Kijevo, Croatia
| Kijevo | |
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| — Village — | |
 Kijevo
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| Coordinates: 43°58′N 16°21′E / 43.967°N 16.35°E | |
| Country | Croatia |
| County | Šibenik-Knin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ivan Stjepan Bajan (HDZ) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 74.37 km2 (28.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 533 |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Kijevo is a small village in the Dalmatian hinterland, southeast of Knin in the Šibenik-Knin county in Croatia. The population of the municipality is 623 (2005), with 99.9% declaring themselves Croats.
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[edit] Location
Kijevo lies underneath the Dinara mountain, near the source of river Cetina. It is located on the State route D1 between towns of Vrlika and Knin.
[edit] History
Thirty-four people from Kijevo died in the First World War.[1]
In World War II, Kijevo became part of the Independent State of Croatia. In the spring of 1942, the town was attacked by Yugoslav Partisans. The attack resulted in approximately half the town's population fleeing the town, and resettling in Slavonia and Syrmia.[2] On January 27, 1943 Kijevo was attacked by Chetniks at a time when there was no military defence in the town, resulting in the deaths of 45 civilians.[2] A total of 209 people from Kijevo died during the war.[2]
[edit] War of Independence
Kijevo gained infamy during the Croatian War of Independence in 1990 and 1991 when it was one of the first places attacked by the rebel Serbs in the formation of Republic of Serbian Krajina. The Croatian Ministry of the Interior established a police station in Kijevo which was then a village of 1,261 people, 99.6% Croats, but surrounded by ethnic Serbian villages of Polača, Civljane and Cetina. Kijevo was soon surrounded and besieged by the Serbian forces of Milan Martić on August 17, 1991, who put up barricades and prevented entry into the village. On August 18, 1991, Milan Martić laid down an ultimatum to the police and inhabitants of Kijevo, asking them to leave.
Finally on August 26 and August 27, 1991, the remains of the Yugoslav People's Army (Serbia and Montenegro) under colonel Ratko Mladić attacked the village with heavy armament and invaded it, which caused the Croatian forces to flee for Drniš. The remaining Croatian population left after the artillery had destroyed much of their settlements. The reporter of Belgrade television Vesna Jugović recorded these events. Martić[3] and Mladić[4] have been testified against at the ICTY due to this instance of ethnic cleansing.
[edit] References
- ^ Ante Kovačević. Kijevo i okolica : kulturnopovijesna, etnografska i prirodna baština Hrvatskog podinarja. Kijevo : Općinsko poglavarstvo, 2000. (pg. 18)
- ^ a b c Ante Kovačević. Kijevo i okolica : kulturnopovijesna, etnografska i prirodna baština Hrvatskog podinarja. Kijevo : Općinsko poglavarstvo, 2000. (pgs. 21-22)
- ^ http://www.icty.org/x/cases/martic/cis/en/cis_martic_en.pdf
- ^ http://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/mla-ai021010e.htm
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Coordinates: 43°58′44″N 16°21′04″E / 43.97889°N 16.35111°E
