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Dikan
''Dikan'' (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Дикан'') is a Yugoslav comic strip. The comic follows the adventures of the title character and his uncle Vukoje as they travel around the Balkans as early Slavic scouts during the 6th century. During the 1970s, ''Dikan'' was one of the most popular comics in Yugoslavia. ''Dikan'' was originally created in 1969 by artist Lazo Sredanović for '' Politikin Zabavnik'' magazine. Since that date, 24 Dikan stories were published in the magazine. History The creation of ''Dikan'' is linked to the changes in '' Politikin Zabavnik'' magazine. In 1968, ''Politikin Zabavnik'' switched from newspaper to magazine format, and the magazine's editor-in-chiefs, Nikola Lekić, thought that the magazine should, beside foreign comics, publish a domestic comic based on national history, perhaps modeled after ''Asterix''. Lekić asked several artists to send their ideas about an early Slavic hero to the magazine. The working title of the comic was ''Bikan''. On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas (mythology), Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus (dialogue), Timaeus'' and ''Critias (dialogue), Critias'', wherein it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the Counterfactual history, pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state in ''The Republic (Plato), The Republic''. In the story, Athens repels the Atlantean attack unlike any other nation of the Ecumene, known world, supposedly bearing witness to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. The story concludes with Atlantis falling out of favor with the deities and submerging into the Atlantic Ocean. Despite its minor importance in Plato's work, the Atlantis story has had a considerable impact on literature. The allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, such as Francis Bacon's ''New Atlantis'' and Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pošta Srbije
Pošta Srbije ( sr-Cyrl, Пошта Србије, lit=Post of Serbia) is the national postal service of Serbia, with the headquarters in Belgrade. Public postal service was first introduced in Serbia in 1840. The first stamp was printed in 1866. In 1874 it founded the Universal Postal Union together with 21 other countries. History * 1840 – First public postal service introduced in Serbia * 1866 – The first Postal Law was passed and the first postal stamp was issued. * 1874 – Serbia among 21 founding members of Universal Postal Union in Bern, Switzerland. * 1945 – Serbian Post becomes state-owned enterprise. * 1989 – Serbian post restructured as Public Enterprise of PTT Saobraćaja "Srbija". * 1997 – PTT Saobraćaja "Srbija" transformed into holding company (Telekom Srbija founded). * 2001 – Serbia re-entered the Universal Postal Union * 2003 – Rail transport of postal items discontinued. * 2005 – New Postal Services Law enacted. * 2010 – Law on Postal Services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade Marathon
The Belgrade Marathon is a marathon race held annually in Belgrade since 1988. It is typically held in mid-April and also features a half marathon and a fun run for the public. The Belgrade Marathon is one of the biggest sporting events in Serbia. History A marathon existed in 1910 from Obrenovac to Belgrade. A group of enthusiasts came up with a plan to restore the 1910 Racing, race. The first modern marathon in Belgrade took place on . It was long, and only Yugoslavian athletes participated. The track length of the 1989 Marathon (sports), marathon was , with the start and finish being in front of the National Assembly of Serbia, Federal Parliament Building. Since 1990 the Belgrade Marathon has a standard length. The 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia did not prevent the marathon from taking place that year, and on April 17 the race was held as a metered group run. About 40 runners from nine countries crossed the finish line at 3 hours 15 minutes and 16 seconds. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kvass
Kvass is a fermented cereal-based Alcohol by volume, low alcoholic beverage with a slightly cloudy appearance, light-brown colour and sweet-sour taste. It may be flavoured with berries, fruits, herbs or honey. Kvass stems from the northeastern part of Europe, where the grain production is thought to have been insufficient for beer to become a daily drink. The first written mention of kvass is found in the ''Primary Chronicle'', describing the celebration of Vladimir the Great's baptism in 996. In the traditional method, kvass is made from a mash obtained from rye bread or rye flour and malt soaked in hot water, fermented for about 12 hours with the help of sugar and bread yeast or baker's yeast at a room temperature. In industrial methods, kvass is produced from wort concentrate combined with various grain mixtures. It is a popular drink in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Baltic countries, Finland and some parts of China. Terminology The word ''kvass'' is ultimately from Proto-Indo-Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BIP Brewery
Beogradska industrija piva (abbr. BIP; full legal name: ''a.d. Beograd'') is a Serbian brewery which declared bankruptcy in September 2015. Its headquarters were in Belgrade, Serbia. The brewery was founded in 1839, although it has operated under the current name ''Beogradska industrija Piva'' (''BIP'') since January 1963. In addition to a range of beers, the brewery produced soft drinks, vinegar, and yeast. Predecessors Weinhappl-Bajloni brewery (1839) BIP's oldest predecessor was founded in 1839 by the Czech milling expert Johan Weinhappl from Sremska Mitrovica. It was a facility for cooking barley juice. At the time, the brewery was not in the BIP's modern location at the Mostar Interchange, but its exact location is unknown (Vračar, Skadarlija). After the brewery in Savamala was opened by the royal family, Weinhappl's lost market. Filip Đorđević previously purchased the equipment from Weinhappl's brewery, and founded a new brewery in 1850. He installed it in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth Work Actions
Youth work actions (Serbo-Croatian: ''Omladinske radne akcije'', often abbreviated to ''ORA'', Slovenian: ''Mladinske delovne akcije'') were organized voluntary labor activities of young people in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The actions were used to build public infrastructure such as roads, railways, and public buildings, as well as industrial infrastructure. The youth work actions were organized on local, republic, and federal levels by the Young Communist League of Yugoslavia, and participants were organized into youth work brigades, generally named after their town or a local national hero. Important projects built by youth work brigades include the Brčko-Banovići railway, the Šamac-Sarajevo railway, parts of New Belgrade, and parts of the Highway of Brotherhood and Unity, which stretches from northern Slovenia to southern Macedonia. Initial actions were organized during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mascot
A mascot is any human, animal, or object thought to bring luck, or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fictional, representative spokespeople for consumer products. In sports, mascots are also used for merchandising. Team mascots are often related to their respective team nicknames. This is especially true when the team's nickname is something that is a living animal and/or can be made to have humanlike characteristics. For more abstract nicknames, the team may opt to have an unrelated character serve as the mascot. For example, the athletic teams of the University of Alabama are nicknamed the Crimson Tide, while their mascot is an elephant named Big Al. Team mascots may take the form of a logo, person, live animal, inanimate object, or a costumed character, and often appear at team matches and other related events, sports mascots are of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. ''Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milivoj Jugin
Milivoj Jugin (22 August 1925, Kikinda - 20 January 2013) was a Yugoslav and Serbian aeronautical engineer, constructor, publicist and popularizer of science. History Under influence of family friend Kosta Sivčev, an aircraft designer, Jugin graduated aerospace engineering on Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of Belgrade University, and then he continued his education in the Soviet Union. Jugin was part of engineering team led by Sivčev and Zlatko Rendulić that designed Yugoslav first mass-produced jet Soko G-2 Galeb. He was an expert commentator on Belgrade Television, and participated in many astronautical congresses, including at the 1968 United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE I) held in Vienna. He visited the Cape Kennedy cosmodrome twice in the US and stayed in the Star City of the Soviet cosmonauts near Moscow. Jugin has collaborated in numerous newspapers and magazines and, as expert, reported live from Cape Kennedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
