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Greens (Montenegro)
The Greens ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Зеленаши, Zelenaši) were a group of loyalists of King Nikola of Montenegro. They originated from the members of the True People's Party and were most notable for instigating the Christmas Uprising of 1919. The rebellion was staged in an attempt to prevent the dethroning of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty and the subsequent integration of Montenegro into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Greens were supporters of the House of Petrović-Njegoš, which was dethroned after World War I. Following their defeat in the Christmas Rebellion, the Greens continued on with their guerrilla warfare until 1929. The motto of the movement was "For the Right, Honour and Freedom of Montenegro". During World War II, the Greens were activated once again under the leadership of Krsto Popović in an attempt to re-establish the Kingdom of Montenegro as an Axis client state. Characteristics The Greens (Zelenaši) movement was originally founded in 1918 in Montenegro by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krsto Zrnov Popovic
Krsto (Cyrillic script: Крсто), also Krste or Krǎstyo is a South Slavs, South Slavic masculine given name. *Krsto Papić, Croatian film director *Krsto Ungnad, Ban of Croatia *Krsto Zrnov Popović, Montenegrin soldier *Fran Krsto Frankopan, Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician *Vuk Krsto Frankopan, Croatian nobleman and soldier *Krsto Hegedušić, Croatian painter, illustrator and theater designer *Krste Asanović, computer engineer *Krste Crvenkovski, Macedonian politician *Krste Misirkov, Macedonian philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer *Krste Velkovski, Macedonian footballer *Krastyo Rakovski, Bulgarian socialist revolutionary *Krastyo Krastev, Bulgarian writer, translator, philosopher and public figure See also *Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts *Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov" *Krstić (surname) {{given name Croatian masculine given names Masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names Serbian ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Banac
Ivo Banac (; 1 March 1947 – 30 June 2020) was a Croatian-American historian, a professor of European history at Yale University and a politician of the former Liberal Party in Croatia, known as the Great Bard of Croatian historiography. , Banac was a consultant for the Bosnian Institute. He died after a serious illness at age 73. Biography Banac was born in Dubrovnik in 1947. In 1959 he emigrated to the United States with his mother, reuniting with his father who had escaped from Yugoslavia in 1947. After his father's death in a traffic accident a year later, Ivo lived with his mother in New York City, where he studied history at Fordham University, graduating in 1969. In the same year Banac moved to California, where he obtained M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Stanford University. Although he was a member of Students for a Democratic Society, by his own account he was not attracted by the West Coast flower power movement of the late 1960s. Banac worked at the Stanford Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novica Radović
Novica Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Новица Радовић; born in Martinići in 1890 – died in Cetinje in 1945) was a Montenegrin politician. Radović took part in 1919's Christmas Uprising on the side of the Greens, in an armed rebellion opposed to Montenegro's unconditional unification with Serbia in 1918 following the controversial Podgorica Assembly. Following the defeat of the Greens, he escaped to Albania and later to Italy, where he joined the Montenegrin Army in exile, becoming its Headquarters Intelligence supervisor. He returned to what was then the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1925. There he was charged with crimes against the state and sentenced to twenty years of imprisonment. After serving nine years of the sentence in Zenica prison, he was released, acquitted in 1934 after the assassination of King Alexander in Marseille which ended the dictatorship. After his release from prison, Radović moved to Podgorica, where he taught private classe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan S
Jovan may refer to: *Jovan (given name), a list of people with this given name *Jovan, Mawal, a village on the western coastal region of Maharashtra, India *Jōvan Musk, a cologne *Deli Jovan, a mountain in eastern Serbia *Róbert Jován (born 1967), Hungarian footballer See also * *Jovanka (other) *Joven (other) *Javon (other) Javon may refer to: Notable people with the given name "Javon" * Javon Baker (born 2002), American football player * Javon Bullard (born 2002), American football player * Javon East (born 1995), Jamaican footballer * Javon Foster (born 2000), Ameri ... * Jovan Hill {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krsto Zrnov Popović
Krsto (Cyrillic script: Крсто), also Krste or Krǎstyo is a South Slavic masculine given name. * Krsto Papić, Croatian film director * Krsto Ungnad, Ban of Croatia * Krsto Zrnov Popović, Montenegrin soldier * Fran Krsto Frankopan, Croatian baroque poet, nobleman and politician * Vuk Krsto Frankopan, Croatian nobleman and soldier *Krsto Hegedušić Krsto Hegedušić (26 November 1901 – 7 April 1975) was a Croatian painter, illustrator and theater designer. His most famous paintings depict the harsh life of the Croatian peasantry in the manner of naive art. He was one of the founders of ..., Croatian painter, illustrator and theater designer * Krste Asanović, computer engineer * Krste Crvenkovski, Macedonian politician * Krste Misirkov, Macedonian philologist, journalist, historian and ethnographer * Krste Velkovski, Macedonian footballer * Krastyo Rakovski, Bulgarian socialist revolutionary * Krastyo Krastev, Bulgarian writer, translator, philosopher and public figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drobnjaci
Drobnjaci ( sr-Cyrl, Дробњаци, ) was a tribe and historical region, Drobnjak, in Old Herzegovina in Montenegro (municipalities from Nikšić to Šavnik, Žabljak and Pljevlja). Its unofficial centre is in Šavnik. The Serb Orthodox families have St. George ('' Đurđevdan'') as their patron saint ('' slava'') and the majority of churches in Drobnjak are dedicated to St. George as well. Families of distant Drobnjak origin are present in all former Yugoslav republics and in Hungary and Hungarian-populated parts of Romania and Slovakia, where it is spelled in its Magyarized form as Drobnyák. History Origin and early history According to Serbian historian Andrija Luburić (1930), by oral tradition their origin was from Travnik in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and initially were called as '' Novljani''. First mention of the name was in 1285 Ragusan document, where was mentioned '' Vlach'' Bratinja Drobnjak. Term Vlach has germanic root ''walh'' meaning ''foreigner''. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikšići
Nikšići is a village in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze .... History In 1860–1879, Matija Mažuranić wrote a 62 folio manuscript today titled Writings on the Building of Roads in Gorski Kotar and Lika (), today with signature HR- Za NSK R 6424. A 21 folio manuscript dated 1872 titled Darstellung der Entstehung des Baues ... der Luisenstrasse togethr with a translation by I. Mikloušić is kept as HR- Za NSK R 4572. Nikšići was hit by the 2014 Dinaric ice storm. On 12 December 2017, a severe wind hit Nikšići, blocking traffic to and from it. Demographics In 1890, Nikšići had 14 houses and 79 people. They attended the school in Dokmanovići. Administered and taxed by Komorske Moravice. Further reading * * Page 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuce
Cuce (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Цуце, ) is a historical Tribes of Montenegro, tribe (''pleme'') and region in Montenegro, located in the area of the Katunska nahija from Old Montenegro. History The toponym ''Cuce'' is first mentioned in 1431 in documents from Kotor, then again in a chrysobull of the Cetinje Monastery from the end of the 15th century. In Ottoman defters from 1521 and 1523, Cuce is mentioned as a village. The majority of inhabitants migrated to Cuce in the 16th and 17th century, from Old Herzegovina and Old Kuči. In 1718, after the Peace of Passarowitz, the Cuce along with 9 other tribes of the Katun nahiya, became ''de facto'' independent from the Ottoman Empire. In 1829 Bjelice struggled against Ozrinići (tribe), Ozrinići and Cuce, two neighboring tribes, and Petar I Petrović-Njegoš sent Sima Milutinović Sarajlija and Mojsije to negotiate peace among them. Smail-aga Cengic wrote a letter in 1838 to Njegos, complaining about the Cuce who had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čevo
Čevo ( cnr-Cyrl, Чево), historically also known as Kčevo (Кчево), is a village in the municipality of Cetinje, Montenegro. History The village was held by the Ozrinići tribe of the Katunska nahija. Five families of the Ozrinići founded the settlement of Ozrinići in the Nikšić area in 1657. Demographics Notable people * Milena Vukotić (1848–1923), Queen consort of Montenegro , image_flag = Flag of Montenegro.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Montenegro.svg , coa_size = 80 , national_motto = , national_anthem = () , image_map = Europe-Mont ... * Janko Vukotić (1866–1927), Montenegrin politician and general. * Vasilija Vukotić (1897–1970), Montenegrin military heroine of World War I References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cevo Populated places in Cetinje Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cetinje
Cetinje ( cnr-Cyrl, Цетиње, ) is a List of cities and towns in Montenegro, town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital ( cnr-Latn-Cyrl, prijestonica, приjестоница, separator=" / ") of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the Blue Palace, official residence of the president of Montenegro. According to the 2023 census, the town had a population of 12,460 while the Old Royal Capital Cetinje, Cetinje Municipality had 14,465 residents. Cetinje is the centre of Cetinje Municipality. The city rests on a small karst plain surrounded by limestone mountains, including Lovćen, Mount Lovćen, the legendary mountain in Montenegrin historiography. Cetinje was founded in the 15th century and became a cradle of the culture of Montenegro. Its status as the honorary capital of Montenegro is due to its heritage as a long-serving former capital of Montenegro. Name In Montenegrin, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian, it is known as ''Cetinje'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rovčani
The Rovčani ( sr-Cyrl, Ровчани, ) are a historical tribe of Montenegro and one of the seven highlander tribes of the Brda region, alongside the Bjelopavlići, Piperi, Kuči, Bratonožići, Moračani and Vasojevići. The historical region that they inhabit is called Rovca ( sr-Cyrl, Ровца, ). Etymology The Rovčani owe their name to the region that they inhabit, called Rovca, which is derived from Slavic ''rov'', meaning “dent” or “trench”. Geography Rovca borders the historical regions and tribes of the Moračani to the east, the Drobnjaci to the north, the Nikšići to the west, the Bjelopavlići to the southwest, the Piperi to the south, and the Bratonožići to the southeast. Rovca consists of the following villages: Višnje, Velje Duboko, Liješnje, Cerovica, Međuriječje, Mrtvo Duboko, Sreteška Gora, Gornja Rovca, Vlahovići and Trmanje. History The region of Rovca is first mentioned in the 1477 '' defter'' (tax registry) of the Sanjak of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
