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Radivoje Milojković
Radivoje Milojković ( sr-Cyrl, Радивоје Милојковић; 9 January 1833 – 16 December 1888) was a Serbian politician. In the aftermath of Prince Mihailo's assassination in 1868, he served as Interior Minister under several Liberal governments of the 1870s and 1880s, as well as Prime Minister during the regency of Jovan Ristić, Milivoje Blaznavac and Jovan Gavrilović from 1869 to 1872. During this time, he was a close ally of Jovan Ristić. Milojković's time as Interior Minister set the foundations of police work in Serbia. He was considered a highly effective if authoritarian minister who persecuted both supporters of the ousted Karađorđević dynasty, as well as early socialists and supporters of Svetozar Marković. Early life Radivoje Milojković was born on the third day of Christmas, in the village of Glogovac, Požarevac ''okrug'' (later renamed Kušiljevo). His father was Milojko Živanović, a local merchant, and his mother's name was Velika. Velika ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kušiljevo
Kušiljevo is a village in the municipality of Svilajnac, 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 Bas .... According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 2569 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. References Populated places in Pomoravlje District {{PomoravljeRS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan Gavrilović
Jovan Gavrilović (Vukovar, Habsburg monarchy, 3 November 1796 – Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 29 July 1877) was a Serbian historian, politician, statesman, and public figure. He was the first president of the Serbian Learned Society, the forerunner of the Serbian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Gavrilović was also the benefactor of the teachers' association. During the fifty years of his life in Serbia's capital, he was a government official, diplomat, prince's deputy, a people's benefactor and more. A monument erected in his honor adorns Belgrade's Kalemegdan park. Biography Gavrilović was born into the family of a wealthy merchant Trivun Gavrilović in Vukovar, in 1796. In addition to material wealth, the Gavrilović family was also highly educated and Trivun Gavrilović boasted that he provided all of his children with a good education. Jovan started his education in Vukovar, and continued it at the Evangelical Lyceum in Bratislava, Pécs, Sremski Karlovci, Szeged, and Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstantin Cukić
Konstantin "Kosta" Cukić ( sr-cyr, Константин Коста Цукић; 1826 – 1879) was an economist and minister of finance and education in the government of Prince Mihailo Obrenović. At the end of the nineteenth century, he was one of several men who stood out in Serbia in economic thought, alongside Kosta Cukić, Dimitrije Matić, Čedomilj Mijatović, and Mihailo V. Vujić. In philosophy, Cukić was a Kantian in influence. Biography Konstantin Lazarević Cukić was born in Karanovac (Kraljevo) on 13 April 1826, according to the old Julian Calendar. His father, Petar Lazarević, was the son-in-law of the Duke of the First Serbian Uprising, Pavle Cukić, a member of the Assembly, the highest legislative and governing body in Serbia. Mother Ana was the daughter of Petar Nikolajević Moler, the hero of the First Serbian Uprising. He completed elementary school in Kraljevo and Kruševac and lower grammar school in Kragujevac. He went to Vienna in 1838/39 and initially s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenders Of The Constitution
The Defenders of the Constitution ( sr, Уставобранитељи, ''Ustavobranitelji'') was a political regime that achieved power in Serbia in 1842 by overthrowing young Prince Mihailo Obrenović. History Led by Toma Vučić Perišić and later Ilija Garašanin, Serbian Ministers, calling themselves the Defenders of the Constitution, were concerned about the welfare of the Serbian people, but were also obsessed with the increasing power of the state. The acts of the Defenders of the Constitution also foreshadowed the 1848 revolution in the region, when the Hungarians demanded national rights in the Austrian Empire. The Habsburg Dual Monarchy (the Emperor of Austria was also the King of Hungary) denied these national rights to the Hungarians as well as those of other nationalities that occupied the Kingdom of Hungary. This created a war between Hungary and Serbia. As a matter of government reform, the Defenders wanted better order in their administration. However, they a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Of Serbian Youth
The Association of Serbian Youth ( sr, Дружина младежи српске / ''Družina mladeži srpske'') was the first student organisation in Serbia, founded in 1847 by the students of the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia. Among the founders were Jevrem Grujić and Petar Protić Sokoljanin. This organisation was banned and disestablished in 1851 because of their criticism of the Defenders of the Constitution. See also *Liberal Party (Kingdom of Serbia) The Liberal Party ( sr, Либерална странка, Liberalna stranka; abbr. ЛС or LS) was a political party in the Kingdom of Serbia that existed from 1883 to 1895 and was led by historian Jovan Ristić and lawyer Jovan Avakumović (18 ... References {{Reflist Defunct organizations based in Serbia 19th century in Serbia 1847 establishments in Serbia Organizations established in 1847 1851 disestablishments Political history of Serbia Principality of Serbia Student organizations in Serbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tihomilj Nikolić
Tihomilj Nikolić also nicknamed Teša (1832 – 1886) was a Serbian general and manager of the Military Academy in Belgrade. He succeeded the Minister of Defence Kosta Protić in August 1875. Biography Tihomilj Nikolić or Teša as everyone called him was born in Kragujevac, where he attends primary school. He graduated from the Grande école and the Military Academy, and trained as artillery lieutenant in Belgium. He also graduated from the Royal Military Academy, then called ''École royale militaire''. As a state cadet, he continued his training (artillery) abroad, in Belgium, France and Germany. Upon his return to Serbia, he joined the army as an artillery commander in Užice. In 1858, he was elected professor at the Military Academy in Belgrade and was promoted to the rank of major, who commanded a battery. Later, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, he was a personal companion of Prince Milan Obrenović. In 1873, as a colonel, he commanded the Belgrade garrison. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnasium (school)
''Gymnasium'' (and variations of the word) is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university. It is comparable to the US English term '' preparatory high school''. Before the 20th century, the gymnasium system was a widespread feature of educational systems throughout many European countries. The word (), from Greek () 'naked' or 'nude', was first used in Ancient Greece, in the sense of a place for both physical and intellectual education of young men. The latter meaning of a place of intellectual education persisted in many European languages (including Albanian, Bulgarian, Estonian, Greek, German, Hungarian, the Scandinavian languages, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovak, Slovenian and Russian), whereas in other languages, like English (''gymnasium'', ''gym'') and Spanish (''gimnasio''), the former meaning of a place for physical education was retained. School structure Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smederevo
Smederevo ( sr-Cyrl, Смедерево, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Podunavlje District in eastern Serbia. It is situated on the right bank of the Danube, about downstream of the Serbian capital, Belgrade. According to the 2011 census, the city has a population of 64,105, with 108,209 people living in its administrative area. Its history starts in the 1st century BC, after the conquest of the Roman Empire, when there existed a settlement by the name of ''Vinceia''. The modern city traces its roots back to the Late Middle Ages when it was the capital (1430–39, and 1444–59) of the last independent Serbian state before Ottoman conquest. Smederevo is said to be the city of iron ( sr, / ) and grapes (). Names In Serbian, the city is known as ''Smederevo'' (Смедерево), in Latin, Italian, Romanian and Greek as ''Semendria'', in Hungarian as ''Szendrő'' or ''Vég-Szendrő'', in Turkish as ''Semendire''. The name of Smederevo was first r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bela Crkva
Bela Crkva ( sr-cyrl, Бела Црква, ; german: Weißkirchen; hu, Fehértemplom; ro, Biserica Albă) is a town and municipality located in the South Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 8,868, while the Bela Crkva municipality has 17,285 inhabitants. Bela Crkva lakes at the outskirts of the town are a popular summer tourist destination. Name The name of the town ''Bela Crkva'' means "white church" in Serbian. In Romanian, the town is known as ''Biserica Albă'' (formerly Albești), in German as ''Weißkirchen'', in Hungarian as ''Fehértemplom'' (formerly Fejéregyház), and in Turkish as ''Aktabya''. History Neolithic findings of ceramics and burial with Greek-style pots dating to late fifth century BC are founded in the area. The town was founded in 1717 when this region was included into the Habsburg monarchy. It was part of the Banatian Military Frontier of the Monarchy and, since 1774, was a seat of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okrug
An ''okrug, ; russian: о́круг, ókrug; sr, округ, okrug, ; uk, о́круг, о́kruh; be, акруга, akruha; pl, okręg; ab, оқрҿс; mhr, йырвел, '' is a type of administrative division in some Slavic states. The word ''okrug'' is a loanword in English, alternatively translated as ''area'', ''district'', or ''region''. Etymologically, ''okrug'' literally means ' circuit'. In meaning, the word is similar to the German term ''Bezirk'' ('district') and the French word ''arrondissement''; all of which refer to something "encircled" or "surrounded". Bulgaria In Bulgaria, ''s'' are the abolished primary unit of the administrative division and implied "districts" or "counties". They existed in the postwar Bulgaria between 1946 and 1987 and corresponded approximately to today's oblasts. Poland As historical administrative subdivisions of Poland, existed in the later part of the Congress Poland period, from 1842, when the name was applied to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Požarevac
Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011, the city has a population of 44,183 while the city administrative area has 75,334 inhabitants. Name In Serbian, the city is known as ''Požarevac'' (Пожаревац), in Romanian as ''Pojarevăț'' or ''Podu Lung'', in Turkish as ''Pasarofça'', in German as ''Passarowitz'', and in Hungarian as ''Pozsarevác''. The name means "fire-town" in Serbian (In this case, the word "fire" is used in the sense of a disaster). History Ancient times In ancient times, the area was inhabited by Thracians, Dacians, and Celts. There was a city at this locality known as '' Margus'' in Latin after the Roman conquest in the first century BC. In 435, the city of Margus, under the Eastern Roman Empire, was the site of a treaty between the Byzantine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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