13 Facts About Montenegrins

Montenegrins's adopted son Petar II Petrovic Njegos ruled from 1830 until 1851.

Montenegrins wrote one of the most important works of the romantic epoch "Mountain Wreath", and he was credited with bringing the final look of a Montenegrin hat, which is decorated with a black frame and represents the crown, more precisely, sorrow for the slavery of the Serbian people under Ottoman yoke.

Montenegrins ruled as a bishop, but he stood firm to see that Montenegro must be modernised.

Montenegrins built schools, roads, raised the Church, expanded the capital of Cetinje.

One year later, Omer-pasha again tried to conquer Montenegro, but with the great heroism of Vojvoda Mirko, the Montenegrins performed the greatest victory over the Ottomans in the new century, after which Montenegro gained essential autonomy, the highest degree to independence, and a few decades later, full independence.

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Montenegrins remained remembered in Montenegro as the greatest ruler, owing in large part to the fact that he was the first modern-day King of Montenegro and that it was under him that Montenegro's independence had been recognised.

Montenegrins is of great importance for the Montenegrin people in general, because he has fought against the Ottomans in the territory of Montenegro, Herzegovina, and Bosnia, and the people often called him "Emperor of the Heroes".

Montenegrins revised the army completely, built many courts and schools, and Montenegro began to look like a European state.

The Montenegrins performed great victories, and by the end of the war at the Berlin Congress in 1878, the Principality of Montenegro received recognized independence, and became an internationally recognized state.

The Montenegrins were gathered around the Metropolitans of the Cetinje Metropolitanate, which led to further national awakening of the Montenegrins all around.

Rule of the House of Petrovic in the 18th and 19th century unified the Montenegrins and established strong ties with Russia and later with Serbia, with occasional help from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Montenegrins speak Montenegrin, an Ijekavian variant of the Shtokavian dialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language.

Montenegrins argued that the Slavs from Duklja promptly blended in social-economical of the natives who historically had a more developed society, as was in their interest to approach the Roman-Illyrian natives.