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Tomb Of National Heroes (Ljubljana)
The Tomb of National Heroes ( sl, Grobnica narodnih herojev, also ) in Ljubljana, Slovenia is a tomb and a monument for the national heroes of the World War II resistance struggle in Slovenia, created in 1949. The designers of the tomb and the monument were the architect Edo Mihevc and the sculptor Boris Kalin. It stands next to Šubic Street (), at the southern side of National Heroes Square (), west of the National Assembly Building. It has been protected as a cultural monument of local significance. The tomb is located underground, and a monument in the shape of a sarcophagus stands beside it, in the shade of the trees on the western side of the National Assembly Building. Since it was installed, the monument has been modified several times and placed on a granite base. The eastern and western faces of the sarcophagus are covered by bronze reliefs depicting scenes from the Second World War. A patriotic epitaph, written by the poet Oton Župančič, runs along the top edge. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo Mihevc
Edo ( ja, , , "bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo. Edo, formerly a ''jōkamachi'' (castle town) centered on Edo Castle located in Musashi Province, became the ''de facto'' capital of Japan from 1603 as the seat of the Tokugawa shogunate. Edo grew to become one of the largest cities in the world under the Tokugawa. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868 the Meiji government renamed Edo as ''Tokyo'' (, "Eastern Capital") and relocated the Emperor from the historic capital of Kyoto to the city. The era of Tokugawa rule in Japan from 1603 to 1868 is known eponymously as the Edo period. History Before Tokugawa Before the 10th century, there is no mention of Edo in historical records, but for a few settlements in the area. Edo first appears in the Azuma Kagami chronicles, that name for the area being probably used since the second half of the Heian period. Its development started in late 11th century with a branch of the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franc Rozman
Franc Rozman, nom de guerre Stane (Slovene convention: ''Franc Rozman – Stane'') or Stane MlinarKlanjšček, Zdravko. 1996. "Rozman, Franc – Stane." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 10. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, pp. 297–98. (27 March 1911 – 7 November 1944), was a Slovene Partisan commander in World War II. Early life Franc Rozman was born in the Carniolan village of Spodnje PirničeSavnik, Roman, ed. 1971. ''Krajevni leksikon Slovenije'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije, p. 384. near Ljubljana, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (now in Slovenia) in a Slovene working-class family. His father Franc Rozman was a railway track-worker, while his mother Marjana (née Stare) was a housewife. He was the third of four children, with two elder sisters, Marjeta and Terezija, and a younger brother, Martin. At the age of three, Rozman's father died on the Eastern Front, where he fought as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army. Rozman had a poor an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dušan Kveder
Dušan Kveder (9 April 1915 – 12 March 1966) was a Yugoslav soldier and diplomat from Slovenia who served in a number of official capacities during and after the Second World War, including a term as Military Commander of the Free Territory of Trieste and as the Yugoslav ambassador to Ethiopia, West Germany, India, and the United Kingdom. He was made a People's Hero of Yugoslavia in 1952. Biography Early life and activism Kveder was born in Sveti Jurij pri Celju in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Šentjur, Slovenia) in 1915. While enrolled at university in Zagreb in 1933, he joined the then-underground Communist Party of Yugoslavia and was subsequently arrested and served six months in prison for his pro-communist writings in the city of Ptuj. Upon his release, he briefly went to Ljubljana to study law but returned to Ptuj due to an illness and began working full time as an organizer for the communist party. In 1935 he became editor of the communist magazine ''Mlada pot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Kidrič
Boris Kidrič (10 April 1912 – 11 April 1953) was a Slovene politician and revolutionary who was one of the chief organizers of the Slovene Partisans, the Slovene resistance against occupation by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy after Operation Barbarossa in June 1941. He became the de facto leader of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People. As such, he had a crucial role in the anti-Fascist liberation struggle in Slovenia between 1941 and 1945. After World War II he was, together with Edvard Kardelj, a leading Slovenian politician in communist Yugoslavia. Life Kidrič was born in Vienna, then capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as the son of the prominent Slovene liberal literary critic France Kidrič. In 1953, he died of leukemia in Belgrade. Political career In the early 1930s, Kidrič was drafted by the communist publicist Vlado Kozak to join the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. He soon rose to high political posts in the Drava Banovina and was among the founders ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majda Šilc
Majda اجدةis a female given name, most popular in Slovenia, but also in some other areas of former Yugoslavia and Arabic-speaking countries (Egypt, Lebanon, etc.). It means, in Arabic, "the woman with glory". It ranks among the 30 most popular female names in Slovenia. It was most popular with women born between 1941 and 1970. Since the 1990s, only a handful of Slovenian girls have been named Majda. It is a version of the name Madeleine. It may refer to: * Majda Koren (born 1960), Slovenian children writer * Majda Mehmedović (born 1990), Montenegro Bosniak handball player * Majda Potokar (1930–2001), Slovenian actress * Princess Majda Ra'ad (born 1942), Jordanian princess * Majda Sepe (1937–2006), Slovenian singer * Majda Širca Ravnikar (born 1953), Slovenian politician, journalist and art historian * Majda Vrhovnik (1922–1945), Slovenian partisan *Magda Sabbahi (ماجدة born 6 May 1941 Cairo), or Magda, is an Egyptian film actress notable for her rôles from 1949 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janko Premrl
Janko Premrl (nom de guerre Vojko; Italianized: ) (29 February 1920 – 22 February 1943)Ferenc, Tone. 1995."'Premrl, Stanko." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 9, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 296. was a Slovene Partisan. Life Premrl was born on 29 February 1920 in Podnanos, at that time in Italy (now in Slovenia). He was the firstborn child in an ethnically conscious Slovene family. His uncle Stanko Premrl was a Roman Catholic priest, and well-known composer and organist, composer of the melody for the national anthem of Slovenia. Another of his uncles was a major in the armed forces of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Premrl attended a secondary business school in Gorizia, where he gathered like-minded individuals around himself. Matters often came to blows between the ethnic Slovenes and the local Fascists, and eventually his father withdrew him from school because of this. He continued learning on his own after he no longer attended school. He participated in the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubo Šercer
Ljubo ( sr, Љубо) is a South Slavic masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ljubo Babić (1890–1974), Croatian painter *Ljubo Benčić (1905–1992), Croatian and Yugoslav football player *Ljubo Boban (1933–1994), Croatian historian *Ljubo Ćesić Rojs (born 1958), Croatian general and right-wing politician *Ljubo Čupić (1913–1942), Montenegrin communist and war hero * Ljubo Germič (born 1960), Slovenian politician and a member of the Slovenian National Assembly *Ljubo Jurčić (born 1954), Croatian economist and former Croatian Minister of the Economy *Ljubo Savić (born 1958), Bosnian Serb military commander and politician *Ljubo Miličević (born 1981), Australian football (soccer) player *Ljubo Miloš (1919–1948), Croatian World War II official and concentration camp commandant executed for war crimes *Ljubo Sirc CBE (born 1920), British-Slovene economist and famous dissident of the former Yugoslavia *Ljubo Vukić (born 1982), Croatian handball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predrag Jevtić
Predrag ( sr-cyr, Предраг) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very, much") and ''-drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved". The usual nickname is Peđa (Pedja). It may refer to: * Predrag Balašević, ethnic Romanian politician from Serbia * Predrag Cvitanović, Croatian physicist and academic * Predrag Danilović, Serbian basketball player * Peđa Grbin, Croatian lawyer and politician * Predrag Krunić, Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball coach *Predrag Lazić, Serbian professional footballer * Predrag Marković, Serbian politician, author, and historian * Predrag Matvejević, Yugoslav writer and scholar * Predrag Mijatović, Yugoslavian football player * Predrag Samardžiski, Macedonian basketball player * Predrag Stojaković Predrag ( sr-cyr, Предраг) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milovan Šaranović
Milovan ( sr-Cyrl, Милован) is a Slavic name derived from the passive adjective ''milovati'' ("caress"). It is recorded in Serbia since the Late Middle Ages. Variants include Milovanac and Milovanče. Given name * Milovan Bojić (born 1955), Serbian politician * Milovan Ćirić (1918–1986), Serbian football manager * Milovan Đilas (1911–1995), Montenegrin-Serbian Communist politician, theorist and author in Yugoslavia * Milovan Đorić (born 1945), Serbian football player and manager * Milovan Danojlić (born 1937), Serbian writer * Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), visual artist * Milovan Drašković (born 1995), Montenegrin basketball player * Milovan Drecun (born 1957), Serbian journalist of Montenegrin descent * Milovan Gavazzi (1895–1992), Croatian ethnologist * Milovan Glišić (1847–1908), Serbian writer, dramatist, and literary theorist * Milovan Ilic Minimaks (1938–2005), Serbian radio and TV journalist * Milovan Jakšić (1909–1953), Serbian football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titoism
Titoism is a political philosophy most closely associated with Josip Broz Tito during the Cold War. It is characterized by a broad Yugoslav identity, workers' self-management, a political separation from the Soviet Union, and leadership in the Non-Aligned Movement. Tito led the Communist Yugoslav Partisans during World War II in Yugoslavia. After the war, tensions arose between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. Although these issues diminished over time, Yugoslavia still remained relatively independent in thought and policy. Tito led Yugoslavia until his death in 1980. Today, the term "Titoism" is sometimes used to refer to Yugo-nostalgia, a longing for reestablishment or revival of Yugoslavism or Yugoslavia by the citizens of Yugoslavia's successor states. Tito-Stalin split When the rest of Eastern Europe became satellite states of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia refused to accept the 1948 ''Resolution of the Cominform'' and the period from 1948 to 1955, known as the Inform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvard Kardelj
Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II. During the war, Kardelj was one of the leaders of the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People and a Slovene Partisan, and after the war, he was a federal political leader in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and led the Yugoslav delegation in peace talks with Italy over the border dispute in the Julian March. He was the main creator of the Yugoslav system of workers' self-management. He was an economist and a full member of both the Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. he played a major role and setting the foreign policy by designing the fundamental ideological basis for the Yugoslav policy of nonalignment in the 1950s and the 1960s. Early years Kardelj was born in Ljubljana. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
