2. BASIC INFORMATION:
SURFACE: 88 361km2
POPULATION:
• (without Kosovo and Metohija): 7.2 million
• 83% Serbs
DENSITY: about 106 / KM2
PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC
CURRENCY: serbian dinar
CAPITAL : Belgrade
4. HISTORY
• The Serbs came to the Balkan
Peninsula in the 6th and 7th centuries
• In the 9th century they adopted Christianity
• The first Serbian state is formed under the
Nemanjic dynasty in the 12th century
• In 2017 we celebrated the 800 years since
the coronation of Stefan the First Crowned.
In Obtaining the crown from the Pope, Serbia
gained international recognition as a state
5. The most important historical events
• In 1389 the Battle of Kosovo took place, which has
turned into a myth of Serbian love for faith and
freedom
• In 1403 under the despot Stefan Lazarevic, Belgrade
became the capital of medieval Serbia
• In 1521 Belgrade, which had been held by Hungarians,
falls into the hands of the Turks
• In 1690 there was a Great Serb Migration towards
the north, to Vojvodina
6. The most important historical events
• 1804 - The first Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman
rule, led by Duke Djordje Petrovic, known as Karadjordje
• 1815 - The second Serbian uprising led by Milos Obrenovic
• 1914 - The First World War began with the Austro-
Hungarian attack on Serbia
• 1918-1929 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
• 1934 - Serbian king Alexander is killed in Marseille
• 1929-1941 - The Kingdom of Yugoslavia
• 1941-1945 - The occupation of Yugoslavia in the Second
World War by Germany and neighbouring countries
• 1945-1980 - Josip Broz Tito, as president of Yugoslavia,
skillfully maneuvers between NATO and Warsaw Pact and
succeeds in securing Yugoslavia a favourable position in
international relations
• 1991-1995 - The Civil war and the breakup of Yugoslavia
through republican borders
7. The most important historical events
• 1999 - NATO aviation bombs FR Yugoslavia
• 2006 - Serbia becomes again an independent state
• 2009 - Serbia's candidacy for membership in the
European Union
8. Geography
I Terrain
- In the north
Pannonian Plain
- South of Sava and
Danube there are
mountains and
mountainous terrain
- The highest peak -
Đeravica
Serbian
Macedonian
mass
Carpathian Balkan
Mountains
Pannonian Plain
9. II Climate
- to the north continental
- up to 800 m, moderately continental
- on mountains - mountainous (low temperatures, lots of snow)
III Hydrology
- The largest rivers: Danube, Sava, Tisa, Velika Morava,
Western and Southern Morava, Drina, Ibar, Nisava
- the largest lake is Đerdap lake (artificial)
30. Customs, manifestations
Patron saint is a family holiday, which is
related to the day of a certain Christian
saint. It is a characteristic custom of
Serbian people, and in 2014 it entered the
register of the intangible cultural heritage
of UNESCO