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Stevan Popov
Stevan Popov (; 12 June 1947 - 3 June 2015) was a Yugoslav Airlines pilot and reserve Yugoslav army officer. Popov is best known for his role in evacuating civilians from Sarajevo in 1992 during the Bosnian war, and subsequently evacuating the Yugoslav football team from Sweden. Early life Popov was born in the family of a teacher in Izbište in Yugoslavia in 1947. He became a pilot for Yugoslav airlines (JAT) and a reserve officer in the Yugoslav military. Break-up of Yugoslavia Evacuation of Sarajevo During the Bosnian war, between 17 April and 3 May 1992, Popov, flying the Boeing 707 freight aircraft "Kikaš" (so-called because it had been seized from the Croatian-Canadian businessman Anton Kikaš when he attempted to smuggle arms to Croatia in it) successfully evacuated about 40,000 people from Sarajevo airport during fighting in and around the city. Each flight between Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Batajnica, Serbia (near Belgrade) took on average between 12 and 15 minutes. Popov did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izbište
Izbište ( sr-Cyrl, Избиште, ; hu, Izbistye) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Vršac municipality, in the South Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (86.74%) and its population is 1,464 according to the 2011 census. Name In Serbian, the village is known as ''Izbište'' (Избиште), in Romanian as ''Pârneaora'', in Hungarian as ''Izbistye'', and in German as ''Izbischte''. The first written evidence The oldest preserved written document in which the mentioned populated place Izbište dates from 1660, and it follows that from 1666 year. In both cases it is a hand written scrapbook of Serbian Orthodox Church priest, who keeps track of the contributions of households. Scrapbook or "Katastig", as was then called, contains a list of financial and commodity contributions, which are, by any obligation or voluntarily, are given to Serbian Patriarchate of Peć. This document is now stored in the Library of Serbian Pat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |