Motto: Samo sloga Srbina spasava Само слога Србина спасава "Only Unity Saves the Serbs"
Anthem:Боже правде Bože pravde (English: "God of Justice")
The self-declared Republic of Serbian Krajina in 1991
Status
Unrecognized state[1]
Capital
Knin
Largest city
Vukovar
Common languages
Serbian
Religion
Serbian Orthodox
Government
Semi-presidential republic
President
• 1991–1992
Milan Babić
• 1992–1993
Goran Hadžić
• 1993–1994
Milan Babić
• 1994–1995
Milan Martić
Prime Minister
• 1991–1992 (first)
Dušan Vještica
• 1995 (last)
Milan Babić
Legislature
National Assembly
Historical era
Yugoslav Wars
• Log Revolution
17 August 1990
• Constitution adopted
19 December 1991
• Operation Flash
3 May 1995
• Operation Storm
8 August 1995
• Erdut Agreement
12 November 1995
Area
1991[2]
17,028 km2 (6,575 sq mi)
Population
• 1991[2]
286,716
• 1993[2]
435,595
• 1994
430,000
Currency
Krajina dinar (1992–1994) Yugoslav dinar (1994–1995)
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Socialist Republic of Croatia
SAO Krajina
SAO Western Slavonia
SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia
Croatia
Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1995–1998)
Today part of
Croatia
Area source: [3] Population source: [3][4]
The Republic of Serbian Krajina or Serb Republic of Krajina (Serbo-Croatian: Република Српска Крајина / Republika Srpska Krajina or РСК / RSK, pronounced[rɛpǔblikasr̩̂pskaːkrâjina]), known as the Serbian Krajina[a] (Српска Крајина / Srpska Krajina) or simply Krajina, was a self-proclaimed Serb proto-state,[5][6] a territory within the newly independent Republic of Croatia (formerly part of Socialist Yugoslavia), which it defied, and which was active during the Croatian War of Independence (1991–95). It was not recognized internationally. The name Krajina ("Frontier") was adopted from the historical Military Frontier of the Habsburg monarchy (Austria-Hungary), which had a substantial Serb population and existed up to the late 19th century. The RSK government waged a war for ethnic Serb independence from Croatia and unification with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Republika Srpska (in Bosnia and Herzegovina).[7]
The government of Krajina had de facto control over central parts of the territory while control of the outskirts changed with the successes and failures of its military activities. The territory was legally protected by the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR).
Its main portion was overrun by Croatian forces in 1995 and the Republic of Serbian Krajina was ultimately disbanded as a result; a rump remained in eastern Slavonia under UNTAES administration until its peaceful reintegration into Croatia in 1998 under the Erdut Agreement.
^Prosecutor v. Milan Martić Judgement Archived 4 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine. p. 46. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Retrieved 13 September 2009. (On 16 March 1991 another referendum was held which asked "Are you in favour of the SAO Krajina joining the Republic of Serbia and staying in Yugoslavia with Serbia, Montenegro and others who wish to preserve Yugoslavia?". With 99.8% voting in favour, the referendum was approved and the Krajina assembly declared that "the territory of the SAO Krajina is a constitutive part of the unified state territory of the Republic of Serbia".)
^ ab"Croatia". Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
^ abKlajn, Lajčo (2007). The Past in Present Times: The Yugoslav Saga. p. 199. University Press of America. ISBN 0-7618-3647-0.
^Svarm, Filip (15 August 1994). The Krajina Economy Archived 15 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Vreme News Digest Agency. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
^"HIC: VJESNIK, Podlistak, 16 i 17. travnja 2005., VELIKOSRPSKA TVOREVINA NA HRVATSKOM TLU: IZVORNI DOKUMENTI O DJELOVANJU 'REPUBLIKE SRPSKE KRAJINE' (XXIX.)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^"Godišnjica Oluje: Hrvatska slavi, Srbija žali". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
^"DOKUMENTI INSTITUCIJA POBUNJENIH SRBA U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ (siječanj – lipanj 1993.)", edicija "REPUBLIKA HRVATSKA I DOMOVINSKI RAT 1990.-1995. DOKUMENTI", Knjiga 7., str. 14-16, 21, 24, 35, 42, 52, 59, 103, 130, 155, 161, 180-182, 197, 351, 378, 414, 524, 605, 614, 632, 637
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