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Serb Cultural Club
The Serbian Cultural Club ( sr, Srpski kulturni klub, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Српски културни клуб; SKK) was a short-lived but influential grouping of mainly Belgrade-based Serb intellectuals of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the years immediately before the outbreak of World War II. The organization pushed for the advance of Serbian national interest in Yugoslavia, following Croatian autonomy (1939). After the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the president of the SKK, Slobodan Jovanović went into exile with the government, but several members remained behind in Yugoslavia and developed a Serb-centric ideological framework for the Chetniks of Draža Mihailović. History Formation The Serbian Cultural Club was founded in 1937 by influential Serb intellectuals of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Its mission was to "work on fostering Serbian culture within Yugoslavism". It explicitly stated that it was not tied to any political ideology and that people of various pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-governmental Organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in humanitarianism or the social sciences; they can also include clubs and associations that provide services to their members and others. Surveys indicate that NGOs have a high degree of public trust, which can make them a useful proxy for the concerns of society and stakeholders. However, NGOs can also be lobby groups for corporations, such as the World Economic Forum. NGOs are distinguished from international and intergovernmental organizations (''IOs'') in that the latter are more directly involved with sovereign states and their governments. The term as it is used today was first introduced in Article 71 of the newly-formed United Nations' Charter in 1945. While there is no fixed or formal definition for what NGOs are, they are genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Mićić
Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mononymously known as Petar include: * Petar of Serbia ( – 917), early Prince of the Serbia * Petar of Duklja (), early archont in Dioclea * Petar Krešimir (died 1074/1075), King of Croatia and Dalmatia * * Notable people with the name are numerous: * See also * Sveti Petar (other) * Petrić * Petričević Petričević ( sr-cyr, Петричевић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Petrič'', a diminutive of Petar. It may refer to: * Bogdan Petričević (born 1989), Montenegrin handball player * Luka Petričević (born 1992) ... References {{reflist Serbian masculine given names Bulgarian masculine given names Croatian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevan Jakovljević
Stevan Jakovljević ( sr-cyr, Стеван Јаковљевић; 7 December 1890 – 2 November 1962) was a Serbian author, biologist and professor. He is most known as the author of the novel ''Likovi u senci'' and the trilogy ''Srpska trilogija''. Biography Jakovljević graduated with a degree in biology from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy where he also later earned his doctorate. He was a professor at the University's Faculty of Pharmacy. As an officer in the Royal Serbian Army, he fought in the Serbian Campaign of World War I. During World War II, he was held in Italian and German prisoner-of-war (POW) camps. Jakovljević was a professor at the University of Belgrade and its rector from 1945 to 1950. He was also a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Published work He made a name for himself in the literary world with his trilogy of novels published in 1937 titled ''Srpska trilogija'' which consist of the novels ''Devetstočetrnaesta'' (193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mladen Žujović
Mladen Žujović (1895—1969) was Serbian and Yugoslav attorney and professor of Law at Belgrade University. He was known as member of British-supported secret society Konspiracija and during the World War II as a member of the Central National Committee of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and since 1943 commander of Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland in Dalmatia, Lika and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina. Biography Žujović was born on 5 June 1895 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia. He was attorney PhD and professor at Belgrade University. On 8 August 1938 a secret society Konspiracija, established to perform coup d etat and overthrow regime of Prince Pavle with support of United Kingdom had their first meeting presided by Slobodan Jovanović in a house of Žujović. Dragiša Vasić, Milan Žujović and Milan Nikolić were members of the Executive Council of the ''Conspiracy''. Together with Dragiša Vasić, Žujović created a plan to establish Central National Committee of the King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubomir Pokorni
Ljubomir Pokorni (8 June 1872, in Nova Gradiška, Slavonia, Austria-Hungary – 1 December 1944, in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia) was a Serbian Army general who earlier in his career participating in the Macedonian Struggle, Balkan Wars and the Great War as a colonel. Between the First and Second World War, he was also an adjutant to both King Peter I and King Alexander I. He also served as the 20th Dean of the Academic Board of the Military Academy (1924-1927). Biography Ljubomir Pokorni was born in 1872 in Nova Gradiška in Slavonia, then part of the Habsburg Empire. He completed his elementary schooling in his hometown before moving to Belgrade, Serbia. There he graduated from the Gymnasium and enrolled in the Artillery School of the Military Academy on 16 September 1889. Upon graduation, on 16 September 1892, he was promoted to lieutenant and from then on more promotion followed: in 1903 during the Struggle for Macedonia he received the rank of captain; during the Second Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Živko Pavlović (general)
Živko Pavlović, also known as Moler Požarevački (19th century), was a Serbian icon painter.Павле Васић: „Живко Павловић молер пожаревачки и његово доба“, Пожаревац, 1968. године, 54 стране. Pavlović was taught painting by Josif Petrović (1825-1877), the son of priest Jakov Petrović. He painted the Church of St. Nicholas in 1825 in his native village of Kisiljevo, the iconostasis of the Church of the Assumption of the Lord in Čačak, from 1841 to 1845, the iconostasis and the wall paintings of Zaova Monastery between 1845 and 1849. Živko Pavlović also collaborated with other artists on Serbian Orthodox Church commissions. For example, he and Jovan Stergević (better known as Jania Moler) painted the iconostasis of the Church of St. Stephen in Ivanjica (1836-1838), and with Nikola Janković of Ohrid—the icons for the Sretenje monastery in 1844. He also worked at Nimnik Monastery in 1841. In 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miodrag Filipović
Miodrag ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг) is a South Slavonic, for all purposes almost exclusively Serbian, masculine given name, derived from ''mio'' ("tender, cute") and '' drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavonic dithematic names. It may refer to: * Miodrag Anđelković, Serbian footballer * Miodrag Belodedici, Romanian football central defender *Miodrag Božović, Montenegrin football manager and former player *Miodrag Bulatović, Montenegrin Serb novelist and playwright *Miodrag Džudović, Montenegrin footballer * Miodrag "Skale" Gvozdenović, Montenegrin volleyball player *Miodrag Ješić, Serbian footballer and football manager *Miodrag Jovanović (footballer born 1922), Serbian footballer * Miodrag Jovanović (footballer born 1977), Serbian footballer * Miodrag Koljević, Montenegrin diplomat in Russian Federation * Miodrag Kojadinović, Serbian-Canadian writer and researcher * Miodrag Krivokapić (actor), Serbian actor * Miodrag Krivokapić (footballer), Montenegrin form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Jovičić
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihailo Konstantinović
Mihailo ( sr-cyr, Михаило) or Mihajlo () is a Serbian masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name '' Michael''. Common as a given name among Serbs, it is an uncommon surname. It may refer to: * Mihailo Vojislavljević ( fl. 1050–d. 1081)), King of Duklja * Mihailo Ovčarević (fl. 1550–79), Habsburg Serb commander * Mihailo Đurić (b. 1925), Serbian philosopher, retired professor, and academic * Mihailo Janković (d. 1976), Serbian architect * Mihailo Jovanović (b. 1975), Serbian footballer * Mihailo Lalić (1914–1992), Montenegrin and Serbian novelist * Mihailo Marković (1927-2010), Serbian philosopher * Mihailo Merćep (1864–1937), Serb flight pioneer * Mihailo Obrenović (1823–1868), Prince of Serbia * Mihailo Petrović (1868–1943), Serbian mathematician and inventor * Mihailo Petrović (Chetnik) (1871-1941), Serbian archpriest and freedom fighter * Miraš Dedeić Mihailo Dedeić ( cyrl, Михаило Дедеић; born 8 November 1938) commonl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spasoje Piletić
Spasoje (Cyrillic script: Спасоје) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to: * Spasoje Bulajič (born 1975), Slovenian footballer *Spasoje Samardžić (born 1941), Serbian footballer *Spasoje Tuševljak Spasoje Tuševljak ( sr-cyrl, Спасоје Тушевљак; born 28 May 1952) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubomir Mihajlović
Ljubomir Mihajlović (; born 4 September 1943) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Mihajlović played for Partizan between 1961 and 1970, winning three Yugoslav First League titles ( 1961–62, 1962–63, and 1964–65). He was a member of the team that lost the 1966 European Cup Final to Real Madrid. In 1970, Mihajlović moved abroad to France and joined Lyon, spending there the next seven seasons. He made 233 appearances and scored one goal in the French top flight. International career At international level, Mihajlović was capped six times for Yugoslavia. He was a member of the team at UEFA Euro 1968, as Yugoslavia lost in the final to Italy. Honours Club ;Partizan * Yugoslav First League: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1964–65 International ;Yugoslavia * UEFA European Championship: Runner-up 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
