Bjelovar u planovima i aktivnostima Srpske demokratske stranke
Bjelovar in the Plans and Activities of the Serbian Democratic Party
Author(s): Janja Sekula GibačSubject(s): Military history, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti - Zavod za znanstvenoistraživački i umjetnički rad u Bjelovaru
Keywords: Bjelovar Municipality; Serbian; Serbian Democratic Party; Serbian Autonomous Region Western Slavonia (Srpska Autonomna Oblast Zapadna Slavonija); the Republic of Serbian Krajina;
Summary/Abstract: Soon after its establishing, the Serbian Democratic Party imposed itself as the key factor in the execution of the political, and later also armed goals of rebel Serbs. The paper shows that – according to the plans of rebel Serbs – the Municipality of Bjelovar, or at least parts thereof, should have become an integral part of the Serbian Autonomous Region Western Slavonia (Srpska Autonomna Oblast Western Slavonia). Croatian forces liberated the Bjelovar area in autumn 1991; nevertheless, after the enforcement of the Sarajevo Truce at the beginning of 1992, rebel Serbs, in particular those in western Slavonia, held that the Republic of Serbian Krajina (declared meanwhile) included parts of the area that rebel Serbs had failed to conquer, inter alia also parts of the Municipality of Bjelovar; hence, plans were developed regarding the expansion of the borders to this territory.
Journal: Radovi Zavoda za znanstvenoistraživački i umjetnički rad u Bjelovaru
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 8
- Page Range: 205-225
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Croatian