Srb
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Srb is a little village, assembled from Donji Srb and Gornji Srb (Lower and Upper Srb) in the mountainous part of Croatia, located in southeastern part of Lika. They lie in the valley of the river Una on the road from Donji Lapac to Knin, and east of Gračac. The population of Srb is is 334 (census 2001).
The name derives from old Croatian and means a water spring (serbati or serbsti- to draw water. Word in use today is- crpsti- wich derives from old Croatian)
Census 1991 : The population is 5.254 Serbs - 5.246 (99,99%) Others - 8 (0.01%)
Serbs partizans had declared that on June 27th, 1941, during World War II, Srb was the location of the first armed conflict between the newly-formed Partisans and the Ustaše in the Independent State of Croatia. This day was declared as the first armed conflict on the territory of Croatia only because Serbs were involved. However, Croatian Ustaše troops weren't even near the area because it was in the then "Italian zone", where no Croat troops were given permission to stay.
During the Croatian Operation Storm, Srb was part of the Republic of Serbian Krajina.
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