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The '''Republic of Montenegro''' ([[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbian]]: '''Црна Гора''', '''Crna Gora''', meaning "black woodmountain") is a small, mountainous republic in the [[Balkans]], on the [[Adriatic Sea]]. According to its constitution, it is a democratic, social, and ecological state.

Throughout a number of centuries Montenegro was a ''[[de facto]]'' independent principality ruled by a succession of dynasties and rulers. The country obtained ''[[de jure]]'' international recognition of its independence, following the Eastern Crisis ([[1875]]-[[1878]]), at the [[Congress of Berlin]]. On [[28 August]] [[1910]], Montenegro's ruler [[Nicholas I of Montenegro|Prince Nikola Petrović Njegoš]] proclaimed himself King. Between [[1945]] and [[2003]], Montenegro was a Republic of the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] and the [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] respectively. It is now one of two constituent parts of the state union of [[Serbia and Montenegro]].