... of the Cyrillic Alphabet. It also recognizes the great Serbian leader Dushan as an endearing diminutive of the word dusha, which means "soul." The majority of the Serb population are Eastern Orthodox. They seem to have a strong sense of religion. For example, a Serbian nun named Mother Tatiana said, "There is no faith in Yugoslavia. Only here in Serbia is there real faith ... known as modern-day Kossovo. Old Serbia is the birthplace of the first Serbian state headed by the great Stefan Nemanja. His son, Saint Sava, founded and organized the Serbian Orthodox Church. Among other things, t...

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... divisions and strife in motion. Christian Serbs and Croats were defeated by Muslim Ottoman Turks and claimed the entire region as a sovereign conquest. In the late 15th century, the majority Orthodox populated Bosnia and Herzegovina also fell to the Ottoman Turks. Gradually ethnic Albanians and to a lesser extent Serbs became converted to Islam. However, the majority of Albanians and Serbs were ... still Orthodox Christians, and due to Turkish military victories, began centralizing in and around the city of Belgrade. This "Great Migration- of Serbs in the late 17th century left Kosovo un...

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