Jan. 9, 2012 at 6:00am with 94 notes
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When 1992 began, Yugoslavia was falling apart. Croatia and Slovenia had declared independence in 1991, and it was looking increasingly like the other republics that made up the nation would follow soon follow suit. On January 9, the Serbian members of the Bosnian parliament declared the creation of what would soon be known as the Republika Srpska - an ethnically Serbian controlled portion of Bosnia & Herzegovina that was, they maintained, an integral part of Yugoslavia. On February 29-March 1, the Bosnian government held a referendum on independence. Boycotted by Bosnian Serbs, it passed in a landslide, and Bosnia & Herzegovina declared independence. And thus began the Bosnian War.  When the war ended in 1995, the continued autonomy of the Republika Srpska was written into the peace agreement. While it is not an independent nation and is still part of Bosnia & Herzegovina, it has a flag, a national anthem, a government, and its own national day - January 9.

When 1992 began, Yugoslavia was falling apart. Croatia and Slovenia had declared independence in 1991, and it was looking increasingly like the other republics that made up the nation would follow soon follow suit.

On January 9, the Serbian members of the Bosnian parliament declared the creation of what would soon be known as the Republika Srpska - an ethnically Serbian controlled portion of Bosnia & Herzegovina that was, they maintained, an integral part of Yugoslavia.

On February 29-March 1, the Bosnian government held a referendum on independence. Boycotted by Bosnian Serbs, it passed in a landslide, and Bosnia & Herzegovina declared independence.

And thus began the Bosnian War. 

When the war ended in 1995, the continued autonomy of the Republika Srpska was written into the peace agreement. While it is not an independent nation and is still part of Bosnia & Herzegovina, it has a flag, a national anthem, a government, and its own national day - January 9.

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