movement should be considered to have started. Some sources attribute its origins to the revolts against centralisation in the 1830s, others to the publication of the first attempt by Naum Veqilharxhi at a standardized alphabet for Albanian in 1844,Zhelyazkova, Antonina (2000). "Albanian Identities". So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasan Prishtina
Hasan bey Prishtina, (born Hasan Berisha; 27 September 1873 – 13 August 1933), was an Ottoman, later Albanian, politician who served as the 8th prime minister of Albania in December 1921. Biography Family and early life In his memoirs, Prishtina wrote that his family originated from Poljance in the Drenica region, and that his ancestors gave valuable contributions to the Albanian revolts against the Ottoman Empire. He wrote that his grandfather, Haxhi Ali Berisha, who moved to Vushtrri in 1871, was the son of Abdullah Ali Berisha. Haxhi's younger son, Ahmet, was the father of Hasan. Prishtina said that family's links to the Drenica region were celebrated with songs and other traditions. The Berisha family was autochthonous to the province of Dukagjini, of which Vushtrri is also part. Archival research done by Muhamet Pirraku confirms Hasan Prishtina's writings, and points that some documents give an alternative name for Abdullah Ali Berisha, ‘Mehmet’. Hasan was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shote Galica
Shote Galica (born Qerime Radisheva; 10 November 1895 – 1 July 1927) was a Kachak Albanian insurgent. She has been declared a People's Heroine of Albania. Biography She was born in Radisheve village of Drenica region in Kosovo which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. She was the sister of 6 brothers. She married Azem Galica in 1915. In 1919 Shote took part, in the ''Uprising of Dukagjin'' and in Junik in 1921–23. In 1925 after the death of her husband, Azem Galica, she took over as a head of his band and fought together with Bajram Curri in Has of Prizren and Lumë. She is remembered for having captured a Serb military commander and a number of soldiers at Çikatova, in July 1927, she withdrew to Albania and spend her final months in Fushë-Kruja, where she died at the age of 31. She is remembered for the saying ''Life without knowledge is like a war without weapons''. The Albanian people honor Galica for defending the national cause, celebrating her as a martyr of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Meha
Tahir Meha (10 October 1943 – 13 May 1981) was an Albanian political activist and major figure in the Kosovar Albanian resistance during Yugoslav rule. His refusal to surrender his weapons to Yugoslav authorities escalated into armed confrontation, ending with his death alongside his father, Nebih Meha on 13 May 1981. He remains a significant figure in Albanian folklore where he is remembered as a hero. Early Life Tahir Meha was born on 10 October 1943 in Prekaz, Drenica, in then German occupied Kosovo, a region known for its resistance. The Meha family played a prominent role in preserving Albanian national identity, particularly during periods of foreign occupation. Their home, the Kulla e Mehajve, was not only a residence but also came to represent a symbol of resilience and defiance amongst Kosovar Albanians. Meha's grandfather, Emin Lati (1892–1974), was a member of the Albanian ethnic guerilla Kachaks during the early 20th century. He fought alongside Azem Bejta, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo Security Force
The Kosovo Security Force (KSF) is the military of Kosovo. The KSF is tasked with defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Kosovo, military support for civilian authorities, and participation in international Peacekeeping, peacekeeping missions and operations. Since 2018, it is in the process of transforming into the Kosovo Armed Forces. The President of Kosovo is the Commander-in-chief, Supreme Commander of the Kosovo Security Force and has the competence to mobilize the Kosovo Security Force in cases of a state of emergency. In peacetime, the President's powers as Commander-in-Chief are executed through the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Prime Minister and the Ministry of Defence (Kosovo), Defence Minister. History Kosovo Protection Corps Following the Kosovo War in 1999, the United Nations United Nations Security Council, Security Council United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244, Resolution 1244 placed Kosovo under the authority of the United Nations Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
