A zadruga (Cyrillic: Задруга) refers to a type of rural community historically common among South Slavs. The term has been used by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to designate their attempt at collective farming after World War II. Originally, generally formed of one extended family or a clan of related families, the zadruga held its prop...
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(from the article `Serbia`) ...strong peasant patriarchal tradition that evolved under Ottoman domination and is still reflected in family and government structures. A ... ...the Byzantine Empire and the seminomadic peoples of Asia, enabled them to assert some measure of independence. The basis of the Serbs` social ... [2 related art...
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