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GJAKOVA DHE KOMITETI MBROJTJA KOMBËTARE E KOSOVËS (1918-1924)
GJAKOVA AND “THE NATIONAL DEFENCE OF KOSOVO” COMMITTEE

Author(s): Alban Dobruna
Subject(s): Civil Society, Political history, Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Inter-Ethnic Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Instituti Albanologjik i Prishtinës
Keywords: Gjakova; National Defense of Kosova; independent Albania; Kosovo; movements for liberation;

Summary/Abstract: “National Defense of Kosova” committee was a political organization whose aim was the creation of independent Albania excluded from any kind of protectorate, saving Kosova and uniting it with Alabania. The Gjakova branch of “National Defense of Kosova” committee, besides being closer to the border, it was more consolidated and had broader activity. Served as a bridge between leadership of the organization and other branches in Kosova. The activity of these branches headed by the Gjakova branch aimed to organize the resistance of Albanian masses against Serbian extinction and expulsion policy and armed movement of people of these provinces for the liberation from the conqueror. Serious scholars have ëritten about the role of historical figures in the movement for liberation and national unification during 1918-1924. They have dealt with different problems, views concerning the duration of the activities by the NDK Committee, identification of characteristics in particular segments of the movement, defining the dates, evaluation of events and personalities ëhere members that originated from Gjakova and its surroundings stood out.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 181-193
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Albanian