Prosvjeta ( sr-cyr, Просвјета; "Enlightenment/Education") or the Serbian Cultural-Educational Society "Prosvjeta" was a
Bosnian Serb
The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби Босне и Херцеговине, Srbi Bosne i Hercegovine), often referred to as Bosnian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, босански Срби, bosanski Srbi) or Herzegovinian Serbs ( sr-cyrl, � ...
cultural and educational society in
Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Yugoslavia
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. It was founded in
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...
in 1902. It quickly became the most important organization gathering
ethnic Serb citizens.
In 1909 the first and the only student's house of Prosvjeta was opened in
Mostar
Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina.
Mostar is situated on the Neretva Riv ...
and Božidar Zečević was its first
prefect
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.
In 1914, the Austro-Hungarian regime had the organization banned and its leadership imprisoned due to "anti-state" actions.
Notable people
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Petar Kočić
Petar Kočić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Кочић; 29 June 1877 – 27 August 1916) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb writer, activist and politician. Born in rural northwestern Bosnia (region), Bosnia in the final days of Ot ...
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Aleksa Šantić
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Jovan Dučić
Jovan Dučić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Дучић, ; 15 February 1872 – 7 April 1943) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serb poet-diplomat and academic.
He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and Modernist poetry, modernist poe ...
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Pero Slijepčević
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Grigorije Petrov
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Jovan Cvijić
Jovan Cvijić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Цвијић, ; 1865 – 16 January 1927) was a Serbs, Serbian geographer, Ethnology, ethnologist, university professor and academic.
He was the president of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, S ...
See also
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Gajret
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Napredak (1904)
References
Sources
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*{{cite book, author=Božidar Madžar, title=Prosvjeta : serb education and culture society 1902-1949, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YG4AAAACAAJ, year=2001, publisher=Akademija nauka i umjetnosti Republike Srpske, isbn=978-86-83255-06-1
Serb organizations
1902 establishments in Austria-Hungary
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian Austro-Hungarians
Educational institutions established in 1902
Organizations disestablished in 1914
Cultural organizations based in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ethnic organizations based in Austria-Hungary