The Balkans: Mining Industry and “Big Politics” (1878–1914)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31168/2412-6446.2018.3-4.1.06Keywords:
Russia, the Balkans, Serbia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Ottoman Empire, Great Powers, economics, mineral resources, railwaysAbstract
The article is devoted to the transport and mining structure in the Balkans at the beginning of the twentieth century, primarily in Serbia. The author pays particular attention to Serbia’s plan to incorporate Kosovo into its economic system in the context of diplomatic tensions in Europe on the eve of the First World War. The research is based on unpublished diplomatic documents.