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	Istria - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Croatian word for the Istrians is Istrani, or Istrijani, the latter being in the local čakavian dialect.
		In Istrian contexts, for example, the word "Italian" can just as easily refer to a descendant of immigrants from Sicily during the Mussolini period as it can refer to autochthonous speakers of the Venetian or Istriot language whose antecedents in the region extend back to the inception of the Venetian Republic.
		Similarly, national powers claim Istrian Slavs according to local language, so that speakers of Čakavian and Štokavian dialects of Croatian language are considered to be Croatians (or Serbs depending on personal affiliation, these numbers are none the less small), while speakers of Kajkavian may be considered to be Slovenians.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Istria (1310 words)

	Istrians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Istrians are inhabitants of Istria, a peninsula at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Gulf of Quarnero, the region spanning the borders of Croatia, Slovenia and Italy.
		The ancient Istrians, known to the Romans as a fierce tribe of Illyrian pirates, protected by the difficult navigation of their rocky coasts, were only subdued by the Romans in 177 BCE after two military campaigns.
		Since the first multi-party elections in 1990, the regional party Istrian Democratic Assembly (Istarski Demokratski Sabor or Dieta Democratica Istriana) has consistently received an absolute majority of the vote and maintained a position often contrary to the government in Zagreb with regards to their regional autonomy.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/istrians (413 words)

	About Istrian wirehair
		In the rennaisance frescoes in old Istrian churches, such dogs, company of hunters, were often represented along the colorful pallette of contemporary characters in the "Danse Macabre" scenes, a very popular theme in late middle ages.
		In other words, Istrian Wirehair is somewhat more advanced along the process of domestification, which can be a good thing or not - domestification may also bring less resistance to diseases, smaller litter sizes etc, but happily this had not sprung up (yet?) in our breed.
		In Istria no records of Istrian hounds were kept for a while as the province was during this time (between the two wars) under Italian jurisdiction.
	cmell.tripod.com /ist/i-breed.htm (1089 words)

	Istria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		In Istrian contexts, for example, the word "Italian" can just as easily refer to a descendent of immigrants from Sicily during the Mussolini period as it can refer to autochthonous speakers of the Venetian language whose antecedents in the region extend back to the Roman Empire.
		It can also refer to Istrian Slavs who adopted the veneer of Italian culture as they moved from rural to urban areas, or from the farms into the bourgeoisie.
		Similarly, national powers "claim" Istrian Slavs according to local language, so that speakers of Cakavian dialects are considered by the Croatian government to be Croatians and speakers of Kajkavian dialects are considered by the Slovenian government to be Slovenians.
	www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Istria (1001 words)

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		Istrian Italians were pretty much afraid — but not afraid, I would say, they didn’t like fascism, Mussolini, and they did revolt before — sometimes more openly like in coal mines, Labin coal mines in 1921 when they took it over, sometimes more quietly.
		Point F´ within the Yugoslav Istrian account also relates to those Istrians who left, but because these actions are embedded within a plot that de-emphasizes violence, the meaning of this narrative sequence is transformed from evidence of victimization to evidence of guilt or panic among those who left.
		This approach to Istrian victimization stands in sharp contrast to the Italian Istrian narrative, where all perpetrators of violence are duplicitous Slavs from Istria.
	socsci2.ucsd.edu /~aronatas/scrretreat/Smith.Tammy.doc (6597 words)

	Region of Istria: Collaboration with emigrants
		There were also various cultural programmes such as the Exhibition of Istrian Souvenirs in Svetvinčenat, a Panel in the hotel Histria with the topic "The History of Istria", the presentation of the book by Antun Bozanić "Istrian Emigrants in New York", a lecture entitled "Women in Emigration, Women in Istria" and other.
		The objective of this programme was to introduce and familiarize the young descendents of the Istrian emigrants and to connect the emigrants' children with young people in Istria so that they would come the following year as well thus continuing their educational traditional tourist programme.
		Following the model of the first encounter of the Istrian emigrants "United Istrians of the World 2000", the Istrian Region as the sponsor and the towns and municipalities of the Istrian Region organize the second encounter of the Istrian emigrants from the USA and Canada which will be held from 21-26 July 2004.
	www.istra-istria.hr /index.php?id=1037 (640 words)

	New Skys Magazine - Living There - A place to live - Istria - Peninsular Playground (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Istrian Peninsula, one of the most beautiful and popular Mediterranean destinations, lies just south of the traditional crossroads between southern and south-eastern Europe and has welcomed travellers from across the known world since time immemorial.
		Istrian recorded history begins in the 11th century BC when an Indo-European tribe known as the Histri colonised the coast.
		The Roman poet Martial extolled the virtues of Istrian commodities, including its “perfect” olive oil for which it was famed across the empire; many centuries later, Italy’s legendary national poet Dante Alighieri is said to have visited the peninsula and, indeed, he refers to the region in his ‘Divine Comedy’.
	www.newskies.co.uk /property_magazine/istria_peninsular_playground/1437/article.html (737 words)

	Sample Chapter for Ballinger, P.: History in Exile: Memory and Identity at the Borders of the Balkans.
		As in the case of the Istrians I examine, the Greek and Macedonian examples deal with former refugees for whom the condition of exile has become permanent and for whom the moment of displacement proves central to historical consciousness.
		One Istrian Italian esule, a sixty-year-old retired schoolteacher born in the Istrian town of Parenzo/Porec and today residing in the Italian port city of Trieste, insisted on her italianità, or pure Italianness.
		Istrians' alternate and complementary usage of archaeological and illuminist imagery when talking about the past highlights the Julian March's interstitial location and the ways in which both contemporary Istrians and exiles who settled in Trieste continue to live in the long historical shadow cast by the postwar exodus.
	pup.princeton.edu /chapters/i7366.html (5627 words)

	Istria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following the exodus, the areas were settled with Croats, Slovenians and a minute number of other Yugoslav nationalities like Serbs or Montenegrins.
		The Croatian word for the Istrians is Istrani, or Istrijani, the latter being in the local čakavian dialect.
		Nowadays the Italian minority is small, but the Istrian county is bilingual.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Istrians (964 words)

	Jude Fisher, Sorcery Rising (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		But the Istrians claim that it is Falla's Rock, the holiest place of their fire goddess Falla, and to set foot on the Rock carries grave penalties.
		Caught by two Istrian elders atop their sacred rock, Katla does not at first realize that the penalty for a woman to touch Falla's Rock is death by burning.
		Istrian women are kept veiled, and he is fascinated by the sight of this strong, bare-faced woman.
	www.rambles.net /fisher_srising02.html (563 words)

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		Istrians were persecuted, thousands of them were murdered and thrown into the pits...
		Since we are experiencing the same circumstances, in which Istrian Italians and Styrian Germans find themselves, I am writing on behalf of the town of Piran to the honourable Commune of Celje expressing our highest sympathy with the desire, that Germans and Italians finally will achieve victory in their difficult national fight.
		Then, a mass exodus of Istrian refugees from the territory under Yugoslav occupation were seeking asylum in Italy and in the world.
	www.carantha.net /the_aftermath_of_war_in_slovenia_m.htm (8936 words)

	NL28_1: An Istrian in New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		We ate polenta, menestra (soup with beans, vegetables, potatoes, pork and saurkraut), kobasice (sausage), cabbage and potatoes and eggs with asparagus; we were given chamomile tea when we were sick and sometimes a taste of rakija (alcoholic drink made from grapes; akin to Italian grappa) when it was very cold out.
		We listened to Istrian music in the house and my parents spoke Istro-Romanian to their friends, relatives and to each other—especially when they didn’t want my brother and me to understand (I understood though!).
		Many Istrians initially left when the Italians took over, so the area had already been depleted of much of its native population prior to the second World War.
	www.farsarotul.org /nl28_1.htm (3465 words)

	Mario Andretti - Wikinfo
		He was born in the Italian town of Montona on the Istrian Peninsula.
		After World War II, the Istrian Peninsula was stripped from Italy and given to Yugoslavia; his birthplace is now known as Motovun, Croatia.
		His family, like many Istrians fled under pressure from Tito's Communist regime, spending several years in a displaced persons camp.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Mario_Andretti&printable=yes (1228 words)

	Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, Book 32
		—Death of Philip; Emigration of the Gauls; the Tectosages, Istrians, Dacians, III.
		The Istrians, it is reported, derive their origin from those Colchians who were sent by king Aeetes in pursuit of the Argonauts, that had carried off his daughter,
		These Colchians, not overtaking the Argonauts, who had sailed off, remained, whether from fear of their king or from weariness of so long a voyage, near Aquileia, and were called Istrians from the name of the river up which they sailed out of the sea.
	www.forumromanum.org /literature/justin/english/trans32.html (1653 words)

	Jude Fisher, Sorcery Rising
		The repressive lords of the south, the Istrians, come to show off their own finery, to contract for wives, scheme and dicker, and play a long-standing game of one-upmanship with their enemies of old.
		Saro Vingo, younger son of an Istrian lord, has journeyed to the Allfair with his father, to help take care of the horses which are their pride.
		Lord Tycho of the Istrians is willing to find out, and he'll even trade upon his own daughter's future as a result.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_fisher_sorceryrising.html (731 words)

	TRYING TO GRASP MULTICULTURALITY: NEW MUSEOLOGICAL PRACTICE IN ISTRIA - ICME papers 2001
		From the Middle Ages until the fall of the Venetian Republic, the Istrian coast and part of the hinterland were Venetian territory, while its central and north-eastern parts were under Austrian rule.
		The Italian population was not of interest to the ethnography of that time, since their culture, usually that of the townships on the Istrian coast, had more urban elements and, at that, of "foreign" origin.
		When a famous "Istrian Kitchen" was displayed at the Vienna Ethnographic Museum prior to World War I, it contained elements of both village and urban hearths, a combination which could not have existed in reality.
	www.museumsnett.no /icme/icme2001/nikocevic.html (3307 words)

	Sorcery Rising - Unified Science Fiction and Fantasy Forums
		However, that peace is soon to be shattered as a young Eyrian girl unwittingly commits the heinous crime of climbing a rock the Istrians consider sacred ground.
		She is thus condemned to be burned and becomes a catalyst to reigniting the flames of war.
		The book isn't pornographic, but there is a lot of very strong, mature themes as the author deals with the fact that the Istrians feel that their women are property and are treated as such.
	www.shadowdark.org /ib/Sorcery-Rising_284-1.php (546 words)

	KnowBetter eBookStore: Ravenstar's Bride [MultiFormat] by Jennifer Colgan
		Pursued by the ruthless Chancellor Kossa, who will do anything to see that succession of the throne is unbroken, Ra'Nara must find a man willing to claim her as his wife.
		Pain lanced through her jaw again as they dropped her in a heap on the floor and darkness closed over her.
		Still conscious but barely coherent, Ra'Nara could only think how fortunate she was that the Istrians hadn't decided to dump her out of an airlock.
	store.knowbetter.com /servlet/mw?t=book&bi=43492&si=35 (546 words)

	Istria Online Research :: Information about Istria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Following the exodus, the areas were settled with Croats, Slovenians and a minute number of other Yugoslav nationalities like Serbs or Montenegrins (people).
		The Croatian word for the Istrians is Istrani, or Istrijani, the latter being in the local Chakavian dialect.
		Since the first multi-party elections in 1990, the regional party Istrian Democratic Assembly (Istarski Demokratski Sabor or Dieta Democratica Istriana) has consistently received an absolute majority of the vote and maintained a position often contrary to the government in Zagreb with regards to their Region Autonomy.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/Istria.html (963 words)

	Fisher, Jude (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Istrians from the south have conquered most of the world, driving the Eyrans into a small area in the far north.
		On arriving, she immediately makes waves by climbing a rock that is sacred to the Istrian's god - an offense punishable by burning.
		The Istrians bear a great resemblance to the Islamic radicals we've become so familiar with recently, while the Eyrans are free-wheeling.
	members.aol.com /skyedrake/fisher.html (493 words)

	Roman to Julian Conversion: AUC 576 = 178 BC
		The indications of Livy 41.10 are that Gracchus and Claudius were still in Rome till the spring of their term.
		Hence the embassy arrived before the end of this year, before the triumphs, but was not actuallly heard until the beginning of the next year, after the elections.
		The word used by Polybius relating Gracchus and Claudius to the Istrians and the Agrii is unusual, and may well simply refer to the allocation of their priviinces, rather than their actual departure for campaign.
	www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk /egypt/ptolemies/chron/roman/178bc.htm (1130 words)

	August 9, 1993 Vreme News Digest Agency No 98
		Istrians, however, seem to have had enough of such treatment and have opted for a more aggressive style.
		On the other hand, Istrians have for months now been complaining about the forced ``Croatianizing of Istria'' and the imposition of a crass and extremist Herzegovinaesque (as they call it) Croatianness.
		Since Istrians found themselves separated into two states after the disintegration of Yugoslavia, they now say they want to create conditions for the withering away of borders.
	www.scc.rutgers.edu /serbian_digest/98/t98-4.htm (578 words)

	Food and Gourmet Wine tours in Istria
		Istrians tend not so much to think of themselves as Italians, Croatians or Slovenes, more as Istrians first who happen to be Italian, Croatian or Slovene.
		Piemonte is of course the most famous white truffle region, but the Istrian Truffle is held in the same esteem by Gourmets.
		We visit a couple of the best wine estates: Ivica Matosovic, perhaps the most forward thinking of the Istrian wine growers and Koslovic, another of the top Istrian producers who was the first to use Acacia barrels in recent times.
	www.winetours.co.uk /gourmet-Istria.htm (424 words)

	Sorcery Rising: Book One of Fool's Gold by Jude Fisher (Paperback) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		But the Istrians call it Falla's Rock, and believe that for any female other than their goddess to set foot there is a capital offense.
		For she has an inborn magical affinity with the natural elements of the earth--stone and metal--which imbue her trade and her hobby with preternatural skill.
		Unfortunately, her "sacrilege" is witnessed by Istrian elders, who swear to catch this blashphemous young woman and put her to death.
	www.clarkesworld.com /books/book_[BK000320].html (296 words)

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		"The heart of Europe" Istrians call their peninsula, inspired by its geographical form and its liveliness.
		The Kvarner Bay is the cradle of island-hopping, as this is where we organised our first ever bike- and ship-tour six years ago.
		The trip starts in Rijeka and includes the Istrian peninsula, as well as the islands of Cres (impressive panoramic views), Loinj (picturesque port towns), the green island of Dugi Otok, Pag - the island of cheese and olives, Rab with its moonscapes and the diversified island of Krk.
	www.european-barge-tours.com /sailandbike.cfm (725 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| Istrians threaten to quit Zagreb government
		One of the junior partners in the centre-left Croatian government has announced that it is quitting the coalition because of what it says is hostility towards its regional initiatives.
		The Istrian Democratic Party - based in the northern Adriatic peninsula of Istria - said its council would take a final decision on Friday.
		Opponents of the IDP accuse it of separatism and inciting ethnic tension.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/europe/1367560.stm (138 words)

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