Vojna krajna - Military Border of the Habsburg Monarchy

[Sisak]

After the expulsion of the Turks in 1697. until 1881.godine area along the Sava river belonged to the - Vojna krajina - Slavonian border, under the direction of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.

Military Border was the border area of the Habsburg Monarchy, and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with special military decoration in relation to the interior of the country. It is a form of security of the state border, in which the army and the population were very attached to territory and have benefits as compensation for frontier service.

Military Border began during the regin of king Sigismund at 1433. Croatian gentlemen, who had their farms and towns on the border of Bosnia pashaluk, have been forced to come up with the king to care for the maintenance of the army in these places. Cities and their districts creates the Military Frontier, for which the defense took care the Hapsburgs, and Carniola, Carinthia and Styria, and was commanded by one of her chief captain. Krajina army was composed of pedestrians (haramies), cavalry (Hussars) and gunners. The majority of leaders were Croats and immigrants (uskoci, prebjezi).
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Izvor fotografija: Državni arhiv u Zagrebu, signatura zbirke: HR-DAZG-857

[Anglojew]

Where did the immigrants come from?

[Methmatician]

Where did the immigrants come from?
Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro.

[Anglojew]

Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro.

Did they retain their ethnic identities?

[Sisak]

most likely come from Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro. whether to preserve identity - that I can not say with certainty, what they have in common is the kolo dance. probably many immigrants were Vlachs, and the natives are Šokci

[Methmatician]

Did they retain their ethnic identities?
Most of them don't live there anymore due to ethnic cleansing in the Yugoslav Wars. Don't know much about them today.

[RandoBloom]

Did they retain their ethnic identities?

Morlachs and Vlachs got asimilated, Serbs comited self genocide in the last war

[Sisak]

Most of them don't live there anymore due to ethnic cleansing in the Yugoslav Wars. Don't know much about them today.

this is like that when you have the Serbs attackers and Slavonian border guards

[Anglojew]

Morlachs and Vlachs got asimilated, Serbs comited self genocide in the last war

Who are Morlachs? Vlachs are like Romanians right?

[RandoBloom]

Who are Morlachs? Vlachs are like Romanians right?

Morlachs (Moro-Vlachs) were old inhabitants of Croatia. Their name means black vlachs and they got it due to their clothes. They originated from Roman colonists and native inhabitants like Illyrians and Thracians. Vlachs is a generic name for all romance speaking people.

[Anglojew]

Morlachs (Moro-Vlachs) were old inhabitants of Croatia. Their name means black vlachs and they got it due to their clothes. They originated from Roman colonists and native inhabitants like Illyrians and Thracians. Vlachs is a generic name for all romance speaking people.

So are they the modern Illyrians?

Are they genetically related to Albanians? (Who claim to be Illyrians)

[RandoBloom]

So are they the modern Illyrians?

Are they genetically related to Albanians? (Who claim to be Illyrians)

They are half roman half illyrian. Due to mixing with Croats and asimilation they dont exist anymore unfortunately.

[Sisak]

Otocac is the city where it was located a military hospital, prison, and buildings of commander (Otocka pukovnija):
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these buildings are still there.