Serbs came from "White Serbia" todays Czech Republic
and they came "down" to Balkans in 7th century invited in that time by Byzantine emperor, to settle north from them but to accept Orthodox religion (Byzantines saw that Roman Catholic church is rapidly moving towards east (today Russia) and they knew that those where Slavic lands so in hope they will keep the eastern lands they started converting Slavic pagans to Orthodox religion...
thats how Serbs came
Pretty soon just settled Serbs started creating first countries on todays: Dalmatia (Croatia), Montenegro, Raska (Central Serbia), Northern Macedonia (including Kosovo), Northern Epirus (Albania), Bosnia (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Eastwards where Bulgars, north were Hungarians (Serbs called them Ugars), north west where Croats (pretty soon conquered by Ugars), east was the sea, and south Byzantium... no Albanians nor Albania...
first mention that I know of Albanians is in 15th century when they fought together with all Christians in Balkans... but soon they were conquered and Islamizied, Turks in 15th century controlled todays Greece, parts of Bulgaria, todays FYROM (then runed by Serbia's greatest hero "Marko Kraljevic") in those days Serbian lands that were surrounded by bordering Turks had good relations with Turks because they knew what will turks do to their people if they don't
and all lands up to Kosovo, Kosovo was a beginning of Serbian Empire all the way up to Danube, Morava and Adriatic sea...
Serbia negotiated with Turks for many years for peace, but Turks finally attacked in year 1389, whole of mighty Ottoman empire was at that battle even the Ottoman Sultan and his sons controlling his two wings
and on Serbs side was Bosnian Emperor Tvrtko, and all of the Serbs, except the Islamiziede Serbs (from todays FYROM) who fought with Turks...
So the battle was won by the Turks but the important thing was that all Serbs knowing they will die came to field to die for Christianity and Serbia
even tho Turks won, they lost their Sultan and many soldiers, so they couldnt conquer Serbia yet! but eventually they did...
Serbia under Ottoman empire found it self in terror, people were made to change their religion or to die... and Serbs even payed Taxes in blood, those where taxes of any other, they came in every Serbian home and took small children to Istambul and they made them Janissary's, and then sent THEM to kill their own people... (I strongly recommend for everyone to somehow by this book and reed it, its very good, its called "
Na Drini Cuprija")
In that time Ottomans created new regions in Balkans, and they even made Kosovo region and settle them with Islamic Albanians (you see Albania was surrounded with Turks so they had to convert in great numbers to Islam and they became even worse then Turks, as for Serbs they bordered Hungary on north so they had where to take shelter, and keep their religion, as Magyars are well known for being good people (well mostly
).
One day Serbs couldn't take Ottoman rule anymore, and Ottomans weren't that strong as they used to be so Serbs fought for their independence in two Serbian Uprisings
then Bulgarians got freedom, the Greeks (don't really know the order how it went), but the main thing was that Albania was still under Ottomans, cause Albanians like the Turks and didn't want them to leave... So Ottomans still controlled territories that where mostly Islamic
those were:
Sandzak, Kosovo, Macedonia(FYROM), Bosnia, Albania, Western Greece, Southern Bulgaria...
And Austria-Hungary annexed Bosnia and then Balkan Wars started, because Serbia (with Montenegro), Bulgaria and Greece wanted to chase out the Turks from Balkans for good! so Serbia got back Kosovo, Macedonia (FYROM) and northern Epirus, and half of the Sandzak, the other half went to Montenegro and Skadar lake with surroundings went to Montenegro to! Bulgaria mostly looked like today greece to but with south Epirus, still Turks controlled Edrine and Istambul... Bulgars and Greeks wanted those territories as Bulgars wanted Macedonia too (FYROM) so Turks were left alone but Second Balkan war started... Serbia (+Montenegro), Romania and Greece against Bulgaria. When Bulgaria capitulated they all went on table to settle the new lands
Italy was against Serbia (little Russia) getting a Sea so they created Albania under German rule
those were the days of Balkans Nationalists arousing as in whole Europe
thats why WW1 started and WW2 in those wars Albania some how started to strengthen, but much later then other states... and when communist Yugoslavia was formed and its capital was Belgrade, Tito noticed that Serbs have too much land (Serbia, Vojvodina, Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia) and Croatia and Slovens are just to small for them and communists alway eager for equality, so Tito created "Bosnians", "Montenegrins", and even "Macedons"
(you see they are everything but Macedons, they are mixture of Serbs and Bulgars, "Macedons" where until WW2 speaking Serbian, but Tito put in their schools Bulgarian language) and Serbia with Kosovo and Vojvodina is still too big, so he made them Autonomous and he allowed Albanian refugees to settle in Kosovo to get the balance... and every Serb that noticed what he was doing and if he said something against it he was sent to jail on Croatian Island, something like Alcatraz but communists...
And when Tito died the hell went loose, Serbs wanted over night their lands back... but you all know what happened
so you see the Faith is somehow always against us, but you all know the sayings "the table will turn"
You know, neither Romania nor East Germany were part of the USSR....
