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On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
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Battle of Kosovo
1389 battle between a Moravian Serbia–led coalition and the Ottoman Empire
The Battle of Kosovo took place on 15 June 1389 between an army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović and an invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Murad I. It was one of the largest battles of the Late Middle Ages.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Slobodan Milošević
Yugoslav and Serbian politician (1941–2006)
Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the President of Serbia between 1989 and 1997 and President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 until his overthrow in 2000. Milošević played a major role in the Yugoslav Wars and became the first…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gazimestan speech
June 1989 Slobodan Milošević speech
The Gazimestan speech was given on 28 June 1989 by Slobodan Milošević, then president of Serbia, at the Gazimestan monument on the Kosovo field. It was the centrepiece of a day-long event to mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, which was fought at the site in 1389.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)