peasants massacred up to 600–700 Muslims in Lower Kolašin, committing the most atrocious crimes. Following this event, all surviving Muslims left Lower Kolašin, relocating to other parts of Sandžak, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Turkey. One family converted to Orthodox Christianity, saving itself from physical extermination. Demographics The present-day population of Lower Kolašin is 4,300, all Serbs and Montenegrins. Prior to the massacre in 1924, according to the census in 1912, Lower Kolašin had 14,838 inhabitants, with the following ethnic distribution: Mojkovac municipality: Muslims 1,581, Serbs 1,293 Ravna Rijeka municipality: Muslims 2,003, Serbs 679 Stozer municipality: Muslims 1,160, Serbs 1,971 Pavino Polje municipality: Muslims 3,230, Serbs 641; Tomaševo municipality: Muslims 2,132, Serbs 119 In percentages, the overall breakdown is: Muslims: 10,106 or 68.1% Serbs: 4,703 or 31.7% Others: 29 or 0.2% Anthropology Muslim families that left after the 1924 massacre were the Hadžović, Kaljić and Kolić, among others. See also Upper Kolašin Ibarski Kolašin (North Kosovo) References Geography of Montenegro