Statehood Day of Montenegro

coat of arms of the Republic of MontenegroStatehood Day – until recently the only national holiday of Montenegro, but this date was chosen not by chance, but for two reasons at once. On July 13, 1878, the Berlin Congress ended, recognizing the absolute political independence of Montenegro (originally Montenegro was part of the Serbian state of the Nemaneviches and became independent after the conquest of Serbia by the Ottoman Empire, but soon it itself was conquered) and - separately - Serbia.

In addition, on the night of July 13, 1941, an uprising began in Montenegro against the occupying Italian authorities, who, having occupied its territory in April 1941, a day earlier announced that Montenegro became an independent state from Yugoslavia under the auspices of Italy.

The general uprising of July 13 began with an attack on Italian garrisons throughout Montenegro. After the initial successes, the uprising found itself in a crisis, which was exacerbated by fundamental contradictions in views on the new government between the supporters of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the officers of the former royal army, as a result of which the civil war began.