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Kaletinac
Kaletinac ( sr, Калетинац) is a village situated in Gadžin Han municipality in Serbia. Memorial House of Dragutin Matić Kaletinac is the birthplace of Dragutin Matić (1888–1970), a famous Serbian infantry soldier from World War I. His image is widely recognizable in Serbia, from a photograph where he was a lookout of Austro-Hungarian positions. That photograph is often found in military albums, encyclopedias and museums. The house was built by his father Peša, and mother Nevena Matić, shortly before his birth in 1888. The house never changed its appearance since. Nicknamed Hawkeye, Matić was the youngest of 7 children, and gre up in the house. Matić lived in the house with his family, until he died in 1970. In the mid-2000s the initiative was started for his birth house in Kaletinac to be adapted into the museum. The house was abandoned and derelict as all the descendants of the Matić family moved out and some emigrated abroad. In July 2018 it was announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragutin Matić
Dragutin Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Матић; 10 January 1888 – 1 January 1970), known as Hawkeye (Oko sokolovo), was a Serbian military scout during the Balkan Wars and World War I. He participated in all the battles of the Serbian army from 1910 through the end of World War I. A photo of Matić taken in 1914 has become famous and has been featured on media such as postcards and record sleeves, leading Matić to be one of the most noted Serbian soldiers of his era. He died on 1 January 1970 in his native village of Kaletinac, Serbia. Early life and youth (1888–1910) Dragutin Matić was born on 10 January 1888 in the village of Kaletinac on the slopes of Suva Planina. His father Peša and his grandfather Mata raised horses and from early age Matić learned the art of horse riding which later proved to be a decisive factor in recruiting into the cavalry. His mother and father died when he was very young and his oldest brother Đorđe, nicknamed ''Đo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadžin Han
Gadžin Han ( sr-cyr, Гаџин Хан) is a village and municipality located in the Nišava District of the southern Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality has 8,389 inhabitants, from which 1,223 live in Gadžin Han itself. Geography The municipality borders Bela Palanka municipality and City of Niš in the north, Babušnica municipality in the south-east, Vlasotince and Leskovac municipalities in the south, and Doljevac municipality in the west. Settlements Aside from the town of Gadžin Han, the municipality includes the following settlements: * Čagrovac * Ćelije * Donje Dragovlje * Donji Barbeš * Donji Dušnik * Duga Poljana * Dukat * Gare * Gornje Dragovlje * Gornje Vlase * Gornji Barbeš * Gornji Dušnik * Grkinja * Jagličje * Kaletinac * Koprivnica (Gadžin Han) * Krastavče * Ličje * Mali Krčimir * Mali Vrtop * Marina Kutina * Miljkovac * Novo Selo * Ovsinjinac * Ravna Dubrava * Semče * Sopotnica * Šebet * Taskovići * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Serbia
An ''okrug'' is one of the first-level administrative divisions of Serbia, corresponding to a "district" in many other countries (Serbia also has two autonomous provinces at a higher level than districts). The term ''okrug'' (pl. ''okruzi)'' literally means "encircling" and corresponds to in German language. It can be translated as "county", though it is generally rendered by the Serbian government as "district". The Serbian local government reforms of 1992, going into effect the following year, created 29 districts, with the City of Belgrade holding similar authority. Following the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, the districts created by the UNMIK-Administration were adopted by Kosovo. The Serbian government does not recognize these districts. The districts of Serbia are generally named after historical and geographical regions, though some, such as the Pčinja District and the Nišava District, are named after local rivers. Their areas and populations vary, rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Serbia
The municipalities and cities ( sr, општине и градови, opštine i gradovi) are the second level administrative subdivisions of Serbia. The country is divided into 145 municipalities ( sr-Latn, opštine, singular: ; 38 in Southern and Eastern Serbia, 42 in Šumadija and Western Serbia, 37 in Vojvodina and 28 in Kosovo and Metohija) and 29 cities (Serbian Latin: , singular: ; 9 in Southern and Eastern Serbia, 10 in Šumadija and Western Serbia, 8 in Vojvodina and one in Kosovo and Metohija), forming the basic level of local government. Municipalities and cities are the administrative units of Serbia, and they form 29 districts in groups, except the City of Belgrade which is not part of any district. A city may and may not be divided into city municipalities ( sr-Latn, gradske opštine, singular: ) depending on their size. Currently, there are six cities in Serbia with ''city municipalities'': Belgrade, Novi Sad, Niš, Požarevac, Užice and Vranje comprise severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time which is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in a few North African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time (MET, German: MEZ) and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Rome Time, Warsaw Time or even Romance Standard Time (RST). The 15th meridian east is the central axis for UTC+01:00 in the world system of time zones. As of 2011, all member states of the European Union observe summer time (daylight saving time), from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October. States within the CET area switch to Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00) for the summer. In Africa, UTC+01:00 is called West Africa Time (WAT), where it is used by several countries, year round. Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia also refer to it as ''Central European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia. Names Other names which have been applied to Central European Summer Time are Middle European Summer Time (MEST), Central European Daylight Saving Time (CEDT), and Bravo Time (after the second letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet). Period of observation Since 1996, European Summer Time has been observed between 01:00 UTC (02:00 CET and 03:00 CEST) on the last Sunday of March, and 01:00 UTC on the last Sunday of October; previously the rules were not uniform across the European Union. There were proposals ... [...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] |
Dragutin Matić, 1912
Dragutin (Cyrillic: Драгутин) is a masculine given name. Those bearing it include: * Stephen Dragutin of Serbia * Dragutin Topić * Dragutin Dimitrijević * Dragutin Mitić * Dragutin Tadijanović * Dragutin Šurbek * Dragutin Lerman * Dragutin Gavrilović * Dragutin Ristić * Dragutin Zelenović * Dragutin Domjanić * Dragutin Mate * Dragutin Čelić * Dragutin Čermak * Dragutin Babić * Dragutin Esser * Dragutin Novak * Dragutin Vrđuka * Dragutin Gostuški * Dragutin Tomašević * Dragutin Friedrich * Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger * Dragutin Stević-Ranković * Dragutin Brahm * Dragutin Vabec * Dragutin Karoly Khuen-Héderváry See also * Dragutinovo, former village * Dragutinović Dragutinović ( sr, Драгутиновић) is a Serbian patronymic surname derived from a masculine given name Dragutin. Notable people with the surname include: * Branko Dragutinović, football player * Diana Dragutinović, Minister of Finance ..., surname {{given name Slavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their nation state of Serbia, as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. They also form significant minorities in North Macedonia and Slovenia. There is a large Serb diaspora in Western Europe, and outside Europe and there are significant communities in North America and Australia. The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro. Ethnology The identity of Serbs is rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy and traditions. In the 19th century, the Serbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politika
''Politika'' ( sr-Cyrl, Политика; ''Politics'') is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans. Publishing and ownership ''Politika'' is published by Politika novine i magazini (PNM), a joint venture between Politika AD and ''East Media Group''. The current director of PNM is Mira Glišić Simić. PNM also publishes: *''Sportski žurnal'' *'' Politikin zabavnik'' *'' Svet kompjutera'' *''Ilustrovana politika'' *''Bazar'' Editorial history *Vladislav F. Ribnikar (1904–1915) *Miomir Milenović i Jovan Tanović (1915–1941) *Živorad Minović (1985–1991) *Aleksandar Prlja (1991–1994) *Boško Jakšić (1994) *Dragan Hadži Antić (1994–2000) *Vojin Partonić (2000–2001) *Milan Mišić (2001–2005) *Ljiljana Smajlović (2005–2008) *Radmilo Kljajić (2008) *Dragan Bujošević (2008–2013) *Ljiljana Smajlović (2013–2016) *Žarko Rakić (2016- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milovan Vitezović
Milovan Vitezović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Витезовић; 11 September 1944 – 22 March 2022) was a Serbian writer, professor and screenwriter. He wrote poems, novels, essays, prose literature for children, reviews, aphorisms, movies and TV scripts. He published more than forty books and was represented in over fifty various anthologies. His aphorisms were published in a series of European newspapers, such as the Hamburg '' Stern'' and Moscow's ''Sunday Times'', and translated into Greek, Romanian, Hebrew, Swedish and Italian. Vitezović was one of the few Serbian and Yugoslav contemporary writers, whose books were banned and even burned in its first edition – the collection of aphorisms ''Srce me je otkucalo''. His satirical texts were often published in the Serbian magazine ''Jež'' (Hedgehog). He is the author of numerous television dramas and series, texts for theatrical performances and film scripts. Biography Vitezović was born in Vitezovići at Kosj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
