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Đuša Vulićević
Dušan "Đuša" Vulićević (Azanja, 1771 - Smederevo, 1805) was a voivode (duke) in Smederevo and one of the first Serbian revolutionary organizers of the First Serbian Uprising. He was one of the first victims in the battles for the liberation of Smederevo. As a respectable merchant, Đuša was a legitimately elected leader of the insurgent Serbs from the Smederevo nahija and he led his people in the fight against the Turks. Petar Jokić, the commander of Karađorđe's personal guard, states that there were 200 of them, and with Dr. Miroslav Djordjević the number of insurgents increased to 400, and that, according to an Austrian report, on 25 February, Karađorđe was in Azanja with his main detachment. He was also accompanied by Belgrade Metropolitan Leontije, Pavle (Stojko) Krivokuća of Adžibegovac and other insurgents. The same author says "how Karađorđe was in close contact with Đuša and that he first transmitted Karađorđe's orders to the Pozarevac nahija through him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azanja
Azanja (Serbian Cyrillic: Азања) is a village in Central Serbia, in the municipality of Smederevska Palanka. It lies in the region of Great Morava valley, on rivers of Jezava and Jasenica. Azanja is 160 meters above mean sea level. With 4,014 residents, it is one of largest villages in Central Serbia. History The name Azanja origin from the Thracian (Thraco-Cimmerian and Phrygian) name "Azan". Azan first time appears in the Greek myth of Arcas and Ereto, as the name for one of their sons. The Turkish city of Çavdarhisar in ancient Phrygia, through history, had the almost identical name - "Aizanoi". From 1850 to 1950 it was known as the biggest village in Serbia and later as the biggest village of ex Yugoslavia. In 1950, when Azanja reached population of 12,500 it was split into three parts, Vlaški Do, Grčac and Azanja. Because of the large population, in 1922 it received the status of a town (''varošica''). Culture and education Its culture happenings are mostl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Milićević
Milan Đakov Milićević (; June 4, 1831 – November 17, 1908) was a Serbian writer, biographer, publicist, ethnologist and one of the founders of the Association of Writers of Serbia. Biography He was born of a good and old Serbian family in Ripanj, about 25 kilometers south of Belgrade at the foot of Avala mountain, on the fourth of June 1831. When Milićević was a teenager his parents moved to Belgrade. Having received his early education at the gymnasium of Belgrade (1845), he entered the Grande école (''Velika škola''), and engaged in the study of religion and education. Although Milićević did specially distinguish himself as a student, ill health prevented him from going to Russia to pursue further studies. University life, however, had considerable influence in the development of his character and furnished him with much of his literary material. After taking a degree in 1850, he taught school in the Serbian heartland Lesnik (Serbia), and in 1851 at Topola. In e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1771 Births
Events January– March * January 5 – The Great Kalmyk people, Kalmyk (Torghut) Migration is led by Ubashi Khan, from the east bank of the Lower Volga River back to the homeland of Dzungaria, at this time under Qing dynasty rule. * January 9 – Emperor Go-Momozono accedes to the throne of Tokugawa shogunate Japan following his aunt's abdication. * February 12 – Upon the death of Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden, Adolf Frederick, he is succeeded as King of Sweden by his son Gustav III of Sweden, Gustav III. At the time, however, Gustav is unaware of this, since he is abroad in Paris; the news of his father's death reaches him about a month later. * March – War of the Regulation: Royal Colony of North Carolina, North Carolina Governor William Tryon raises a militia to put down the long-running uprising of backcountry militias against North Carolina's colonial government. * March 12 – The North Carolina General Assembly establishes Wake County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosovo
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the north and east, and North Macedonia to the southeast. It covers an area of and has a population of approximately 1.6 million. Kosovo has a varied terrain, with high plains along with rolling hills and List of mountains in Kosovo, mountains, some of which have an altitude over . Its climate is mainly Continental climate, continental with some Mediterranean climate, Mediterranean and Alpine climate, alpine influences. Kosovo's capital and List of cities and towns in Kosovo#List, most populous city is Pristina; other major cities and urban areas include Prizren, Ferizaj, Gjilan and Peja. Kosovo formed the core territory of the Dardani, an ancient Paleo-Balkanic languages, Paleo-Balkanic people attested in classical sources from the 4th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borivoje Drobnjaković
Borivoje ( sr-cyr, Боривоје) is a Serbian masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to: *Borivoje Đorđević (born 1948), Serbian footballer *Borivoje Filipović (born 1982), Serbian footballer *Borivoje Grbić (born 1972), comic artist *Borivoje Kostić (1930–2011), footballer *Borivoje Mirković (1884–1969), general * Borivoje Todorović (born 1930), Serbian actor *Borivoje Ristić (born 1983), football goalkeeper *Borivoje Rumenić (born 1990), football goalkeeper *Borivoje Vukov Borivoje Vukov (July 8, 1929 – July 1, 2010) was a Serbian wrestler who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Senta and died in Belgrade Belgrade is the Capi ... (1929–2010), wrestler {{given name See also * Borivojević, surname Slavic masculine given names Serbian masculine given names Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joksim Nović-Otočanin
Joksim Nović-Otočanin (15 March 1807, in Zalužnica – 18 January 1868, in Novi Sad) was a Serbian adventurer, freedom fighter, and romantic writer of verse and prose. Biography Joksim Nović was born in Zalužnica, in Lika, on 15 March 1807. He completed his secondary education at the Serbian Gymnasium in Sremski Karlovci, studied philosophy at Jena, Göttingen, The Hague, and law in Sárospatak and in Vienna. Very little is known about him after graduation. We know he was in the royal guard of Mihailo Obrenović in the Principality of Serbia for a while. Then he went to Bosnia to fight the Ottoman occupiers and was captured. He was subsequently loaded with irons and sent a prisoner to a Turkish goal at Sarajevo. For the next two years, he was kept in close confinement. When he was released he was famous for defying the authorities. In 1847 he wrote a book of verse called ''Lazarica'' and had it published in Novi Sad. With Joksim Nović, now nicknamed ''Otočanin'' (the Incarce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kusadak
Kusadak (Serbian Cyrillic: Кусадак) is a countryside village that is part of Smederevska Palanka in Central Serbia. It is located between it and Mladenovac. Rail-road Belgrade-Nish goes right across Kusadak and there are train stations on the territory of kusadak. It has a very good connection with the capital city of Serbia, (Belgrade) and the other cities like Smederevo and Aranđelovac. It has a population of around 7000 people and it is very developed countryside. There are two schools in Kusadak for educating students till the 5th grade, and there is a bigger school in centre adecvate ll the way from 1st to 8th grade. There is also Pinosava Pinosava ( Serbian Cyrillic: Пиносава) is a small town and a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac, on the western slope of the Avala mountain, in the valley of the Topčiderka river, over 15 ki ..., which dates from the 17th century and a great lake. It has a lake which is sur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krnjevo
Krnjevo is a small town in the Municipalities of Serbia, municipality of Velika Plana, Serbia. By road it is southeast of the Belgrade. According to the 2002 census, the town has a population of 4,253 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. The area, with its rich black soils, belongs to the Smederevo wine region which also includes Smederevo, Grocka, and Pozarevac. Notable people * Velibor Jonić, a member of the fascist movement ZBOR and a Serbian Commissioner of Education during World War II *Kosta Manojlović (1890–1949), composer * Aleksandar Tirnanić, Yugoslavian footballer References Populated places in Podunavlje District {{PodunavljeRS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smederevo
Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a list of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to the 2022 census, the city has a population of 59,261, with 97,930 people living in its administrative area. Its history starts in the 1st century BC, after the conquest of the Roman Empire, when there existed a settlement by the name of Vinceia. The modern city traces its roots back to the Late Middle Ages when it was the capital (1430–39, and 1444–59) of the last Serbian Despotate, independent Serbian state before Ottoman Empire, Ottoman conquest. Smederevo is said to be the city of iron ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, гвожђе, gvožđe, separator=" / ", label=none) and grapes ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, грожђе, grožđe, separator=" / ", label=none). Names In Serbian language, Serbian, the city is known as ''Smederevo'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karađorđe
Đorđe Petrović (; ; – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. He held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 February 1804 to 3 October 1813. Born into an impoverished family in the Šumadija region of Ottoman Serbia, Karađorđe distinguished himself during the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791 as a member of the Serbian Free Corps, a militia of Habsburg and Ottoman Serbs, armed and trained by the Austrians. Fearing retribution following the Austrians' and Serb rebels' defeat in 1791, he and his family fled to the Austrian Empire, where they lived until 1794, when a general amnesty was declared. Karađorđe subsequently returned to Šumadija and became a livestock merchant. In 1796, the rogue governor of the Sanjak of Vidin, Osman Pazvantoğlu, invaded the Pashalik of Belgrade, and Karađorđe fought alongside the Ottomans to quash the inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
