Reçak

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Reçak is a village in Kosovo internationally known as the site of the 1999 Račak massacre during the Kosovo War.

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Label Occurrences
Reçak canonical 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
conflict Kosovo War ⓘ
coordinateLocation 42.4333°N 21.0333°E ⓘ
country Kosovo ⓘ
countryClaimedBy Republic of Kosovo ⓘ
linked to: Kosovo

Republic of Serbia ⓘ
linked to: Serbia
ethnicMajority Albanians ⓘ
eventLocationFor Račak massacre ⓘ
governedBy Municipality of Shtime ⓘ
hasAlternateName Racak ⓘ
linked to: Račak

Račak ⓘ
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly Albanian population ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance turning point in international perception of Kosovo War ⓘ
hasInternationalAttentionFor human rights violations ⓘ
war crimes allegations ⓘ
hasJurisdiction local government of Shtime ⓘ
linked to: Shtime municipality
hasNameInLanguage Račak@sr ⓘ
Reçak@sq ⓘ
hasTypeOfSettlement rural settlement ⓘ
knownFor 1999 Račak massacre ⓘ
linked to: Račak massacre

Račak massacre ⓘ
languageUsed Albanian ⓘ
Serbian ⓘ
locatedIn Kosovo ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Shtime municipality ⓘ
Štimlje municipality ⓘ
locatedInFormerEntity Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ⓘ
linked to: Yugoslavia
locatedInGeopoliticalContext disputed territory of Kosovo ⓘ
locatedInRegion Ferizaj District ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
nearbyCity Ferizaj ⓘ
Shtime ⓘ
notablePeriod January 1999 ⓘ
partOfEthnographicRegion Kosovo ⓘ
partOfHistoricalConflict Kosovo conflict ⓘ
linked to: Kosovo War
significantEvent Račak massacre ⓘ
mass killing of Albanian civilians in 1999 ⓘ
subjectOf international investigations of 1999 killings ⓘ
reports by OSCE Kosovo Verification Mission ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ

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