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Baljci, Tomislavgrad
Baljci ( sr-Cyrl, Баљци) is a village in the Municipality of Tomislavgrad in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The village belongs to the Local community (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina), local community of Šujica, Tomislavgrad, Šujica. Until 1945, the village was administratively part of the Srez of Livno. The village was populated by mostly ethnic Serbs with a Croat minority. The main economic activity was husbandry. After World War II, the population declined due to economic emigration. Most villagers left the area before the Bosnian War outbreak in 1992. In April of that year, the village became uninhabited after Croat forces arrested the remaining Serbs and murdered two civilians. In 2015, two Serb former residents returned to the village. History Baljci village was populated mainly by ethnic Serbs, with a Croats, Croat minority. The Serb population included the Cvjetić, Mišković, Velimir and Ćeva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and Herzegovina borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest. In the south it has a narrow coast on the Adriatic Sea within the Mediterranean, which is about long and surrounds the town of Neum. Bosnia, which is the inland region of the country, has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the geography is mountainous, in the northwest it is moderately hilly, and in the northeast it is predominantly flat. Herzegovina, which is the smaller, southern region of the country, has a Mediterranean climate and is mostly mountainous. Sarajevo is the capital and the largest city of the country followed by Banja Luka, Tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosnian War
The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started on 6 April 1992, following a number of earlier violent incidents. The war ended on 14 December 1995 when the Dayton accords were signed. The main belligerents were the forces of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and those of Herzeg-Bosnia and Republika Srpska, proto-states led and supplied by Croatia and Serbia, respectively. The war was part of the breakup of Yugoslavia. Following the Slovenian and Croatian secessions from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1991, the multi-ethnic Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina – which was inhabited by mainly Muslim Bosniaks (44%), Orthodox Serbs (32.5%) and Catholic Croats (17%) – passed a referendum for independence on 29 February 1992. Political representatives of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Home Guard (World War II)
The Croatian Home Guard ( hr, Hrvatsko domobranstvo) was the land army part of the armed forces of the Independent State of Croatia which existed during World War II. Formation The Croatian Home Guard was founded in April 1941, a few days after the founding of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) itself, following the collapse of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was done with the authorisation of German occupation authorities. The task of the new Croatian armed forces was to defend the new state against both foreign and domestic enemies.Tomasevich 2001, p. 419. Its name was taken from the old Royal Croatian Home Guard – the Croatian section of the Royal Hungarian Landwehr component of the Austro-Hungarian Army. Organization The Croatian Home Guard was originally limited to 16 infantry battalions and two cavalry squadrons – 16,000 men in total. The original 16 battalions were soon enlarged to 15 infantry regiments of two battalions each between May and June 1941, organise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослободителна војска (НОВ); sl, Narodnoosvobodilna vojska (NOV) officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odredi Jugoslavije (NOV i POJ), Народноослободилачка војска и партизански одреди Југославије (НОВ и ПОЈ); mk, Народноослободителна војска и партизански одреди на Југославија (НОВ и ПОЈ); sl, Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije (NOV in POJ) was the communist-led anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. Led by Josip Broz T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustaše
The Ustaše (), also known by anglicised versions Ustasha or Ustashe, was a Croats, Croatian Fascism, fascist and ultranationalism, ultranationalist organization active, as one organization, between 1929 and 1945, formally known as the Ustaša – Croatian Revolutionary Movement ( hr, Ustaša – Hrvatski revolucionarni pokret). Its members murdered hundreds of thousands of Serbs of Croatia, Serbs, Jews of Croatia, Jews, and Romani people in Croatia, Roma as well as political dissidents in World War II in Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia during World War II. The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Roman Catholicism and Croatian nationalism, Croatian ultranationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span the Drina River and extend to the border of Belgrade. The movement emphasized the need for a Racial purity, racially "pure" Croatia and promoted Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia, genocide against Serbs—due to the Usta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krstanović (born 1982), Serbian basketball player
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Krstanović ( sr-cyr, Крстановић) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ivan Krstanović (born 1983), Bosnian-Croatian footballer * Zdravko Krstanović (1950–2024), Serbian poet and journalist *Zoran Krstanović Zoran Krstanovic (born July 18, 1982) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Joker Sombor. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he usually plays as power forward or center. He spent most of his career in Romania with U BT Cluj-Napoca, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marković
Marković ( sr-Cyrl, Марковић, ) is a common family name in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria and Serbia. It is a patronym of '' Marko'', the local variant of the common European name "Marcus" or "Mark". Marković is the fourth most frequent surname in Serbia, and the tenth most frequent surname in Croatia. Notable people with the surname include: *Aleksandar Marković (conductor) (born 1975), Serbian conductor *Ante Marković (1924–2011), Croatian politician, Prime Minister of SFR Yugoslavia 1989–1991 * Antun Marković (born 1992), Croatian footballer *Boban Marković, Serbian Roma trumpet player and leader of a brass music ensemble * Brigitte Markovic, Australian judge * Dragan "Palma" Marković (born 1960), Serbian politician, president of the United Serbia political party *Duško Marković (born 1958), Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of Montenegro 2016-2020 * Filip Marković (born 1992), Serbian footballer, brother of Lazar *Franjo Markovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velimir
Velimir ( sr-cyr, Велимир) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name and sometimes a surname, a Slavic name derived from elements ''vele'' "great" and ''mir'' "peace, prestige". It may refer to: * Velimir Ilić (born 1951), politician *Velimir Ivanović, (born 1978), Serbian footballer * Velimir Jovanović, (born 1987), Serbian footballer *Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), Russian poet and playwright * Velimir Milošević (1937–2004), Montenegrin writer, poet, and editor *Velimir Naumović (1936–2011), Serbian footballer *Velimir Perasović (born 1965), Croatian basketball player * Velimir Radinović, (born 1981), Canadian-Serbian basketball player *Velimir Radman, (born 1983), Croatian footballer *Velimir Sombolac, (1939–2016), Serbian-Yugoslav footballer *Velimir Stjepanović, (born 1993), Serbian swimmer * Velimir Škorpik (1919–1943), Croatian-Yugoslav Partisan commander *Velimir Valenta (1929–2004), Croatian-Yugoslav rower * Velimir Varga (born 1980), Slovenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mišković
Mišković ( sr-cyr, Mишкoвић) is a Serbian and Croatian surname, derived from the male given name '' Miško'' (in Serbo-Croatian, it is derived from the word ''Mišić'', which means "small mouse"). It is borne by ethnic Serbs and Croats ( Imotica and Pag). It may refer to: * Dejan Mišković (footballer) (born 1985), Croatian footballer * Dejan Mišković (basketball) (born 1974), Serbian former basketball player * Miroslav Mišković (born 1945), Serbian businessman * Milorad Mišković (born 1928), Serbian choreographer * Nenad Mišković, Bosnian Serb footballer * Nikola Mišković, (born 1999), Serbian basketball player * Slobodan Mišković (born 1944), Yugoslav handball player * Snežana Mišković "Viktorija", Serbian female rock singer * Peter Miscovich, Croatian inventor * John Miscovich, Croatian-American inventor * Jakub “AstralKid22” Miškovič, Slovakian artist/rapper See also * Mišović Mišović ( sr-cyr, Мишовић) is a Serbian surname, der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
