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Feb 2 • 07:46 UTC • 🇭🇷 Croatia • Index.hr

The composer of the Croatian anthem was an Orthodox soldier

Josip Runjanin, born in 1821 in the Austrian Empire, is recognized as the composer of the Croatian anthem and came from a Serbian Orthodox family.

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