Kosovo and Metohija in the documents of the prime minister Blagoje Nešković (1945–1952) as an example of the methodological analysis of historical sources
Abstract: There are relatively few documents in the historiography that speak directly about the attitude of Blagoje Nešković, the Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Serbia, towards the issue of Kosovo and Metohija. So far, we have had four important documents that show his attitude towards the situation in this Serbian province. The first document is the report of Blagoje Nešković on the political situation in Serbia, Vojvodina and Kosovo and Metohija, which was written in 1945, the second is the analysis of the elections held in 1945, while the third is a dispatch from 1946 on the payment of emergency economic aid for colonists from Kosovo and Metohija, and the fourth is the statement by Đorđije Đoka Pajković, which he gave in relation to the case of Blagoje Nešković from 1952. The methodological analysis of these documents as historical sources significant for the question of Kosovo and Metohija during the government of Blagoje Nešković (1945–1952) makes it possible to compare them and observe how the attitudes of the Prime Minister of the Serbian government towards this territory changed. Thus, it may be possible to analyze indirectly the significance of his attitudes in relation to the later development of events in Kosovo and Metohija.
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2022
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Key words: Kosovo and Metohija, Blagoje Nešković, documents, historical sources, comparative analysis, methodology.