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Radovan Civis
Radovan ( sr-cyr, Радован) is a Slavic male given name, derived from the passive adjective ''radovati'' ("rejoice"), itself from root ''rad-'' meaning "care, joy". It is found in Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria. It is recorded in Serbia since the High Middle Ages. Male variations and diminutives (and nicknames) include Radovanče, Radan, Radánek, Rade, Rado, Radič, Radko, Radvan, Radúz, Radek, and cognates Radomir, Radomil and Radoslav. Female forms include Radka, Radana, Radomirka, Radmila, Radica. Namedays include 13 January in Croatia, and 14 January in Slovakia and Czech Republic. Notable people * Radovan (master), 13th-century Croatian sculptor and architect * Radovan Jelašić, Serbian economist * Radovan Jovićević, Serbian composer, producer and musician * Radovan Karadžić, Bosnian Serb politician and convicted war criminal * Radovan Krej ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ''Rogvolod''), *pъlkъ (''Svetopolk'', ''Yaropolk''), *slavъ (''Vladislav'', ''Dobroslav'', ''Vseslav'') and their derivatives (''Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata'', etc.) * Names from flora and fauna (''Shchuka'' - pike, ''Yersh'' - ruffe, ''Zayac'' - hare, ''Wolk''/'' Vuk'' - wolf, ''Orel'' - eagle) * Names in order of birth (''Pervusha'' - born first, ''Vtorusha''/''Vtorak'' - born second, ''Tretiusha''/''Tretyak'' - born third) * Names according to human qualities (''Hrabr'' - brave, ''Milana/Milena'' - beautiful, ''Milosh'' - cute) * Names containing the root of the name of a pagan deities (''Troyan'', ''Perunek/Peruvit'', ''Yarovit'', ''Stribor'', ''Šventaragis'', ''Veleslava'') A number of names from Slavic roots appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radomir (given Name)
Radomir (Cyrillic script: Радомир) is a Slavic origin given name. The etymology of the original form of the name, Radomer, is from ''rat'' - old Slavonic for war - and ''mer'' "merit, ability", i.e. "able warrior". However, modern popular understanding in most Slavic languages would link the name to ''rad'' "care, joy, love" and ''mir'' "peace, world, fame". Feminine form: Radomira. Nicknames: Radek, Radko, Mirek, Mirko, Rado, Racho, Radka (f), Mirka (f). The usual nickname derived from Radomir is Rasha. The name is very popular in Bulgaria and Serbia List of people with the given name Radomir * Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria, medieval tsar *Radomir Antić, Serbian former football defender and former football manager for the Serbian national team *Radomir Đalović, Montenegrin football player * Radomir Lazović, Serbian politician and activist *Radomir Mihajlović, Serbian rock guitarist, also known as Točak *Radomir Putnik, Serbian Field Marshal (''vojvoda'') and Chief of Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Zogović
Radovan Zogović (Cyrillic: Радован Зоговић) (18 August 1907 – 5 January 1986) was a Montenegrin poet. He was born in Mašnica, Plav, in northeastern Montenegro on 19 August 1907. Before World War II he lived in Skopje, Zagreb and Belgrade, working as a literary critic and a secondary school teacher, and joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. His first book of poetry, ''Glineni golubovi'' (Clay Pigeons, 1937), was banned by the Yugoslav royal regime. He joined the Partisans in 1941, and after World War II he was briefly one of the most prominent figures in Yugoslav government, as head of the propaganda of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, authoring several programmatic and polemical articles and criticism from the standpoint of dogmatic real socialism (''Na poprištu'', "At the scene", 1948). He was expelled from the League of Communists and put under house arrest in 1948 in connection with the Tito-Stalin split. He was accused of being Stalinist and for Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Vujović
Radovan Vujović (born 8 September 1984) is a Serbian actor, comedian and director. After graduating Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade in 2005, he became a member of the Boško Buha Theatre. Since 2010, he works as a member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre ensemble. In 2006, he made his first lead role in '' Šejtanov ratnik''. He has since starred in numerous films, including ''We Will Be the World Champions'' (2015), '' ZG80'' (2016), '' Offenders'' (2017) and '' King Petar of Serbia'' (2018). He is perhaps best known for his critically lauded role as Radisav Risović Ris in the successful television series '' Vojna akademija'' (2012-2017), and films '' Vojna akademija'' (2012) and '' Vojna akademija 2'' (2013). Biography A native of the western Serbian city Užice, he graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade in the class of Biljana Mašić. He was hired as a member in the Boško Buha Theatre upon graduation. He performed in the theatre from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Sloboda (politician)
Radovan Sloboda ( in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak politician, an entrepreneur and a sports manager. He has been a Member of National Council of The Slovak Republic since 2020. He represents a political party, Freedom and Solidarity. He is also a member of Council of Slovak Tennis Association and the chairman of Tennis Club of Baseline Banská Bystrica. Early life Radovan Sloboda was born in Teplice. He studied Economics of Transportation at the University of Economics in Prague. After having graduated from the university, he stayed and worked in Prague. Then he came back to the Slovak Republic and he started a business. He has been engaged in sports issues since 1999, he represents sports movement in National Council of The Slovak Republic. He also works as a member of Council of Slovak Tennis Association and he is also the chairman of Tennis Club of TC Baseline Banská Bystrica. Political career Radovan Sloboda was elected for a MP of National Council of The Slovak Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Sloboda (ice Hockey)
Radovan Sloboda (born 7 November 1982) is a Slovak professional ice hockey player who played with HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga The Tipos Extraliga (Slovak Extraliga) is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From the 2018–19 season to the 2020–21 season, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. In 2009, it was ranked by the IIHF as the fifth stro .... He also played for HK Skalica, HK Liptovský Mikuláš, HC Šumperk and MsHK Žilina. References 1982 births Living people Slovak ice hockey defencemen HC Slovan Bratislava players Ice hockey people from Bratislava {{Slovakia-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Lukavský
Radovan Lukavský (1 November 1919 – 10 March 2008) was a Czech theatre and film actor. Lukavský was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1919. He graduated from high school in Český Brod, before continuing his education at the Charles University, where he studied French and English literature. However, at the onset of the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, Lukavský was sent to a forced labor camp. He completed his studies at the Charles University only after being released from the camp. He also studied acting at Prague's conservatory. Lukavský got his first acting job in 1946 at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague district of Vinohrady. He was reportedly usually cast as honest characters due to his appearance and voice. He was offered a position at the National Theatre in Prague in 1957. He continued to work as an actor at the National Theatre for over fifty years. His most famous roles at the theatre included that of Puck in William Shakespeare’s ''Midsummer Night's Dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Krejčíř
Radovan Krejčíř (born 4 November 1968) is a Czech former organized crime boss and convicted criminal who is serving a prison term in South Africa and is being sought for extradition by the Czech government. He has been sentenced to 15.5 years in the Czech Republic and 35 years in South Africa. He became rich through criminal activity during the 1990s and was considered one of the richest people in the Czech Republic. Krejčíř fled from the country shortly after being arrested in June 2005 and resided in the Seychelles. In 2012, he was sentenced in absentia to eight years of imprisonment for fraud totalling CZK 108,000,000. In November, 2013, he was arrested and charged with kidnapping and attempted murder in South Africa. The trial started in May 2014. In August 2015, he was found guilty of attempted murder, assault and kidnapping, among other things. Other trials are still in progress. In Johannesburg, on 23 February 2016, Radovan Krejčíř has been sentenced to 35-years in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžić ( sr-cyr, Радован Караџић, ; born 19 June 1945) is a Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet. He was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He was the president of Republika Srpska during the Bosnian War. Trained as a psychiatrist, he co-founded the Serb Democratic Party in Bosnia and Herzegovina and served as the first president of Republika Srpska from 1992 to 1996. He was a fugitive from 1996 until July 2008, after having been indicted for war crimes by the ICTY. The indictment concluded there were reasonable grounds for believing he committed war crimes, including genocide against Bosniak and Croat civilians during the Bosnian War (1992–1995). While a fugitive, he worked at a private clinic in Belgrade, specializing in alternative medicine and psychology, under an alias. He was arrested in Belgrade on 21 July 2008 and bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Jovićević
Radovan Jovićević ( sr-Cyrl, Радован Јовићевић) is a Serbian pop-rock/folk music composer, producer and band leader. Born in Belgrade on 31 January 1956, he has lived in New York City since 1999. Balkan Years Radovan’s career began at the end of the seventies, when he established Zana, the first Balkan band that successfully combined new wave sound with commercial pop. Helped by keyboardist Zoran Živanović, singer Zana Nimani (his high school girlfriend) and Marina Tucaković (the most successful lyricist in Yugoslav pop/folk music), Radovan paved the way of commercial success for many other young new wave bands in Yugoslavia. Although Zana’s first album ''Loše vesti uz rege za pivsku flašu'' was experimental with sound, the second, ''Dodirni mi kolena'', was pop-oriented and sold in over 500,000 copies. Songs from this album are still being covered by contemporary pop-rock bands in the Balkans. Their third album ''Natrag na voz'' was another success th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan Jelašić
Radovan Jelašić ( sr-cyr, Радован Јелашић; hu, Jelasity Radován; born 19 February 1968) is a Hungarian-Serbian economist who served as the Governor of the National Bank of Serbia from 2004 to 2010. He has been the CEO of Erste Bank Hungary since June 2011 and is also the chairman of the Hungarian Banking Association. Biography Jelašić completed his secondary education at Serbian school 'Nikola Tesla' in Budapest. In 1992, Jelašić graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics and went on to obtain a master's degree of Business in Finance at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Jelašić began his banking career with Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, where he worked for four years as a Regional Manager for Central and Eastern Europe. In 1999 he moved to McKinsey & Company in Frankfurt, working on banking projects in Germany, Poland and Bulgaria. The projects were related to credit financing, privatization, corporate takeovers, organizational rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radovan (master)
Radovan ( la, Raduan) was Kingdom of Croatia (1102–1526), Croatian sculpture, sculptor and architect who lived in Trogir in the 13th century. In Croatian he is commonly referred to as ' or "Master Radovan". Virtually no information exists about the personality and career of this artist, save for his monumental Romanesque architecture, Romanesque portal (architecture), portal of the Trogir cathedral. Radovan inscribed his name and the year of making of the main portal, 1240, on the lunette above the entrance: The text informs us that master Radovan was the best in the art of sculpture and that the project was completed in the time when a Tuscany, Tuscan, Treguan from Florence, had been the bishop of Trogir. That Radovan was a native son of Trogir ''(Traù)'' is attested, among other things, by his name, which figures frequently in Trogir's municipal archives in the 13th century. The portal consists of four parts: on the doorjamb, the nude figures of Adam and Eve, supported by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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