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Raška (Serbian Cyrillic: Рашка; Latin: Rascia) is a geographical and historical region of Serbia.Initially a small borderline district between early medieval Serbia and Bulgaria (city/area of Ras), and the Byzantine Empire, it became the center of the Grand Principality of Serbia and of the Serbian Kingdom in the mid-12th century.
The Raška District (Serbian: Рашки округ / Raški okrug, pronounced [râʃkiː ôkruːɡ]) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia.
Raška (Serbian Cyrillic: Рашка, pronounced) is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. The municipality has a population of 21,498 people, while the town has a population of 6,291 people (2022 census). [2]
The Raška originates from a strong well and several sinking streams flowing out from the cave south of the Sopoćani monastery, in the Pešter region. Waters of the well and the sinking streams flowing from the Koštan-Polje are gathered into the catchment which enabled construction of the small subterranean hydro electrical power plant Ras (6 MW).
Eparchy of Raška and Prizren, which includes the region of Raška and whole of Kosovo and Metohija. Eparchy of Raška and Prizren [a] is one of the oldest eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church, featuring the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Serbian Patriarchal Monastery of Peć, as well as Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Visoki Dečani, which together are part of the UNESCO World ...
Raska may refer to: Raska Lukwiya (died 2006), third highest-ranking leader of the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group founded in northern Uganda; Raska (region), spelling variant for the historical region of Raška, in Serbia; Raska på, Alfons Åberg, a book by Gunilla Bergström; Raska fötter, a popular Christmas song in Sweden
Tihomir of Raška (Serbian Cyrillic: Тихомир) was a Serbian nobleman, mentioned in the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, who served as the Grand Prince (Serbian Cyrillic: велики жупан) of Raška (Serbian Cyrillic: Рашка, Latin: Rascia), from around 960 to 969.
Certain areas of the Zeta–Raška dialectal region preserved the phoneme /h/ while others either dropped it completely or replaced it with other consonants. Areas where /h/ was preserved are Old Montenegro (specifically Riječka nahija, Lješanska nahija and parts of Katunska nahija (Bjelice, Ćeklići, Njeguši)) and Paštrovići, as well as ...