Reçak
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Reçak ({{langx|sq|Reçak}}; {{langx|sr|Рачак / Račak}}) is a village in the Shtime municipality of Kosovo. It was the site of the January 1999 Račak massacre, in which 45 villagers were killed by Serbian forces.
History
The village was first mentioned in a chrysobull by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Dušan in 1343. Noted in an Ottoman defter of 1487, the village was home to a monastery, consecrated in the name of Saints Cosmas and Damian.{{cite book |last1=Kalezić |first1=Dimitrije |title=Enciklopedija pravoslavlja - Knjiga 3 |date=2002 |publisher=Savremena administracija |location=Beograd |isbn=9788638706792 |page=1611}}
= Račak massacre =
{{Main Article|Račak massacre}}
Prior to the summer of 1998, Račak had a population of around 2,000 people. Most of its population was displaced by fighting between the Yugoslav Army and soldiers from the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in July 1998.
By January 1999, about 350 people had returned to the village, according to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). On 16 January 1999, OSCE monitors found the bodies of 45 people in and around the village in what became widely known as the Račak massacre. Following the incident, for which the international community blamed the Serbian military, the remaining population fled and did not return until the end of the Kosovo War in June 1999.
There is a memorial to the victims of the massacre in the village, where an annual ceremony to honour them is held.{{cite news|last=Isufi|first=Perparim|title=Kosovo Commemorates Massacre that Prompted NATO Bombing|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/01/15/kosovo-commemorates-massacre-that-prompted-nato-bombing/|date=15 January 2020|accessdate=16 January 2020|df=dmy-all}}
Geography
Račak is located about half a kilometer southwest of the town of Shtime. The village lies on the Carraleva-mountain range. This mountain range divides the Kosovo field and Metohija.
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Population
As of the census of 2011, Račak had a population of 1,638 of whom 1,629 were Albanian, one was Bosniak and eight did not answer.{{cite web |author=Tim Bespyatov |title=Ethnic composition of Kosovo 2011 |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-ethnic-loc2011.htm |accessdate=May 30, 2017}} 1,631 were Muslims and seven did not answer.{{cite web |author=Tim Bespyatov |title=Religious composition of Kosovo 2011 |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kosovo-religion-loc2011.htm |accessdate=May 30, 2017}}
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!Year !! Population | |
| 1948 | 613 |
| 1953 | 675 |
| 1961 | 865 |
| 1971 | 1,092 |
| 1981 | 1,464 |
| 1991 | 1,766 |
| 2011 | 1,638 |
References and links
{{Reflist}}
- [http://www.bernal.co.uk/Research/Racak.html Complete analysis of the incident at Račak on Jan. 15, 1999, Yugoslavia Info]
- [http://www.osce.org/item/1813.html Kosovo/Kosova As Seen, As Told - OSCE, May 1999]
- "Massacre haunts returning Kosovo villagers", The Atlanta Constitution, June 15, 1999
- "Kosovo village struggles in limbo a year later", Associated Press, March 19, 2000
External links
- [http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=535948&fid=3578&c=kosovo Location]
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