Bosnia-Herzegovina

esp US Bosnia and Herzegovina

noun

a country in SW Europe; a constituent republic of Yugoslavia until 1991; in a state of civil war (1992–95); Serbian and Croatian forces were also involved: mostly barren and mountainous, with forests in the east. Languages: Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (formerly all regarded together as Serbo-Croatian). Religion: Muslim, Serbian Orthodox, and Roman Catholic. Currency: marka (pegged to the euro). Capital: Sarajevo. Pop: 3 875 723 (2013 est). Area: 51 129 sq km (19 737 sq miles)

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Bosnia-Herzegovina possessed a diet and was under the dual rule of Austria and Hungary.
The Russian Revolution; The Jugo-Slav Movement | Alexander Petrunkevitch, Samuel Northrup Harper, Frank Alfred Golder, Robert Joseph Kerner
In all, 7130 boys and girls were removed from Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 | Henry Baerlein

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