Political Regions
Subdivisions of Austria-Hungary:
- Military Krajina (Military Frontier, Militärgrenze), borderland of Austria against the Ottoman Empire. It was further divided into:
- Banat Krajina (on the Serbian-Romanian border)
- Croatian Krajina (on the border of western Croatia and Bosnia)
- Slavonian Krajina (on the border of Serbia and eastern Croatia towards Bosnia)
Political units formed during the war in Croatia in the 1990s:
- Republic of Serbian Krajina
- SAO Krajina
- SAO Kninska Krajina, Kninska Krajina since the Yugoslav wars is used by some to signify two regions Knin and its surroundings, and to a larger extend Krajina proper (referring to main portion of Republic of Serb Krajina).
- SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem, sometimes called Podunavska Krajina
Political unit formed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s:
- SAO Bosanska Krajina
Where the term "Serbian Krajina" or "Krajina" alone is used, it probably refers to the former Republic of Serbian Krajina.
In Russia:
- "krai" or "kray" is the word for the territories of Russia, a second-level subdivision
In Slovakia:
- "kraj" is used for the regions of Slovakia, a first-level subdivision
In Czech Republic:
- "kraj" is used for the regions of the Czech Republic, a first-level subdivision
In Ukraine:
- Krajina or країна - means country, land in Ukrainian. Ukrajina is Ukrainian ethnonym for Ukraine. See also: Name of Ukraine.
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