Pan-Serbism

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Pan-Serbism was a movement in 19th Century that aimed at unity of all the Serbian people spread over Balkans.

[edit] Origins

Ilija Garašanin replaced all the "Slav" with "Serb" in the Pan-Slavism-Ideology and a Serbian-Nationalist movement was made. Pan-Serbism was simply an Anger against centuries of Turkish rule, resulting in modern Nationalism.

[edit] Ideology

Pan-Serbism is an affirmation of the Serbian pre-eminence over all Slav nationalities of the Balkan peninsula, and of its right of conquest over all the Slav lands south of the Danube. Its progress since it first appeared in the second half of the 19th century has been rapid, and its influence became immediately very great in all the elements of Serb society. Repulsed by Austria, who hoped to drive them away from Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbs commenced by directing their efforts towards the south, on the Bulgarian border. Crushed by the Bulgars in 1885, they took their revenge in 1913. In the meantime, Serb professors and diplomats were affirming the integral Serbism of Macedonia, and thus peacefully paving the way for war.

Pan-Serbism later resulted in Yugoslavism, the Unification of all Southern slavs.