!!!Montenegro

Montenegro, mountainous region in the Balkans which largely preserved 
its autonomy at the time of the Ottoman Empire. Up to 1918 a neighbour 
of Austria-Hungary (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Montenegro achieved 
independence in the 18th century with the help of Austria and Russia, 
and participated as their ally in the Turkish War of 1788-1791. From 
the middle of the 18th century the Njegoš family were hereditary 
princes; Montenegro's independence was recognised by the Great Powers 
and its territory enlarged at the Berlin Congress of 1878; Montenegro 
became a kingdom in 1910. During the two Balkan Wars of 1912/13 and in 
the First World War (1914-1918) Montenegro sided with Serbia and 
became part of Yugoslavia in 1918. As such, it turned into a republic 
within the Federation in 1963. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, 
Montenegro and Serbia joined to form the new Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia.


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