South Serbia (1919–1922)
{{Expand Serbian|topic=hist|Južna Srbija (1919—1922)|date=July 2015}}
{{Other uses|South Serbia (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = Јужна Србија
Južna Srbija
|conventional_long_name = South Serbia
|common_name = South Serbia
|subdivision = Pokrajina
|nation = the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
|p1 = Kingdom of Serbia
|flag_p1 = Flag of Serbia (1882–1918).svg
|p2 = Kingdom of Montenegro
|flag_p2 = Flag of Montenegro (1905–1918).svg
|s1 = Vardar Banovina
|flag_s1 = Flag of Yugoslavia (1918–1943).svg
|s2 = Zeta Banovina
|flag_s2 = Flag of Yugoslavia (1918–1943).svg
|year_start = 1919
|date_start =
|event_end = Reorganization
|year_end = 1922
|date_end =
|image_coat =
|image_map = Scs_kingdom_provinces_1920_1922_sr.png
|image_map_caption = South Serbia within Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (in light green)
|stat_area2 =
|stat_pop1 = 1,700,000
|stat_year1 = 1921
}}
South Serbia ({{langx|sr|Јужна Србија}} / Južna Srbija) was a province (pokrajina) of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes that existed between 1919 and 1922. It encompassed the modern territories of Sandžak (parts of Serbia and Montenegro), Kosovo and North Macedonia. The term "Old Serbia", was historically used in Serbian politics, literature and science for the territories of the province. The term continued in use for the Vardar Banovina and Zeta Banovina following its disestablishment.
History
The province was established in 1919, following the creation of Yugoslavia on 1 December 1918. Serbia had greatly expanded its borders during the Balkan Wars. The province was disestablished in 1922 and its territories were reorganized into the Vardar Banovina and Zeta Banovina. The term was then colloquially used for those territories.{{cite book|author=Čedomir Popov|title=Istorija srpske državnosti: Srbija u Jugoslaviji|year=2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wE1AAAAMAAJ|publisher=Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti|page=163|quote=Јужна Србија, која обухвата Вардарску и Зетску бановину}}
Economy
The province of South Serbia, as a mostly highland region, had favorable conditions for development of cattle breeding as illustrated by statistics on the increase of livestock numbers.{{sfn|Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije|2007|p=170}} The livestock numbers exceeded 13% of the total number of all of Yugoslavia.{{sfn|Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije|2007|p=170}} The restoration of cattle breeding, which had been destroyed during the war years, was the primary goal of the Ministry of Economy.{{sfn|Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije|2007|p=170}}
Demographics
In 1921, the province had {{circa}} 1.7 million inhabitants.{{cite book|author=Stojan M. Protić|title=Vladin predlog ustava: jedna kritika|url=https://archive.org/details/vladinpredlogust00prot|year=1921|publisher=Pantić i drug|page=[https://archive.org/details/vladinpredlogust00prot/page/54 54]}} Following the First World War in Vardar Macedonia and the so called Western Outlands, the local Bulgarian population was not recognized as separate community and became a subject of state-policy of Serbianisation.Poulton, Hugh (2003). "Macedonians and Albanians as Yugoslavs". In Djokić, Dejan (ed.). Yugoslavism: Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918–1992. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 117. {{ISBN|9781850656630}}.Papavizas, George C. (2015). Claiming Macedonia: The Struggle for the Heritage, Territory and Name of the Historic Hellenic Land, 1862-2004. McFarland. pp. 92-93, {{ISBN|9781476610191}}.{{cite journal|last=Horowitz|first=Shale|title=Structural Sources of Post-Communist Market Reform: Economic Structure, Political Culture, and War|journal=International Studies Quarterly|volume=48|issue=4|year=2004|pages=765|doi=10.1111/j.0020-8833.2004.00324.x|doi-access=free}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|author=Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije|title=Srbi i Jugoslavija: država, društvo, politika : zbornik radova|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JnMtAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=In-t za noviju istoriju Srbije|isbn=9788670050556}}
- {{cite book|author=Mil R. Gavrilović|title=Privreda Južne Srbije|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RusDAAAAMAAJ|year=1933|publisher="Nemanja" zadužbinska štamparija Vardarske banovine}}
- {{cite book|author=Милослав Стојадиновић|title=Naše selo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-r06AAAAMAAJ|year=1929|publisher=b. i.}}
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Category:States and territories established in 1919
Category:States and territories disestablished in 1922