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Ratkovo
Ratkovo ( sr-cyr, Ратково) is a village located in the Odžaci municipality, West Bačka District, Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the population of the village is 3,411 inhabitants. Name The former name of the town was Parabuć ( sr, Парабућ). In German, it was known as ''Parabutsch'', and in Hungarian as ''Paripás'' or ''Parabuty''. In 1948, it was renamed Ratkovo for , a Yugoslav fighter in the Spanish Civil War. History The village was first mentioned in 1543. During the Ottoman rule (16th-17th century), Parabuć was populated by Serbs. Since the end of the 17th century, the village belonged to the Habsburg monarchy, and since 1781 many Germans settled here besides Serbs. Between 1918 and 1991, it was part of Yugoslavia. Demographics According to the last official census done in 2011, the village of Ratkovo has 3,411 inhabitants. Gallery Image:Ratkovo,_old_house.jpg, Old house Image:Saint_John_of_Nepomuk_Roman_Catholic_Church_in_Ratkovo,_Odžaci,_Vojvodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odžaci
Odžaci ( sr-cyrl, Оџаци, ; hu, Hódság) is a town and municipality located in the West Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town of Odžaci has a population of 8,795 people, while the population of the municipality of Odžaci is 30,196 people (2011 census). Name The name ''Odžaci'' / Оџаци means "chimneys" in Serbian. Formerly, the settlement was also known as ''Odžak'' / Оџак ("chimney"). The Slavic/Serbian word "odžak" (or plural "odžaci") is a modification of the Turkish word "Ocak" (bearing the same pronunciation), meaning "fireplace". In Croatian, the town is also known as ''Odžaci'', in Hungarian as ''Hódság'', and in German as ''Hodschag''. The old Hungarian name of the settlement was "Kéménd", first mentioned in 1522, and meaning "with chimney". Derived from the aforementioned Serbian word "Odžak" was the new Hungarian name "Hódság" (also later called "Hódsági Járás" (Hódsági district)), as well as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boško Perošević
Boško Perošević ( sr-Cyrl, Бошко Перошевић; 17 September 1956 – 13 May 2000) was a Serbian politician and former Chairman of the Executive Council of Vojvodina. Biography Perošević was born in Odžaci and grew up in the near-by village of Ratkovo. He completed elementary and secondary school in Ratkovo and Odžaci, then Higher School of machine engineering and Economical Faculty in Subotica and received his masters degree at the Technological Faculty in Novi Sad. He visited the Soviet Union as a student and in addition to Serbian, he spoke Russian and English. In the specialized magazines he released several professional papers, while as a designer of tools and devices he patented several innovations. He published a study ''Kalupi za injekciono presovanje plastomera'' and together with three co-authors was published a book ''Promenama do uspešnog preduzeća''. In the one time he was worked as an engineer in the industry ''Ivo Lola Ribar'' from Odžaci, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaća Čelan
Kaća Čelan (born August 5, 1956 in Ratkovo, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a writer, director, theatre and acting expert, professor and actress. She is internationally known for being awarded the first prize for the best German-language play from the Bund der Theatergemeinden (Alliance of the German Theatre Community) for her play ' among other awards. Biography Early life Kaća Čelan ( sr-cyrl, Каћа Челан) was born and grew up in Ratkovo (Odžaci), SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia; an area in the multicultural and multifaceted region of Vojvodina, dominated by five cultures and languages: Serbian, Hungarian, German, Ukrainian (Rusyn) and Czech, which influenced and shaped her early childhood. She graduated from the scientific high school in Odžaci and its rigorous classical curriculum with straight A's as best student of her generation. Move to Sarajevo After finishing her high school education, she chose the city of Sarajevo as her "home of choice". Her studies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Populated Places In Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as "urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is given in brackets. The same list in alphabetic order is in List of populated places in Serbia (alphabetic). A Ada Aleksandrovac Aleksinac Alibunar Apatin Aranđelovac Arilje B Babušnica Bač Bačka Palanka Bačka Topola Bački Petrovac Bajina Bašta Barajevo Batočina Bečej Bela Crkva Bela Palanka Beočin Blace Bogatić Bojnik Boljevac Bor Bosilegrad Brus Bujanovac C Crna Trava Č Čačak Čajetina Čoka Čukarica Ć Ćićevac Ćuprija D Despotovac Dimitrovgrad Doljevac G Gadžin Han Golubac Gornji Milanovac Grocka I Inđija Irig Ivanjica J Jagodina K Kanjiža Kikinda Kladovo Knić Knjaževac Koceljeva Kosjerić Kovačica Kovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Cities, Towns And Villages In Vojvodina
This is a list of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina, a province of Serbia. List of largest cities and towns in Vojvodina List of urban settlements in Vojvodina List of all urban settlements (cities and towns) in Vojvodina with population figures from recent censuses: South Bačka District: West Bačka District: North Bačka District: North Banat District: Central Banat District: South Banat District: Syrmia District: The inhabited places of South Bačka District City of Novi Sad – Novi Sad Municipality Hamlets and suburbs: * Bangladeš (Бангладеш) * Kamenjar (Камењар) * Lipov Gaj (Липов Гај) * Nemanovci (Немановци) * Pejićevi Salaši (Пејићеви Салаши) City of Novi Sad – Petrovaradin Municipality Bač Municipality Hamlets and suburbs: * Labudnjača (Лабудњача) * Mali Bač (Мали Бач) * Živa (Жива) Bačka Palanka Municipality Bački Petrovac Municipalit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In Serbia
This is the list of populated places in Serbia (excluding Kosovo), as recorded by the 2002 census, sorted alphabetically by municipalities. Settlements denoted as "urban" (towns and cities) are marked bold. Population for every settlement is given in brackets. The same list in alphabetic order is in List of populated places in Serbia (alphabetic). A Ada Aleksandrovac Aleksinac Alibunar Apatin Aranđelovac Arilje B Babušnica Bač Bačka Palanka Bačka Topola Bački Petrovac Bajina Bašta Barajevo Batočina Bečej Bela Crkva Bela Palanka Beočin Blace Bogatić Bojnik Boljevac Bor Bosilegrad Brus Bujanovac C Crna Trava Č Čačak Čajetina Čoka Čukarica Ć Ćićevac Ćuprija D Despotovac Dimitrovgrad Doljevac G Gadžin Han Golubac Gornji Milanovac Grocka I Inđija Irig Ivanjica J Jagodina K Kanjiža Kikinda Kladovo Knić Knjaževac Koceljeva Kosjerić Kovačica Kovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovica Stanišić
Jovan "Jovica" Stanišić ( sr-cyr, Јован "Јовица" Станишић; born 30 July 1950) is a Serbian former intelligence officer who served as the head of the State Security Service (SDB) within the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia from 1992 until 1998. He was removed from the position in October 1998, months after the outbreak of Kosovo War. Although very little was known about him during the 1990s, he is widely seen as the "mastermind and conductor of controlled chaos" during the large part of Yugoslav Wars. Despite being the closest person to the President of Serbia Slobodan Milošević, with enormous impact on wartime events, he kept permanent contacts with all the factors involved in the conflict. Allegedly, he was removed in 1998 from the key intelligence position due to disagreements with Mirjana Marković and the Minister of Internal Affairs Vlajko Stojiljković, as he opposed the excessive use of force in Kosovo. Stanišić was prosecuted for war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 36 (PDF p. 38/338) also known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe and, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror. Under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire marked the peak of its power and prosperity, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Places In Bačka
Place may refer to: Geography * Place (United States Census Bureau), defined as any concentration of population ** Census-designated place, a populated area lacking its own municipal government * "Place", a type of street or road name ** Often implies a dead end (street) or cul-de-sac * Place, based on the Cornish word "plas" meaning mansion * Place, a populated place, an area of human settlement ** Incorporated place (see municipal corporation), a populated area with its own municipal government * Location (geography), an area with definite or indefinite boundaries or a portion of space which has a name in an area Placenames * Placé, a commune in Pays de la Loire, Paris, France * Plače, a small settlement in Slovenia * Place (Mysia), a town of ancient Mysia, Anatolia, now in Turkey * Place, New Hampshire, a location in the United States * Place House, a 16th-century mansion largely remodelled in the 19th century, in Fowey, Cornwall * Place House, a 19th-century ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Government Of Vojvodina ...
The President of the Government of Vojvodina serves as the head of government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, within the Republic of Serbia. Officeholders Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ; Parties Autonomous Province of Vojvodina ; Parties See also * List of local rulers of Vojvodina * President of the Presidency of SAP Vojvodina *President of the Assembly of Vojvodina {{Chairman of the Executive Council of Vojvodina Politics of Vojvodina Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Security Service (FR Yugoslavia)
The State Security Service ( sr, Ресор државне безбедности, Resor državne bezbednosti; abbr. СДБ / SDB or РДБ / RDB) or simply State Security ( sr, Државна безбедност, Državna bezbednost; abbr. ДБ / DB), was the security agency within the Ministry of the Interior of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia tasked with protecting the country from internal threats. History It was formed in March 1991 after the dissolution of State Security Administration (UDBA). It was dissolved in July 2002 and replaced with Security Information Agency (BIA) on 1 August 2002. Special forces According to the indictment in the series of trials before the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the ''Yugoslav Special Forces'', also known as ''Yugoslav Paramilitaries'', were secretly established by or with the assistance of the State Security Service. Among those were Serb Volunteer Guard (Arkan's Tigers), Special Operations Unit (Red Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija; sk, Juhoslávia; ro, Iugoslavia; cs, Jugoslávie; it, Iugoslavia; tr, Yugoslavya; bg, Югославия, Yugoslaviya ) was a country in Southeast Europe and Central Europe for most of the 20th century. It came into existence after World War I in 1918 under the name of the ''Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes'' by the merger of the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (which was formed from territories of the former Austria-Hungary) with the Kingdom of Serbia, and constituted the first union of the South Slavic people as a sovereign state, following centuries in which the region had been part of the Ottoman Empire and Austria-Hungary. Peter I of Serbia was its first sovereign. The kingdom gained international recog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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