SAO Bosanska Krajina
| Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Bosanska Krajina Српска аутономна област Босанска Крајина Srpska autonomna oblast Bosanska Krajina |
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| Capital | Banja Luka | |||
| Government | Provisional government | |||
| Historical era | Breakup of Yugoslavia | |||
| - Established | 1991 | |||
| - Disestablished | 1992 | |||
Serbian Autonomous Oblast (SAO) of Bosanska Krajina (Serbian: Српска aутономна oбласт Босанска Крајина, Srpska autonomna oblast Bosanska Krajina) was a self-proclaimed Serbian autonomous region (oblast) within today's Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was sometimes called the Autonomous Region of Krajina (Serbian: Аутономна oбласт Крајина, Automna oblast Krajina).[1] SAO Bosanska Krajina was located in the geographical region named Bosanska Krajina. Its capital was Banja Luka. The region was subsequently included into Republika Srpska.
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The SAO Bosanska Krajina developed in summer and autumn of 1991 in preparation for a step to independence being taken by Bosnia like Slovenia and Croatia had done. The goal was to have areas where Serbs had a majority or a significant portion of population prevent such independence. The Serbs for this created three Serbian autonomous districts and one Serbian autonomous region (SAO Bosanska Krajina being the region).
The SAO Bosanska Krajina was created from the Community (Association) of Bosanska Krajina Municipalities, with the exception that it did not include the region known as Cazinska Krajina or Prijedor municipality at first. Other similar situations were done in other Associations of Municipalities (or Community of Municipalities) in Bosnia, which were a type of government created under the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
On or about 16 September 1991, the Association of Bosanska Krajina Municipalities was transformed into the Autonomous Region of Krajina (ARK), which came to include (amongst others) the following municipalities: Banja Luka, Bihac-Ripac, Bosanska Dubica, Bosanska Gradiska, Bosanska Krupa, Bosanski Novi, Bosanski Petrovac, Celinac, Donji Vakuf, Kljuc, Kotor Varos, Prijedor, Prnjavor, Sanski Most, Sipovo and Teslic. A separate Assembly of the Serbian People in Bosnia and Herzegovina was established on 24 October 1991, dominated by the Serbian Democratic Party (SDS). On 9 January 1992, that Assembly adopted a declaration on the proclamation of the Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The geographical area comprising the ARK thus became part of the proclaimed Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]
Unlike the other SAOs in Bosnia which were formed over summer and fall, the SAO Bosanska Krajina was officially formed on April 25, 1991, but under the name ARK (Autonomous Region of Krajina — referring to Bosanska Krajina). There were attempts during the summer of 1991 to merge it with SAO Krajina. On September 12 its name was officially changed to SAO Bosanska Krajina.
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| Timeline | Prior to 1918 | Creation 1918 – 1941 |
World War II 1938 – 1945 |
Socialist Yugoslavia 1943 – 1992 |
Breakup & Yugoslav Wars 1990 – |
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| Slovenia | territories controlled by Austria-Hungary (1867 – 1918) Included Bay of Kotor See also: Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (1868 – 1918) Kingdom of Dalmatia (1815 – 1918) Condominium of BIH (1878 – 1918) |
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1918 – 1929) ↓ renamed ↓ Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929 – 1943) See also: State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (1918) Republic of Prekmurje (1919) Banat, Bačka and Baranja (1918-1919) Free State of Fiume (Free 1920 – 1924; Italy 1924 – 1947) |
annexed by Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany (1941 – 1943/1945) Prekmurje annexed by Hungary |
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (DFY, 1943 – 1946) ↓ renamed ↓ Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FPRY, 1946 – 1963) ↓ renamed ↓ Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY, 1963 – 1992) Constituent federal subjects to the right |
SR Slovenia (1944 – 1991) |
Republic of Slovenia (since 1991; see Ten-Day War) |
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| Dalmatia | Independent State of Croatia (1941 – 1945) puppet of Nazi Germany, parts annexed by Fascist Italy Međimurje and Baranja annexed by Hungary |
SR Croatia (1943 – 1991) |
Republic of Croatia (since 1991; see Croatian War of Independence) See also: SAO Kninska Krajina (1990) → SAO Krajina (1990 – 1991) SAO Western Slavonia (1990 – 1991) Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia (1990 – 1991) ↳ Republic of Serbian Krajina ↲ (1990 – 1995) → UNTAES (1996-1998) |
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| Bosnia | SR Bosnia and Herzegovina (1943 – 1992) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 1992; see Bosnian War); Consists of: Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (since 1995) Republika Srpska (since 1995) Brčko District (since 2000) See also: Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia SAOs Bosanska Krajina, North-Eastern Bosnia, Romanija, & Herzegovina (1991 – 1992) ↳ Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ↲ (1992 – 1995) |
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| Vojvodina | Autonomous Banat (formally part of Nedić's Serbia) Bačka annexed by Hungary (1941 – 1944) Syrmia annexed by Independent State of Croatia (1941 – 1944) |
SR Serbia (1943 – 1990) Included APs: SAP Vojvodina & SAP Kosovo |
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992 – 2003) ↓ renamed ↓ State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003 – 2006) Consisted of until 2006: Republic of Serbia (1990) Republic of Montenegro (1992) See also: Republic of Kosova (1990 – 2000) |
Republic of Serbia (2006 – 2008) Included APs: Vojvodina & Kosovo and Metohija (under UN administration) |
Republic of Serbia (since 2006) Includes AP Vojvodina |
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| Serbia | Kingdom of Serbia (1882 – 1918) |
Nedić's Serbia (1941 – 1944) puppet of Nazi Germany See also: Republic of Užice |
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| Kosovo | Kingdom of Serbia (1912 – 1918) |
mostly annexed by Albania (1941 – 1944) along with western Macedonia and south-eastern Montenegro |
Republic of Kosovo (since 2008) Declared unilateral independence, which is since then only partially recognised |
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| Metohija | Kingdom of Montenegro (1910 – 1918) Metohija controlled by Austria-Hungary (1915 – 1918) |
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| Montenegro | Protectorate annexed by Fascist Italy (1941 – 1943) and Nazi Germany (1943 – 1944) Smaller part annexed by Independent State of Croatia (1941 – 1944) |
SR Montenegro (1943 – 1992) |
Montenegro (since 2006) |
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| Macedonia | Kingdom of Serbia (1912 – 1918) |
annexed by Kingdom of Bulgaria (1941 – 1944) |
SR Macedonia (1944 – 1991) |
Republic of Macedonia (since 1991) |
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