Karadžićevo ( sr-Cyrl, Караџићево) is a

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Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

, municipality

Markušica Markušica ( sr-Cyrl, Маркушица, , ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village and a municipality in Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. Markušica is located south of the river Vuka (river), Vuka and northwest of the town of Vinkovci. Th ...

Vukovar-Syrmia County Vukovar-Srijem County (), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian Counties of Croatia, county. It includes the eastern parts of the region of ...

History

Until 1920, the village was called Križevci. The settlement was originally a pustara, a Pannonian type of

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. A colonist settlement was established there in the course of the

land reform in interwar Yugoslavia The land reform in interwar Yugoslavia was a process of redistribution of agricultural land in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929) carried out in the interwar period. The reform's proclaimed social ideal was ...

. Serbian volunteers settled the village and changed its name into Karadžićevo. The village was named after Vuk Karadzic. During the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

, Karadžićevo was controlled by the self-proclaimed

SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia The Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srpska autonomna oblast Istočna Slavonija, Baranja i Zapadni Srem, Српска аутономна област Источна Славонија, ...

. Croat special police stationed in

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attacked the village which made it suffer major damage although the SAO won the battle.

Demographic history

According to the 1991 census, the village was inhabited by a majority of Serbs (83.21%), and minority of Croats (14.59%).

References

Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Populated places in Syrmia Joint Council of Municipalities Serb communities in Croatia {{VukovarSrijem-geo-stub

History

Demographic history

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