Whites (Montenegro)

The Whites (Serbian: Бјелаши/Bjelaši) was the name given to pan-Serbian (and Yugoslavist) activists in Montenegro during and after the Podgorica Assembly (November 1918) in which the Montenegrin people voted on the fate of Kingdom of Montenegro as either part of a confederation (retaining independence) or unification (annexation) with the Kingdom of Serbia. Their name derived from the "White List" as opposed to the "Green List", from where the Greens took their name. The Assembly ended with overwhelming support for unification. The movement was led by Marko Daković and Andrija Radović. The two sides clashed in the short-lived Christmas Uprising (1919). One of the leaders of Whites was Ljubomir Vuksanović.[1]

References
  1. (Neubacher 2008, p. 147): „Bjelaše” je vodio advokat Ljubomir Vuksanović, iz Andrijevice. To je bio čovek džinovskog rasta, snažan kao konj. Njegov uži zavičaj je slavno pleme Vasojevići.

Sources
  • Srdja Pavlovic (2008). Balkan Anschluss: The Annexation of Montenegro and the Creation of the Common South Slavic State. Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-465-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Bojović, Jovan R. (1989). Podgorička skupština 1918: dokumenta. Gornji Milanovac.
  • Neubacher, Hermann (2008). Nikola Živković (ed.). Specijalni zadatak Balkan. More.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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