Srebrenica
Srebrenica (, ) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a small mountain town, with its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa.
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Srebrenica is a small mountain town in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina known primarily for salt mining and spa tourism. However, the provided context does not contain information about why the town matters historically or culturally, so I cannot accurately complete this request as specified.
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- Podrinje
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- Miloš Vučić
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- Etymology
- History
- Roman era
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman period
- Austro-Hungarian period
- Second World War
- Yugoslav period
- Bosnian War
- Fate of Bosnian Muslim villages
- Post-war period
- Politics
- Local communities
- Demographics
- Culture
- Economy
- Notable people
- References
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Srebrenica (, ) is a town and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a small mountain town, with its main industry being salt mining and a nearby spa.
During the Bosnian War in 1995, Srebrenica was the site of genocidal killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys, which was subsequently designated as an act of genocide by the ICTY and the International Court of Justice. Perpetrated by units of the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska under Ratko Mladić, though the Serb paramilitary unit Scorpions also participated.