republicofmacedonia

Uskub - King Servia - Welcomed by mayor (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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• Nathan Adams said:

  Peter I, King of Serbia (Servia), later King of Yugoslavia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Serbia

• Harry Angstrom said:

  NYTimes for October 26, 1912 describes how the "Turks Abandon Uskub, victorious Servians Take Possession of the Imporant Stronghold." From Wikipedia article: "The Ottomans were shortly expelled from the city in August 12, 1912 by the local Slavic population. Several months later the city was captured by the Serbs at the beginning of First Balkan War." According to Wikipedia: "In 1912, the name was officially changed from Uskub (the Turkish name for Skopje) to Skoplie. Skopje is the capital and largest city of Macedonia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje

• magicasland said:

  Skopje is the capital and largest city of F.Y.R.O.M I don't know any country with the name of Macedonia

• legio09 said:

  Hello, Greek!

• Dushan Hadnadjev said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Старе Српске Фотографиjе/Old Serbian Photos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
  
  
  Молимо додајте oву фотографију у групу:
  Старе Српске фотографије/Old Serbian Photos
  
  Старе Српске фотографије/Old Serbian Photos