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FACTS ABOUT SERBIA

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Sjenica (also known as the Serbian Siberia) is often the coldest inhabited place in Europe with the record minimal temperature observed of as low as -39 degrees Celsius.

We learned Russian in primary school.

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The right of women to vote has been achieved at 1946.

The monastery Sopoćani is known for its frescoes which are considered the forerunners of the Italian Renaissance.

Deliblato sands in Serbia is the largest continental sand area in Europe.

The Republic of Užice was a short-lived liberated Yugoslav territory and the first liberated territory in

World War II Europe!

Midzor at 2,169 metres (7,116 ft), it is the highest peak

of the Western Balkan Mountains

As many as 16 Roman emperors were born Serbian territory!

Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world

No.1 in men's singles tennis.

The Fresco “White Angel” from the Serbian monastery Mileševa was in the first shots that presented Europe to the North America in the first ever satellite broadcast of the video signal between two continents in the 1963.

The Congress of Berlin in 1878 recognized the formal independence of

the Principality of Serbia.

During the I World War more than 1 250 000 Serbs were

killed.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 1961 was awarded to Ivo Andric – with book “The Bridge on the Drina” and "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country".

The Temple of Saint Sava in Belgrade is one of the largest Orthodox temples in the world! The temple was constructed entirely owing

to the donations

“ Nikola Tesla was Serbian inventor and

father of electricity.

Ekatarina Velika sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia. Music about love and freedom!

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