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Immigration To Serbia
Immigration to Serbia is the entry of people for permanent residence in the Republic of Serbia. Based on the United Nations report ''Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2013 Revision'', Serbia had an immigrant population of 532,457 (5.6%). Most immigrants in the country are from elsewhere in the former Yugoslavia. Many Bosnian and Croatian Serbs came to Serbia as refugees during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Serbia is also home to smaller numbers of immigrants from various other countries. Regarding the European migrant crisis, Serbia is part of the major transit route in the Balkans. Notable people *Arkady Vyatchanin (born 1984), swimmer, from Russia * Amjad Migati (born 1951), politician, from Jordan * Arno Gujon (born 1985), humanitarian, from France *Timothy John Byford (1941–2014), film director, from England *George Ostrogorsky (1902–1976), historian, from Russia *Francis Mackenzie (1833–1895), Protestant missionary, from Scotland *Flora Sandes (1876–1956) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emil Hájek
Emil Hájek, sr, Емил Хајек, Emil Hajek, russian: Эми́ль Яросла́вович Га́ек (March 3, 1886, Königgrätz ( cs, Hradec Králové, north-east Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary March 17, 1974, in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) was a Serbian pianist, composer (student of Antonín Dvořák) and music pedagogue of Czech descent. As a professor of piano at the Belgrade Music Academy, he was one of the founders of modern Serbian pianistic school. He was also a founding member and first president of the Association of Musical Artists of Serbia. From 1920 to 1921, he served as director of the Saratov Conservatory. His students included Serbian composer Darinka Simic-Mitrovic Darinka Simic-Mitrovic (born February 19, 1937) is a Serbian author, composer and music educator. Biography Simic-Mitrovic was born in Belgrade. She earned a degree from the Music Academy in Belgrade in 1962, where her teachers included Emil H .... References 188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Diaspora
Serbian diaspora refers to Serbian emigrant communities in the diaspora. The existence of a numerous diaspora of Serbian nationals is mainly a consequence of either economic or political (coercion or expulsion) reasons. There were different waves of Serbian migration, characterized into: #Economic emigration (end of 19th–beginning of 20th c.) #Political emigration (from 1945 up to 1967) of anti-Communist regime members, better known as the Chetnik Immigration #Economic emigration (1967 up to the 1980s) of mostly labourers with mid-level education or professionals of higher education #Political emigration (1990s) refugees of the Yugoslav Wars. The main countries of destination were Germany, Austria, United States, Sweden, Canada and Australia. Based on a 2007 estimate, there were 4.2 to 5.8 million Serbians or people of Serbian origin in the diaspora. The Ministry of Diaspora (MoD) estimated in 2008 that the Serbian diaspora numbered 3,908,000 to 4,170,000, the numbers includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visa Policy Of Serbia
Visitors to Serbia must obtain a visa from one of the Serbian diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries. The Government of Serbia, based on bilateral agreements or unilateral decisions, allows citizens of certain countries and territories to visit Serbia for tourism or business purposes without having to obtain a visa. Citizens of other countries have to obtain a visa from the Embassy or Consulate General of the Republic of Serbia in the country of their principal residence. Visa policy of Serbia is similar to the visa policy of the Schengen Area. Serbia grants visa-free entry to most Schengen Annex II nationalities, except for Brunei, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Kiribati, Malaysia, Mauritius, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nicaragua, Panama, Samoa, Saint Lucia, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Taiwan, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Venezuela. It also grants visa-free entry to several additional countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina Kirsanova
Nina Kirsanova (1898 – 3 February 1989) was one of the most important ballet artists in Belgrade, who distinguished herself as a lead principal dancer, choreographer, head of ballet and ballet teacher. She also spent time as a nurse, archaeologist and actress. Early life Nina Vasilievna Kirsanova was born in Moscow in 1898, to Vasil and Zinaida Vaner. The name "Kirsanova" was used as a stage name. She started her ballet education rather late, at the age of 13, due to her father's disapproval. In 1919 she finished her education in Moscow and the same year married Boris Popov, an opera soloist at The Bolshoi Theatre. Under his influence, she applied for and passed an audition at The Bolshoi Theatre. She never had a chance to perform on the stage of the famous theatre since she fled with her husband to Poland in 1920, and then from there to Serbia in 1923.Beogradski stranci, Turistička organizacija Beograda, 2009. Career Upon her arrival in Belgrade her talent didn't go unnoticed, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Haljecka Petković
Eva Haljecka Petković (1870–1947) was a Serbian physician and an activist for the rights of women doctors. She was the first female gynecologist in the Balkans, the first head of the Department of Maternity and Women's Diseases in Niš, and the first woman who performed a caesarean section in Serbia. Early years and education Eva Haljecka Petković was born in 1870, in a village of Congress Poland, at the border with the Russian Empire. Eva's mother died during her childbirth. Her father, Marko Haljecki, was a construction engineer. Due to the nature of his business, she often traveled with him and moved often. Petković was educated by her father. She completed her primary school in Odessa, and her secondary school in Kiev, where her father worked. After finishing high school, she enrolled in medical school in 1886, studying in University of Bern, and then University of Zurich, where she graduated in 1891. She completed her specialization at the University of Vienna at the sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Titelbah
Vladislav Titelbah ( cz, Vladislav Titelbah; sr-Cyrl, Владислав Тителбах; 1847–1925) was a czechs, Czech-born Serbian painter. In his Watercolor painting, aquarelles and drawings, he depicted rural interiors, persons, and scenes. He also copied Serbian folk embroidery and other products of folk art from Serbia. He made around 1,000 works. Hajduci, V. Titelbah, 1900.jpg, Hajduks, 1900 Knez Lazar, Vladislav Titelbah.jpg, Saint Lazar, Knez Lazar, ca. 1900 Marko Kraljević i Musa Kesedžija.jpg, Prince Marko, Marko Kraljević and Musa Kesedžija, ca. 1900 References Sources * * 1847 births 1925 deaths 19th-century Serbian painters Serbian male painters 20th-century Serbian painters Serbian people of Czech descent Immigrants to the Principality of Serbia Austro-Hungarian emigrants to Serbia 19th-century Serbian male artists 20th-century Serbian male artists {{Serbia-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jara Ribnikar
Jara Ribnikar ( sr-cyr, Јара Рибникар; born Jaroslava Hájková; 23 August 1912 — 30 April 2007) was Yugoslavian and Serbian writer, translator, partisan fighter and politician. She was the second wife of Vladislav S. Ribnikar, journalist and editor-in-chief of Politika, member of the prominent Ribnikar family. She wrote novels, memoires, short stories and poems. Jara Ribnikar was vice-president of the Serbian Literary Guild, president of Serbian (1966-1980) and Yugoslavian PEN Centres and member of the Council of Peoples of the Federal People's Assembly. Biography Ribnikar was born Jaroslava Hájková in Hradec Králové in Bohemia, her father was pianist and composer Emil Hájek. The family moved to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, when Ribnikar was a child. In Belgrade, she married Vladislav S. Ribnikar, one of the owners of the Politika newspapers. In the interwar Yugoslavia, Vladislav supported the clandestine Communist Party of Yugoslavia. In 1941, the meeting of the com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Mihel
Eduard Mihel (Czech language, Czech: Eduard Michl, Rychnov nad Kněžnou, Austrian Empire, 24 June 1864 – Smederevska Palanka, 24 March 1915) was a Serbian physician born in the Austrian Empire. He is remembered as a pioneer of modern forensic pathology. He held several posts, including public hygiene officer at the Sanitary Department at the Ministry of the Interior, a regular member of the Main Sanitary Council (today's Forensic Medicine Board) of the Kingdom of Serbia. He is one of the initiators for the establishment of the Medical Faculty in Belgrade, a member of the commission for taking exams for physicists, a member of the Serbian Medical Association and as a military doctor participant in the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Life and career Born on 24 June 1864, in Rychnov nad Kněžnou, eastern Bohemia, where he finished both elementary and high school. Then, he began his medical studies in Berlin and continued his education in Vienna's School of Medicine, where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Zach
František Zach (; sr, Франтишек Зах/František Zah; 1 May 1807 – 14 January 1892), known as Franjo Zah (Фрањо Зах), was a Czech-born soldier and military theorist, best known for his service to the Principality of Serbia, being the first acting General and Chief of the Serbian General Staff from 1876 to 1877. Zach was known for being a flamboyant freedom fighter and Pan-Slavist, fighting in both the November Uprising in Poland of 1830, as well as in Serbia during the latter half of the 19th century. He played a vital role in the formation of the Načertanije in 1844, which later served as a guideline for the unification of Serbs divided by Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian rule. He was also the first Dean of the Academic Board of the Military Academy in Serbia and its chief from 1850–1859; 1860–1865; and 1868–1874. Biography František Alexander Zach was born on 19 April 1807 in Olomouc, a town in the Margraviate of Moravia, then part of the Austrian Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alois Machek
Alois Machek (known in Serbian as Alojz Mahek/Алојз Махек) was a Czech football player and coach. Considered by Czech historiographers as one of the best Czech players prior First World War,Alois "Lojda" Machek at sportpodbilouvezi.cz, 11-12-2017, retrieved 11-4-2018 he was responsible for the popularization of football in Serbia and Yugoslavia during the first two decades of the 20th century. Machek was born in , , back then part of |
Maria Fjodorovna Zibold
Maria Fjodorovna Zibold (Marie Siebold) (1849–1939), was a Russian and Serbian physician. Born in St. Petersburg, she studied in Zurich and Bern from 1870-1874 and qualified in 1874. She first obtained recognition as a surgeon in a military hospital in Serbia during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877/78 and then practiced in Belgrade from 1878-1888. Exiled for safety reasons, she was active in Constantinople for 17 years, until a harem intrigue led to her expulsion. After unsuccessful practice in Belgrade, she was active in Egyptian hospitals from 1907. On the outbreak of war in 1914, she returned to Serbia and was imprisoned by the Bulgarians with a military hospital in Albania. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zibold 1849 births 1939 deaths Serbian surgeons 19th-century women physicians 19th-century Serbian women Ladies in the Laboratory IV: Imperial Russia's Women in Science, 1800-1900, Page 43 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
