Uklanjanje reči „Metohija“ iz naziva Autonomne pokrajine Kosova i Metohije 1968–1969. godine

This research attempts to shed light on the removal of the word “Metohija” from the name of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija in 1968–1969, as well as the circumstanc­es under which this change has been implemented. The research draws upon the unpublished archival documents from the Ar­chives of Yugoslavia, State Archives of Serbia and Central state ar­chives of Albania. Deputies of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia and the Assembly of Serbia removed the term “Metohija” from the name of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija dur­ing assembly sessions in 1968 and 1969. The initiative was started by ethnic Albanian communist party officials from the Provincial committee of the League of Communist of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija. The main reason for this step of the communist regime was that the word “Metohija” was witnessing about the Orthodox and Serbian presence in the history of that area.