Serbia and Montenegro
History, Government, and Economic Conditions
On February 4, 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia changed its name to Serbia and Montenegro. The following covers the period leading up to that change. History Serbia. The Serbian state as known today was created in A.D. 1170 by Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the Nemanjic dynasty. Serbia’s religious foundation came 49 years later when Stefan’s son, canonized as St. Sava, became the first archbishop of a newly independent Serbian Orthodox Church (1219). Thus, at this time, the Serbs enjoyed both temporal and religious independence. After a series of successions, Serbia fell under the rule of King Milutin, who…
