History of Kosovo: Primary Documents

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Kosovo: Until the 19th century

The people and regions of Τριβαλλοὶ (Triballoi, a Thracian tribe N of Macedonia, in modern Serbia, Bulgaria, Kosovo).
Authors include Herodotus, Aristophanes, etc. "People" filter can be removed for wider search results.
Made available by Topos Text
(5th century BC - 400 AD; English translation)
"It is a repulsive task to describe the savagery and cruelty of the Moesians and their barbarity surpassing that of all other barbarians."
From the Epitome of Roman History, with the Latin text here
Made available by LacusCurtius
(2nd century AD; English translation)
Serbian epic poem.
(Late 14th century; English translation)

Kosovo: 19th century

Notes on travels in Old Serbia by Todora P. Stankovic.
(1871-1898; Serbian transcription)
Georgina Mary Muir (Mackenzie) Sebright's travel account describing late 19th century Serbia and the Balkan Peninsula, including Kosovo.
From University of Michigan Library Digital Collections.
(1877; English transcription)
Resolutions of the League of Prizren which was formed to protect Muslim Albanian interests. Kosovo was one of the territories involved.
(June 10, 1878, English translation)
Searchable book-length travel reports digitized at the University of Michigan.
(19th to 20th century; hundreds of facsimiles in many languages)
List of sources with unique, relevant, and substantive content relating to conflict in Kosovo.

Kosovo: 1900 through the end of World War II

Collection of historical documents on recent Yugoslav history, especially in relation to Russia.
(Russian)
Book. Important historical documents from the Balkan Wars to World War II
By Robert Elsie and Bejtullah Destan
(1912-1945; English facsimile)
Treaty establishing borders between Italy and Yugoslavia.
(November 12, 1920; English)
Photos from WWII Yugoslavia.
(1939-1945; Serbian facsimiles, English maps)
Article quote eyewitness accounts of the Skenderbeg Division in Kosovo.
(1944; English article)

Kosovo: End of World War II to Present

Collection of documents about the communist revolutionary and leader.
(1892-1980; English translations)
M. Edith Durham's account of travel describing early 20th century Balkan Peninsula.
From University of Michigan Library Digital Collections.
(1905; English transcription)
  • Foreign relations between the Kosovo and the US
Documents from US State Department and University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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1969-1972
1973-1976
(1945-1976; English transcriptions)
Memorandum warning about the impending disintegration of Yugoslavia.
(September 1986; English translation)
Speech on the anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo during the anti-bureaucratic revolution.
(June 28, 1989; English translation)
Videos include war, refugees, grave exhumation attempts and the collapse of the Geneva Peace Plan
Compiled by AP Archives
(1990's; English interface with videos in various languages)
CLICK REFRESH TO LOAD IMAGES. From the DeGreorio Collection of Antiquities come real images of soldiers and refugees
In cooperation with ARTSTOR.
(1990-2009)
Official decisions of the Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia. They provide guidance on the application of international law during the breakup of Yugoslavia.
(1992; English)
March 31, 1998; transcription)
(September 23, 1998; transcription)
Resolution demanding a ceasefire in Kosovo.
(September 23, 1998; English)
Includes Rambouillet Accord Appendix B.
(23 February 1999; English transcription)
In its Bremen Declaration made on 10 and 11 May 1999, the Council of Ministers of Western European Union (WEU) reports on the missions led by WEU in Albania, Croatia and Kosovo.
(May 1999; French)
Agreement ending the Kosovo war.
Military agreement between Kosovo Force (KFOR) and Yugoslavia.
(3 June 1999; English translation)
(1999; English transcription)
(1999; English transcription)
Kosovo official data files and documents, including country files, parents' occupation, and sample data.
Files available for download
(2002; Albanian & Serbian; English interface)
Decision of Serbian Government to officially annul claims of independence from Kosovo.
(English translation)
Collection of peace agreements entered into by Kosovo.
(English)

Kosovo: Legal and Governmental Documents

(17 February 2008; English transcription)
Current Constitution of Kosovo.
(April 7, 2008; Albanian)
Document of the formation of a Serbian minority council in Kosovo, which opposes independence. Also available, in Serbian.
(May 11, 2008; English translation)
Collection of Kosovan Laws.
With a search interface for laws and draft laws.
(2008 to present; available in English, Albanian and Serbian)
Opinion on the validity of Kosovo's Declaration of Independence.
(July 22, 2010; English)
Agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
(April 19, 2013; English)

Kosovo: Maps, Collections and Databases

Collection of historical maps of Kosovo.
(facsimiles)
Map of the Balkans as they were organized at the end of World War I, after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
(1918; zoomable map)
Photographs from the JDC Archives.
(1980s, 1990s; images, English interface)
Documents from the former state of Yugoslavia.
Includes online exhibition of documents.
(Serbian facsimiles)
Also contains a collection of coats of arms for other European countries and principalities.
(Facsimiles)

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