CrnaStrela's definitions

Nis

Niš is a city in Serbia and one of the oldest cities in the Balkans, and has from ancient times been considered a gateway between the East and the West.

Constantine I, ruler of the Byzantium empire (4th century) was born at Naissus, (today called Nis, Serbia)

by CrnaStrela September 6, 2005

srbija

Serbia in Serbo-Croatian langue.

'Ko to kaže, ko to laže, Srbija je mala- nije
mala, nije mala, triput ratovala'.'Ko to kaže, ko to laže Srbija je mala nije mala nije mala na jebenu hrvatska se posralaaaaaaa.

by CrnaStrela September 6, 2005

serbians

serbians have always been loyal and brave country that has never been scared of no one, even when the odds are agaisnt them. serbians have always had brave soldiers and sadly, always had alot of traitors and making bad decisions which is why serbians have been having such bad luck throughout history. the treachery and backstabing has been around serbia since the middle ages. from the battle of kosovo in 1389 to this very day.

Peter Karadjordjevic had good intentions after WW1, but made a big mistake which costed serbians alot. In stead of making one big serbian state he proclaimed the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians in December 1918 which divided alot of serbian land to give to the croats and slovenes. this would have had to be one of the biggest mistakes ever made by serbia. After yugoslavia was made the backstabing and hatred of the serbians began. the croatians in particular proved how much they hated serbians during the second world war by killing thousands of serb civillins, which was the thanks serbia got for saving them in the first world war. in stead of choosing a serbian to lead yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito was choosen a half Croat half Slovene - big mistake. the second world war soon coming to an end and the chetniks and partisans were ploting a attack to sweep through croatia, liberate the concentration camps and kill any remianing Fascists. Tito did not allow this plan to proceed as he said that the croatians are serbia's "brother" and that everything will be back to normal after the war. Tito had long planned to tear yugoslavia apart and destroy serbia, Tito put all the money into croatia and slovania and so when tito died yugoslavia would collapse. while tito lived, it was his personal prestige that was holding yugoslavia together. In 1989 Slobodan Milosevic was elected as president of serbia. although Milosevic was not such a great president he still wanted to unify yugoslavia and the serbian people. Slobodan Milosevic has made alot of mistakes and if were prevented from happening, serbia would be in a much better position. In 1999 NATO launched a illegal bombing campaign causing a massive humanitarian catastrophe. NATO bombing went on for 79 days, the biggest bombing campaign in history. By may 1999 NATO and US airforce supremacy was warning and urging Milosevic to sign a truce and allow NATO peacekeeper's into kosovo. If Milosovic had kept fight just for one more week, serbia would have won and would be in a totally differnt position and Milosevic would have been a world hero. This is just another example of a bad decision made by the serbians. On April 1, 2001 President Milosevic was arrested and imprisoned by the Serbian Government of the so-called “Democratic Opposition of Serbia,” On June 28, 2001, St. Vitus Day, the holiest day on the Serbian Orthodox calendar, the Government of the Republic of Serbia, in a humiliating display of treason, illegally kidnapped President Milosevic and handed him over to the Hague Tribunal which flagrantly violated not only the Constitutions of Serbia and of Yugoslavia, but also of numerous international statutes regarding the extradition of prisoners.
this shows the treachery and backstabing of the serbian people and that was a very big mistake handing over Milosevic like that. Milosevic should have been trialed in serbia by the serbians instead of handing him over to the Hague. serbians are not a united country which is why everything has gone wrong for the serbs.

by CrnaStrela September 6, 2005

Orthodox

Orthodox Christianity begins with the first Pentecost in Jerusalem and the spreading of the Holy Spirit on Christ's small circle of disciples. It is then that the Orthodox Church was born, today the second largest organized body of Christians in the world. The legal recognition of Christianity was by the Emperor Constantine at the beginning of the fourth century (312AD) and its recognition as the official religion of the Byzantium empire by the end, under Theodosius (392AD).

The Eastern Orthodox Faith has over 500,000,000 followers worldwide.

by CrnaStrela September 6, 2005

Ustasha

Ustasha, Radical Fascist movements developed in a few Balkan countries most prominently in Croatia, they were obsessed by an extremist spirit of terroristic violence in a strange way of union with religious fanaticism. fascist regime in Croatia set about a policy of "racial purification" that went beyond even Nazi practices. it was declared that one-third of the Serbian population would be deported, one-third converted to Roman Catholicism, and one third exterminated.

the Ustasha, with the support of many croats,embarked upon
what is called "The Purge of Croatia from Forign elemnets," which had as its main purpose the Eliminating the Serb minority. Serbs have more than a valid historical reason not to trust Croat or Muslim "democracy". The Western press carefully avoids to talk about recent history of the region. It denies the Serbs of Croatia and Bosnia the Real Motive for their fear and struggle. This is because it clashes with the claim that, somehow, Serbs of these geographical regions were pushed by Belgrade autocrat Milosevic to "rebel" against "newly born democracies".

by CrnaStrela September 24, 2005

serbia

A native or inhabitant of Serbia. Or a person of Serbian descent.

Reasons why you should be proud of Serbia and to be Serbian:

You are Orthodox (first Christian faith)
the Adriatic Coast (Serbia & Montenegro)
Even if you were born in any country; you still can say that you are Serbian
Greatest genius of all time Nicola Tesla- inventor of electricity (a Serb born in Croatia)
Famous inventors, doctors, athletes, and singers
Soccer team (Red Star Belgrade, one of the greatest soccer teams in all time)
Handball team
Waterpollo team
Basketball (Basketball champions of the world 2002)
Well-educated people
Christmas
Easter
Slava (saint day, orthodox tradition)
Nice friendly people
good food (healthy)
People that defended their own country and what was theirs
Great music
They aren't racists (even though many people are towards Serbia because they don’t have it’s culture and history)
No matter what they try, they never give up and win in the end
Know every Serb around them
unique Language
Respect their language and traditions
Red, blue, white and the cross with four c’s in the middle (flag)
would die for their family and country
Even if they were born anywhere in the world they are Serbian, they still know the Serbian from language and traditions
Know the the truth and always be proud of where you come from
Serbia and Montenegro have one of the most beautiful cities in the World (Belgrade, Budva)
You are allowed to eat Pork (except for when you are fasting, orthodox tradition)

by CrnaStrela September 6, 2005

Byzantine

The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453.
The city of Byzantium grew from an ancient Greek colony founded on the European side of the Bosporus.
In AD 330 the Roman emperor Constantine I, in an attempt to strengthen the empire, refounded Byzantium as Constantinople, the 'New Rome' and capital of the eastern half of the empire.
At his death in 395 Emperor Theodosius I divided the empire between his two sons, and it was never reunited.
Theodosius also made Christianity (Eastern Orthodox) the sole religion of the empire, and Constantinople assumed preeminence over other Christian centers in the East as Rome did in the West.

The fall of Rome to the Ostrogoths in 476 marked the end of the western half of the Roman Empire. The eastern half continued as the Byzantine Empire, with Constantinople as its capital. Constantine the Great wanted this city to be built from scratch as the center of the Christian world. The origional Christianity religion Eastern Orthodox church split into differnent factions, The great schism between Eastern and Western churches was mutually agreed to in 1054.

by CrnaStrela September 6, 2005