title: Raška
text: # Raška
  
  Raška may refer to:
  
  ## Geography
  
  * Raška (region), geographical and historical region in modern Serbia
  * Raška (river), river in southwestern part of Serbia
  * Raška, Serbia, town and municipality in Serbia
  
  ## History and administration
  
  * Eparchy of Raška, a medieval diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church
  * Catepanate of Raška, variant designation for the Catepanate of Ras, a short lived Byzantine province (971-976) in central Serbian lands
  * Grand Principality of Raška, variant designation for the Grand Principality of Serbia, in the 11th and 12th century
  * Kingdom of Raška, variant designation for the medieval Kingdom of Serbia, in the 13th and 14th century
  * Raška architectural style, architectural style in medieval Serbia, in the 12th and 13th century
  * Despotate of Raška, variant designation for the Despotate of Serbia, in the 15th century
  * Little Raška, a region inhabited by Serbs (Rascians) in southern regions of Pannonian plain, from the 16th to 18th century
  * Raška Oblast, former administrative district in Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929
  * Raška District, modern administrative district (ser. "okrug") in Serbia
  
  ## People with the surname
  
  * Adam Raška (born 1994), Czech professional ice hockey player. He currently plays with HC Kometa Brno in the Czech Extraliga
  * Jiří Raška (1941–2012), Czech ski jumper, gold medalist in the 1968 Winter Olympics
  * Karel Raška (1909–1987), Czech physician and epidemiologist
  * Martin Raška (born 1977), Czech football goalkeeper
  * Chris Raschka (born 1959), Austrian-American illustrator, writer and violist
  