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Kankaraš
Kankaraš (Montenegrin language, Montenegrin, sr-cyr, Канкараш) is a Serbo-Croatian surname found mostly in Montenegro. Its bearers are either Orthodox Christian or Muslim. There is an old Kankaraš brotherhood () of the Drobnjaci tribe around Golija, Montenegro, Golija near Nikšić (in northwestern Montenegro). A part of the Kankaraši settled Plovdiv, Bulgaria and changed their surname to ''Černogorski'' ("Montenegrin"). The Muslim Kankaraš family in Pljevlja hail from Foča, which they left following the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1878); they are not related to the Kankaraš family in the town. The name is a nickname, derived from Turkish, meaning "large black eyebrows". At least seven individuals with the surname died in the The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia, Holocaust in Croatia. It may refer to: *Gorica Kankaraš, best Serbian female weightlifter 58 kg, 71 kg and 84 kg. *Miodrag Kankaraš, former mayor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branko Kankaraš
Branko Kankaraš (; born 28 May 1988) is a retired Serbian-born Montenegrin handball player. Club career At club level, Kankaraš played in Serbia ( Jugović, Metaloplastika, and Vojvodina), Turkey (Mersin), France (Valence and Istres), Belarus ( Meshkov Brest), North Macedonia ( Metalurg Skopje), and Israel (Maccabi Rishon LeZion). International career At international level, Kankaraš represented Montenegro at two European Championships ( 2016 and 2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...). References External links LNH record* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kankaras, Branko 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Novi Sad Serbian people of Montenegrin descent Montenegrin people of Serbian descent Serbian male handball players Montenegrin male handball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drobnjaci
Drobnjaci (, ) are historical tribe and 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 Drobnjak churches are devoted 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 magyarised 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 surname probably derives from tribal or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holocaust In The Independent State Of Croatia
The Holocaust in the Independent State of Croatia ( hr, Holokaust u Nezavisnoj Državi Hrvatskoj; he, השואה במדינת קרואטיה העצמאית) involved the genocide primarily of Jews, and also the genocide of Serbs (the Genocide of the Serbs) and Romani ('' Porajmos''), within the Independent State of Croatia ( hr, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH), a fascist puppet state which existed during World War II, was led by the Ustaše regime, and ruled an occupied area of Yugoslavia which included most of the territory of modern-day Croatia, the whole of modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina and the eastern part of Syrmia (Serbia). Of the 39,000 Jews who lived in the NDH in 1941, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum states that more than 30,000 were murdered. Of these, 6,200 were shipped to Nazi Germany and the rest of them were murdered in the NDH, the vast majority in Ustaše-run concentration camps, such as Jasenovac. The Ustaše were the only quisling forces in E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
