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3 unusual facts about Lower Kolašin


Lower Kolašin

The Ottoman Empire established its rule over a part of Vraneš in 1396, and managed to occupy the entire area by 1463-1465, making it part of Herzegovina.

The first Turkish censuses from 1468 and 1477 reveal that the local administrator at that time was one Herak Vraneš, a member of the indigenous population that predates migration of Slavs from the North.

Lower Kolašin (Montenegrin: Доњи Колашин / Donji Kolašin), also known as Vraneš, is a geographic area in the present-day municipality of Bijelo Polje in the region of Montenegrin Sandžak.



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