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

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. It was founded in

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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

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and Božidar Zečević was its first

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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

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 ...

* Aleksa Šantić *

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 ...

* Pero Slijepčević * Grigorije Petrov *

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 ...

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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

Notable people

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