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The Serbs came to Balkan, along with South Slavic tribes, in the Great Migrations during the 6th and 7th century.
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Stefan Nemanja, a Serbian warrior and chief, was the founder of the first Serbian state.
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Serbia most powerful state in the Balkans.
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Serbia was defeated in the Battle of Kosovo and was then part of the Ottoman Empire.
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Russia defeated the Ottoman Turks and Serbia gained independence.
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Serbian forces defeated the Austro-Hungarian army in the Battle of Kolubara and drove them out of Serbia.
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At the end of World War 1, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was formed.
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Together with Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Bosnia, and Montenegro, Serbia becomes one of republics in the new Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under Josip Broz Tito.
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Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia break away from Yugoslavia.
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Serb forces launch brutal crackdown causing hundreds of thousands of Kosovo Albanians to flee.