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Vasa Čarapić
Vasilije "Vasa" Čarapić, known as the Dragon from Avala ( sr-Cyrl, Василије Васа Чарапић, Змај од Авале; 1768–1806) and Vasso Tscharapitsch was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) that participated in the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire. Biography Vasa Čarapić was born in 1768, in the village of Beli Potok, under the Avala mountain. His family was originally from the Kuči tribe in Montenegro, and they got an interesting nickname that turned into a surname when one of his ancestors accidentally killed a Turk's dog, and the Turk demanded 500 ''groschens'' compensation for his pet. When the family collected the money, one of his ancestors sent the money in a ''čarapa'' (a sock) instead of a bag. It was from then on that the name Čarapić stuck as a surname. Serbian Free Corps Vasa Čarapić participated in Kočina Krajina as a Freikorps. In the war between Turkey and Austria, Vasa fought as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beli Potok (Belgrade)
Beli Potok ( sr-cyr, Бели Поток) is a small town and a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Voždovac. Location Beli Potok is located in on the northern slope of the Avala mountain, near the crossroads of the roads of ''Avalski put'', which connects Belgrade with the Avala, and ''Kružni put'', the major road connecting the settlements on the southern outskirts of Belgrade. To the south, Beli Potok extends in the direction of the small town of Pinosava, to the east in the direction of Bubanj Potok and to the north it makes one continuous built-up area with the urban neighborhood of Selo Rakovica, but Beli Potok is administratively classified as a separate settlement and not part of the Belgrade City proper (''uža teritorija grada''). Population Beli Potok is statistically classified as an urban settlement (town). The population has been steadily declining from the 1970s to 1990s, but with the large influx of refugee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahija
A nāḥiyah ( ar, , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division while in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Xinjiang, and the former Ottoman Empire, where it was also called a '' bucak'', it is a third-level or lower division. It can constitute a division of a ''qadaa'', '' mintaqah'' or other such district-type of division and is sometimes translated as " subdistrict". Ottoman Empire The nahiye ( ota, ناحیه) was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire, smaller than a . The head was a (governor) who was appointed by the Pasha. The was a subdivision of a Selçuk Akşin Somel. "Kazâ". ''The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire''. Volume 152 of A to Z Guides. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. p. 151. and corresponded roughly to a city with its surrounding villages. s, in turn, were divided int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Serbian Revolutionaries ...
This is a list of Serbian Revolutionaries, participants in the Serbian Revolution (1804–1817). See also *Serbian revolutionary organizations References Sources * * * * * * {{Serbian revolutionaries * Revolutionaries Revolutionaries Revolutionaries Revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatre In Belgrade
The National Theatre ( sr-cyr, Народно позориште, Narodno pozorište) is a theatre located in Belgrade, Serbia. Founded in the later half of the 19th century, it is located on the Republic Square, at the corner of Vasina and Francuska Street. With the raising of this building as well as with the implementation of the Regulations Plan of Town in Trench by Josimović from 1867, the conditions were made for the formation of today's main Republic Square in Belgrade. Built back in 1868, the National Theatre, following the fate of its own people and the country, went through different phases of the architectural and artistic development, surviving as a symbol of Serbian culture, tradition and spirituality. Today, under its roof, there are three artistic ensembles: opera, ballet, and drama. The National Theatre was declared a Monument of Culture of Great Importance in 1983, and it is protected by the Republic of Serbia. Origin In 1868, the Serbian National Theatre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter I Of Serbia
Peter I ( sr-Cyr, Петар I Карађорђевић, Petar I Кarađorđević; – 16 August 1921) was the last king of Serbia, reigning from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became the first king of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and he held that title until his death three years later. Since he was the king of Serbia during a period of great Serbian military success, he was remembered by the Serbian people as King Peter the Liberator, and also as Old King. Peter was Karađorđe's grandson and third son of Persida Nenadović and Prince Alexander Karađorđević, who was forced to abdicate. Peter lived with his family in exile. He fought with the French Foreign Legion in the Franco-Prussian War. He joined as a volunteer under the alias Peter Mrkonjić in the Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) against the Ottoman Empire. He married Princess Zorka of Montenegro, daughter of King Nicholas, in 1883. She gave birth to his five children, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanasije Čarapić
Atanasije "Tanasije" Čarapić or Atanasije "Tanasko" Čarapić (Serbian: Танасије Чарапић; 1770 – 1810) was the Voivode or Duke of Gročka Nahiya (Duke of the Principality of Gročka ''Nahiya'' since 1806, the height of the Serbian Revolution. The were among the first to join Karađorđe against the dahijas. Biography Tanasije Čarapić, the younger brother of Duke Vasa Čarapić, came originally from Beli Potok near Avala. He was killed in the battle of Prahovo in 1810. His wife was Ivana (cousin of Karađorđe's wife Jelena), who had sons Đorđe and Marko, and daughters Jeka (married in Boleč), Marta (married in Ivanča), Đurđija and Petrija (married in Ripanj). Tanasije Čarapić had a house in Belgrade's Dorćol district, below Pirinčana, the ruins of a palace once belonging to an Austrian commander of Belgrade in the 18th century named "Palace of Prince Evgenije" ( Duke Alexander of Wüttemberg) in today's Dušanova Street, which was then the mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milisav Čamdžija
Milisav Čamdžija, better known as Milisav the Boatman (Čamdžija), (1785 – 1815) was born in the village of Veliki Borak in the Belgrade nahija in 1785. He got the nickname because as a boatman he regularly transported people across the Sava River. He was among the earliest warriors during the First Serbian Uprising; he died two days after getting mortally wounded in the first battle of the Second Serbian Uprising led by Prince Miloš in 1815. Biography Milisav Ivanović, better known as Čamdžija, could trace his family tree following the migration of Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta when they settled in Veliki Borak in the outskirts of Belgrade. Milisav was born in this family of Herzegovinian-Montenegrin origin, in the seventies of the eighteenth century. The household consisted of brothers Milinko, Milan and Petar, with their families. From Milinko's sons Ivanko and Milisav, Ivanković and Čamcić were born a little later, and from the brothers Milan and Petra, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skadarlija
Skadarlija ( sr-Cyrl, Скадарлија) is a vintage street, an urban neighborhood and former municipality of Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade municipality of Stari Grad (Old Town). Skadarlija partially preserves the ambience of traditional urban architecture, including archaic urban organization, and is known as the main bohemian quarter of Belgrade, similar to Montmartre in Paris. Since 1967, Skadarlija has been protected by law as a spatial cultural-historical unit. After Kalemegdan, Skadarlija is the second-most visited tourist attraction in Belgrade, contributing one third of the city's foreign-currency income. Location Skadarlija is located less than north-west of Terazije, central Belgrade. It begins right below the Republic Square and stretches along the short, winding Skadarska Street and the surroundings streets of Zetska and Cetinjska. One of the most famous streets in Belgrade, Skadarska is less than long. It connects the Despot Stefan Bouleva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Square (Belgrade)
The Republic Square or the Square of the Republic ( Serbian: Трг републике / Trg republike) is one of the central town squares and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, located in the Stari Grad municipality. It is the site of some of Belgrade's most recognizable public buildings, including the National Museum, the National Theatre and the statue of Prince Michael. Location The square is located less than 100 meters away from Terazije, designated center of Belgrade, to which it is connected by the streets of ''Kolarčeva'' (traffic) and ''Knez Mihailova'' (pedestrian zone). Many people erroneously consider Square of the Republic to be the center of the city. Through ''Vasina'' street it is connected to the fortress and park of Kalemegdan to the west and through Sremska street it is connected to the neighborhood of Zeleni Venac and further to Novi Beograd. It also borders the neighborhoods of Stari Grad and Dorćol, to the north. Today, it makes one of the local co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karađorđe
Đorđe Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Петровић, ), better known by the sobriquet Karađorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђе, lit=Black George, ; – ), was a Serbian revolutionary who led the struggle for his country's independence from the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising of 1804–1813. Born into an impoverished family in the Šumadija region of Ottoman Serbia, Karađorđe distinguished himself during the Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791 as a member of the Serbian Free Corps, a militia of Habsburg and Ottoman Serbs, armed and trained by the Austrians. Fearing retribution following the Austrians' and Serb rebels' defeat in 1791, he and his family fled to the Austrian Empire, where they lived until 1794, when a general amnesty was declared. Karađorđe subsequently returned to Šumadija and became a livestock merchant. In 1796, the rogue governor of the Sanjak of Vidin, Osman Pazvantoğlu, invaded the Pashalik of Belgrade, and Karađorđe foug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leštane
Leštane ( sr-cyr, Лештане) is a suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Grocka. Location Leštane is located 15 km east of Belgrade, originally further away from the major roads. As the settlement expanded, it reached the both major ''Smederevski put'' and ''Kružni put'' roads and in the last decade expanded even further. It is located on the mouth of the ''Kaluđerički potok'' into the Bolečica river. The name of the settlement is one of the variants for '' hazel grove'' in the Serbian language . Population Leštane is one of the fastest growing suburbs of Belgrade, especially since the mid-1970s, experiencing an annual growth of over 10% in 1971-1981 period. It is still classified as a rural settlement (village) though agriculture is no longer an important branch of the economy. Population of Leštane: * 1971 - 1,484 * 1981 - 4,019 * 1991 - 6,681 * 2002 - 8,492 Leštane is more populous than its municipal seat, Grocka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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