Berane ( cyrl, Беране) is one of the largest towns of northeastern
Montenegro
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and a former administrative centre of the
Ivangrad District
The Ivangrad District ( cnr, Ivangradski srez, script-Latn / ) was a former district within Montenegro. The administrative centre of the Ivangrad District was Ivangrad (modern-day Berane).
Municipalities
The district encompassed the municipali ...
. The town is located on the
Lim river
The Lim (Serbian Cyrillic: Лим, ) is a river that flows through Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and is long. . From 1949 to 1992, it was named Ivangrad ( cyrl, Иванград) in honour to people's hero
Ivan Milutinović. The town has a population of over 11,000, whereas
its municipality area reaches nearly 30,000 people, making it one of the largest centres of Polimlje area.
During the medieval period the land of Berane was known as
Budimlja
Budimlja ( sr-cyrl, Будимља) is a small town in the municipality of Berane, Montenegro
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(Будимља). It was of great holistic, political and economic importance in the medieval
Serbian state and its rulers. Until 1455, when Turks took the city, Budimlja was part of the wider historical region of
Raška, within the
Medieval Serbia
Serbia in the Middle Ages refers to the medieval period in the history of Serbia. The period begins in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, and lasts until the Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half ...
. Since the
first Serbian Uprising
The First Serbian Uprising ( sr, Prvi srpski ustanak, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; tr, Birinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1 ...
until its final liberation, fights against Turks were constant. Famous battles occurred from 1825 to 1862 when the most important Rudes battle was fought on 7 April in which the Montenegrin rebels won. Berane was finally liberated in 1912. The town shared the destiny with its country being damaged in both World Wars. As Ivangrad, the town was meeting with prosperity and population growth being one of the Yugoslav industrial centres. Although the Civil War in Yugoslavia did not reach Montenegro, the city suffered from it as the industry collapsed and the people started to leave it. Nowadays, Berane is one of the poorest settlements in Montenegro so most of the population lives in difficult conditions. Despite that, the town remains an important educational, medical, religious and sporting centre, having produced many successful individuals in those categories.
Berane is administrative centre of municipality of the same name. There are 13 elementary schools, four high schools and four institutions of higher education. Having a solid sport infrastructure, the most successful sport collectives in the town are handball club and table tennis club. Berane is connected with rest of the country by two-lane motorways. It also has an airport which hasn’t been used for a while. In 2012, Berane celebrated 150 years since its official foundation and 100 years of being part of Montenegro.
History
In the Middle Ages, Berane was known as ''Budimlja''. It was of great holistic, political, and economic importance in
Medieval Serbia
Serbia in the Middle Ages refers to the medieval period in the history of Serbia. The period begins in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, and lasts until the Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half ...
.
Saint Sava
Saint Sava ( sr, Свети Сава, Sveti Sava, ; Old Church Slavonic: ; gr, Άγιος Σάββας; 1169 or 1174 – 14 January 1236), known as the Enlightener, was a Serbian prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalou ...
, the first Serbian
archbishop, founded one of the first Serbian eparchies here in 1219. The Monastery
Đurđevi stupovi was built by the end of the 12th century by Prvoslav, the son of
Nemanja's brother Tihomir. Many monasteries and churches tell the story on the rich holistic life of Serbs in this area. There were seven bishops and nine metropolitans. In the 16th century the Albanian toponym ''Guri Kuq'' was recorded in the region,which suggests an Albanian presence. Literary and painting schools existed in this Monastery. Apart from Đurđevi stupovi, the second most important monastery in this area was Šudikovo, which was destroyed and burned by the
Turks
Turk or Turks may refer to:
Communities and ethnic groups
* Turkic peoples, a collection of ethnic groups who speak Turkic languages
* Turkish people, or the Turks, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
* Turkish citizen, a citizen of the Republic ...
in 1738. Archbishop's throne was vacant for more than 350 years. However, the Budimlja episcopate, known as the
Budimlja-Nikšić eparchy has been restored in 2002 upon the appointment of bishop Joanikije. The area of Berane municipality and its wider neighbourhood, was part of the Medieval Serbian state until 1455, when Turks took the city of
Bihor and Budimlja. This valley was populated with Serbians until the mid 17th century, when it went under terrible suffering and many of them left. The Turks distributed the land to the Islamised population.
During the
First Serbian Uprising
The First Serbian Uprising ( sr, Prvi srpski ustanak, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; tr, Birinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1 ...
(1804) and
Karađorđe's march to
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar"; ) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabit ...
, the people of this area revolted and met the Serbian dukes
Anto Bogićević and
Hadži-Prodan Gligorijević. Then,
Mojsije Zečević, prior of Đurđevi stupovi, had the leading role among the
Orthodox
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Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
people of Budimlja. He was one of the closest allies of
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
Petar I Petrović-Njegoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар I Петровић Његош; 1748 – 31 October 1830) was the ruler of the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro as the Metropolitan (''vladika'') of Cetinje, and Exarch (legate) of the Serbi ...
and
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyrl, Петар II Петровић-Његош, ; – ), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (), was a Prince-Bishop (''vladika'') of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose works are widely considered ...
, the archbishops and political leaders of Montenegro. Since the First Serbian Uprising until its final liberation, fights against Turks were constant, especially during the second part of the 19th century. Famous battles occurred from 1825, until 1862, but the most important one was Rudes battle on 7 April 1862, in which the Serbian and Montenegrin rebels won. Berane was finally liberated from Turks in 1912 and it was incorporated in Montenegro.
During
World War II
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, there was a civil war in the region between
Partisans (communists) and
Chetniks (royalists and nationalists). During the communists' reprisals in 1944 and 1945 thousands of people were killed. From July 1949 to March 1992, Berane was known as Ivangrad as a tribute to
Ivan Milutinović. In 1992, its original name was restored.
Culture, education and science
The main impact for the development of culture of this area historically, and up to recent times, came from the
Serbian Orthodox Church, or it monasteries in the area: Šudikova, Đurdjevi stupovi and other, as the cornerstones of spirituality of the Serb population. That part is later to a certain extent taken over by schools, and, more and more institutions dealing with culture.
A special role in that process was that of the
Berane Gymnasium, founded in 1913. Its classrooms were a home to many prominent artists and scientists in various disciplines such as: Mihailo Lalić, Dušan Kostić, Radovan Zogović, Jovan Zonjić, Mišo Popović, Aleksandar Rafajlović, Luka Radojević and the others. The institutions in Berane that are still working in culture, there are: Cultural Centre (with the library), and Polimski Museum, with a very rich collection of valuable artefacts; and the House of the Duke
Gavro Vuković
Gavro Vuković ( sr-cyrl, Гавро Вуковић; 1852, Lijeva Rijeka, Principality of Montenegro – 29 July 1928, Berane, Kingdom of SCS) also known as Vojvoda Gavro (Војвода Гавро) was a jurist, senator of the Principality o ...
, the first jurist with a university degree, a long term Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Principality of Montenegro, and the writer of famous “Memoirs” has been reconstructed, planned to be used for cultural events. Berane also has a school for primary musical education, and there are also few amateur clubs and societies in various disciplines of artistic creation.
There are 13 elementary schools, four secondary schools and one school for elementary musical education in municipality of Berane. Berane has four institutions of higher education: Faculty of management in transport and communications, Faculty of Teacher-training, Higher Medical School and Applied Computer engineering (study program of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Podgorica). Berane, as is usually the case with small communities, does not have a specialised scientific institution, but in spite of that fact, many prominent scientists from various scientific disciplines come from here. A remarkable contribution to science was given by, among others, chemist Vukić Mićović, bacteriologist Milutin Đurišić, geographer Milisav Lutovac, and historian Miomir Dašić.
Economy, infrastructure and sports
The municipality of Berane is one of the poorest in Montenegro. The level of industrial production is very low, since a big number of companies have stopped working in the past 15 years due to the known crisis in former Yugoslavia. In the earlier period (1960s and 1970s) many village, agricultural households have moved to the town in the process of “industrialisation”, which decreased agricultural production, and industry later collapsed so most of the population lives in difficult conditions. Many small private companies have been started recently, mostly in the areas of commerce and catering industry. There is a very small number of companies that are creating new value. Workers in those new companies have no insurance or health service, so those companies do not have a bigger positive impact on the community. Total number of employed in the municipality is approximately 3,000. However, industry is starting to come back, a coal mine has started, and new commercial buildings are popping up. More residents are finally appearing.
Berane is connected with rest of Montenegro by two-lane roads.
Bijelo Polje
Bijelo Polje ( cnr, Бијело Поље, ) is a town in northeastern Montenegro on the Lim River. It has an urban population of 15,400 (2011 census). It is the administrative, economic, cultural and educational centre of northern Montenegro.
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is 35 km away, where there lies the major junction (railway and the road) towards
Podgorica
Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...
and the coast, and to
Serbia
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. Serbia can also be reached eastwards via
Rožaje
Rožaje ( cnr, Рожаје, bs, Rožaje), ; sq, Rozhajë) is a town in northeastern Montenegro.
As of 2011, the city has a population of 9,567 inhabitants.
Surrounded by hills to its west and mountains to its east (notably Mount Hajla), the ...
(for
Novi Pazar
Novi Pazar ( sr-cyr, Нови Пазар, lit. "New Bazaar"; ) is a city located in the Raška District of southwestern Serbia. As of the 2011 census, the urban area has 66,527 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 100,410 inhabit ...
). Berane is on the corridor of the future
Bar-Boljare motorway. Berane has an
airport
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, which hasn't been used for commercial traffic since the 1980s, although there have been plans for its revitalisation and usage as a regional airport.
Podgorica Airport
Podgorica Airport ( cnr, Аеродром Подгорица, Aerodrom Podgorica, ) is an international airport serving the Montenegrin capital of Podgorica and the surrounding region. It is one of two international airports in Montenegro, the ...
is some away, and has regular flights to and from major
Europe
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an destinations.
Berane has solid sport infrastructure. The most successful sport collectives are:
handball club Berane and table tennis club Budim. There are also
football club Berane, basketball club Lim, boxing club Radnički Berane, athletic club, tennis club etc. The Sports Centre consists of many sport objects.
City Stadium with capacity of 11,000 people is the second largest
stadium in Montenegro. Just next to the stadium, a new modern city hall is under construction.
Demographics
Berane is administrative centre of
Berane Municipality
Berane Municipality ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Opština Berane / Општина Беране) is one of the municipalities in the northern Montenegro. The center is Berane. Until 2013, it covered an area of 544 km2, and it had a population of ...
, which in 2011 had a population of 33,970.
[Including Petnjica Municipality][In 2013, after ]Petnjica
Petnjica ( cnr, Петњица) is a town in northern Montenegro, and the center of Petnjica Municipality. Petnjica regained its municipality status on May 28, 2013, which it previously had from 1945 to 1957, when it was merged with the Berane Mu ...
became an independent municipality, Berane has 28,315 citizens. The town of Berane itself has 11,073 citizens.
Ethnic groups (2011 census)
Languages (2011 census)
Religion (2011 census)
Climate
Sports
The local football team is
FK Berane
Fudbalski klub Berane ( Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Беране) is a Montenegrin football club based in Berane. Established at 1920, the club plays in the Second League of Montenegro.
History
FK Berane was founded in 1920, as one o ...
, who have spent several seasons in the country's
top tier. They share their
Berane City Stadium
Berane City Stadium ( Montenegrin: Gradski stadion Berane/Градски стадион Беране) is a multi-purpose stadium in Berane, Montenegro. Also known as Stadion pod Bogavskim brdom, it is currently used mostly for football matches and ...
with lower league side
FK Napredak. The town's handball team is
RK Berane
Rukometni klub Berane is a handball club from Berane, Montenegro. RK Berane is former champion of Montenegro.
History
RK Berane was formed in 1949, under the name ''ORK Ivangrad''. For the first time in history, Berane gained promotion to the Fir ...
.
Twin towns — sister cities
Berane is
twinned with:
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Belgrade,
Serbia
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Çiğli
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,
Turkey
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Čukarica
Čukarica ( sr-cyr, Чукарица, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade.
Name
Like several other neighborhoods of Belgrade, Čukarica was named after kafana. At the present location of the Sugar Refinery, there was a kafana in the seco ...
,
Belgrade;
Serbia
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Dudelange
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, the town of Dudela ...
,
Luxembourg
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*
Esch-sur-Alzette
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,
Luxembourg
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Karaisalı
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The area contains the reservoirs of Çatalan and Nergizlik. There is a wrestling tournament in late-April t ...
,
Turkey
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Kostroma
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,
Russia
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Peja,
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
Kosovo
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is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo
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and the Republic of Serbia
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. The Republic of Kosovo
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unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia
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continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
has received formal recognition as an independent state from 111 out of 193 United Nations
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member states.
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Staro Nagoričane
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,
North Macedonia
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Subotica,
Serbia
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*
Teramo
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The city, from Rome, is situated between the highest mountains of the Apennines ( Gran Sasso d'Itali ...
,
Italy
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Vrnjačka Banja
Vrnjačka Banja ( sr-cyr, Врњачка Бања) is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 10,065 inhabitants, while the population of the municipality is 27,527 inhabitants.
Vrnja ...
,
Serbia
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Zavidovići
Zavidovići ( sr-cyrl, Завидовићи) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in central Bosnia and Herzegovina, located b ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Notable individuals
Despite all the problems, the town remains an important educational, medical, religional and sport centre having produced many successful individuals in those categories.
People's Heroes of Yugoslavia
[List of people who were decorated with ]Order of the People's Hero
The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na ...
.
*Krsto Bajić
*Dragoslav Bogavac
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Dušan Vujošević
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Vukadin Vukadinović
Vukadin Vukadinović (born 14 December 1990) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Zlín.
International career
On 15 October 2016, he declared he had applied for Czech citizenship and was interested in representing ...
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Živko Živković
Živko Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Живко Живковић; born 14 April 1989) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Greek Super League club PAOK.
Internationally, Živković represented his country at ever ...
*Milun Ivanović
*Radule Jevrić
*Milorad Jovančević
*Savo Joksimović
*
Miloš Komatina
*Milan Kuč
*Milorad Labudović
*Đuro Lončarević
*Miloš Mališić
*Vojmir Maslovarić
*Dragomir Nenadović
*Mirko Novović
*Dobrila Ojdanić
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Đorđije Pajković
Đorđije "Đoko" Pajković (25 June 1917, Lužac, Berane, Kingdom of Montenegro – 17 January 1980, Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) was a Yugoslav Montenegrin politician.
He was the leader of the League of Communists of Montenegro from Ju ...
*Sekule Popović
*Mihailo Stojanović
*Vladimir Šćekić
Artists
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Mihailo Lalić
Mihailo Lalić ( sr-cyr, Михаило Лалић, ; 7 October 1914 – 30 December 1992) was a Montenegrin and Serbian writer.
Biography
He was born in Trepča (Andrijevica municipality) village in north-eastern Montenegro in 1914. His most imp ...
, writer
[Considered by some to be among the greatest authors from Montenegro.]
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Dejan Čukić
Dejan Čukić ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Чукић; born 25 November 1966) is a Serbian- Danish actor. He appeared in the Wallander TV film series as Lars in ''The Ghost'', based on the novel by Henning Mankell. He also played Cardinal Giulano del ...
, actor
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Boban Rajović
Boban Rajović (, born 25 December 1971) is a Danish-born Montenegrin singer popular in former Yugoslavia. Some of his big hit songs include " Usne boje vina" (''Wine-colored Lips'') and " Provokacija" (''Provocation''). He has lived in Belgra ...
, singer
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Ljubomir Bandović
Ljubomir "Ljubo" Bandović ( sr, Љубомир Бандовић; born 8 July 1976) is a Serbian actor. He has won many prestigious awards for acting in Serbia.
Biography
Ljubomir "Ljubo" Bandović was born in Ivangrad, SR Montenegro, SFR Yu ...
, actor
*
Zvonko Lepetić Zvonimir "Zvonko" Lepetić (17 November 1928 – 4 January 1991) was one of the leading character actors of Croatian and Yugoslav cinema and television.
Lepetić was born in Berane, Montenegro. Since 1939, he lived in Sarajevo, where he graduated ...
,
[Prominent Croatian and Yugoslavian actor. Starred in ]Balkan Spy
''Balkan Spy'' ( sr, Балкански шпијун / Balkanski špijun) is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy drama film directed by Serbian directors Dušan Kovačević and Božidar Nikolić.
Plot
Ilija Čvorović (Bata Stojković), a former Stalinist who ...
.
Athletes
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Dragoslav Jevrić, football goalkeeper
[Member of Serbia and Montenegro for the ]2006 FIFA World Cup
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.
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Stefan Babović, football player
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Ivan Đurković
Ivan Đurković (; born 20 February 1986) is a Montenegrin handball player.
Career
Đurković spent two and a half seasons at Partizan, before moving to Croatia and signing with Varteks in January 2008. He would play for fellow Croatian club Met ...
, handball player
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Sonja Barjaktarović
Sonja Barjaktarović (born 11 September 1986) is a retired Montenegrin handball goalkeeper. She was the first goalkeeper of the Montenegro women's national handball team and helped them to win the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 20 ...
, handball goalkeeper
[Member of ]2012 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2012 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Serbia from 4 to 16 December. Originally the tournament was scheduled to be held in the Netherlands but on 4 June 2012 the Dutch Handball Federation withdrew from the organization. Subse ...
winning- Montenegrin national team.
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Milonja Đukić
Milonja Đukić ( sr-cyr, Милоња Ђукић; born 12 December 1965) is a retired Montenegrin-born Serbian association football, footballer.
Club career
He spent part of his career at FK Partizan playing in the Yugoslav First League. He a ...
, football player
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Igor Vušurović
Igor Vušurović (born 24 September 1974) is a former Montenegrin volleyball player, who won the gold medal with the Yugoslav Men's National Team at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Oly ...
, volleyball player
[Member of winning-]2000 Summer Olympics
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Yugoslavian Men's National Team.
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Mijajlo Marsenić
Mijajlo Marsenić (; born 9 March 1993) is a Serbian handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Serbian national team.
Club career
After playing for his hometown club Berane, Marsenić joined Partizan in September 2010. He spent four years at ...
, handball player
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Maja Savić
Maja Savić (born April 29, 1976 in Berane, Montenegro) is a former Montenegrin handball player, playing for ŽRK Budućnost, where she came to from Viborg HK. She plays on the left wing position, and was member of ŽRK Budućnost and Slag ...
, handball player
[Best Left Wing of the ]World
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in 2001.
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Zoran Bojović, football player
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Vladan Savić
Vladan Savić ( Cyrillic: Владан Савић; born 26 July 1979) is a Montenegrin retired footballer.
Club career
He played for hometown club FK Berane as well as for Kecskeméti TE, FK Budućnost Podgorica, FK Mladost Apatin, FK Spartak ...
, football player
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Dragan Popović
Dragan "Don" Popovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Дон Поповић; born 1 January 1941) is a retired professional soccer midfielder and coach in the United States. He played professionally in Yugoslavia, Canada and the North American Socc ...
, football coach
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Aleksandar Šćekić, football player
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Nemanja Šćekić, football player
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Siniša Dobrašinović, football player
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Elsad Zverotić, football player
Political, educational and historical figures
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Jevstatije I, Serbian Archbishop
[The sixth Serbian Archbishop, holding the office from 1279 to 1286.]
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Žarko Obradović, politician
[Minister of Education and Science in the Government of Serbia.]
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Momčilo Cemović
Momčilo Cemović ( cyrl, Момчило Цемовић; 21 May 1928, in Berane, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes – 27 December 2001, in Podgorica, FR Yugoslavia) was Montenegrin politician.
Political career
He served as th ...
, politician
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Ljubiša Stanković Ljubiša Stanković ( sr-cyrl, Љубиша Станковић; born June 1, 1960) is a doctor in signal processing, while also being the former Rector (2003-2008) and University Board President (2008-2011) for the University of Montenegro. Since M ...
, scientist
[Rector of ]University of Montenegro
The University of Montenegro ( cnr, Универзитет Црнe Горe / Univerzitet Crne Gore) is a national public university of Montenegro.
Its central administration and majority of constitutive faculties are located in the country's cap ...
.
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Rifat Rastoder Rifat Rastoder (born 11 July 1950 in Radmanci, Berane, Montenegro, then a part of SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin politician, writer and journalist of Bosniak ethnicity. He was the deputy speaker of the Parliament of Montenegro and the vice-pres ...
, politician
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Gavro Vuković
Gavro Vuković ( sr-cyrl, Гавро Вуковић; 1852, Lijeva Rijeka, Principality of Montenegro – 29 July 1928, Berane, Kingdom of SCS) also known as Vojvoda Gavro (Војвода Гавро) was a jurist, senator of the Principality o ...
, senator
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Fahrudin Radončić
Fahrudin Radončić (; born 24 May 1957) is a Bosnian media magnate, entrepreneur, investor, and politician who served as the Minister of Security on two occasions. He is the founder of the ''Dnevni avaz,'' the best-selling newspaper in Bosnia an ...
, politician
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Selmo Cikotić
Selmo Cikotić (born 25 January 1964) is a Bosnian politician serving as Minister of Security since 2020. He was also the Minister of Defence from 2007 to 2012. He is a member of the Party of Democratic Action.
Cikotić's career in the army span ...
, politician
[Minister of Defence of
Bosnia and Herzegovina.]
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Šerbo Rastoder Prof. Šerbo Rastoder, PhD (; born 13 August 1956 in Radmanci, Berane, People's Republic of Montenegro, then a part of the SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin historian of Bosniak ethnicity. He is also an author, writing about the history of Montenegr ...
, historian
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Miomir Dašić, historian
[Member of ]Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Црногорска академија наука и умјетности, ''Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti''; ЦАНУ, ''CANU'') is the most important scientific insti ...
.
Others and related people
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Milovan Đilas, politician
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Pavle Đurišić
Pavle Đurišić ( sr-cyr, Павле Ђуришић, ; 9 July 1909 – April 1945) was a Montenegrin Serb regular officer of the Royal Yugoslav Army who became a Chetnik commander ('' vojvoda'') and led a significant proportion of the Chetniks ...
, officer
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Radovan Zogović
Radovan Zogović (Cyrillic: Радован Зоговић) (18 August 1907 – 5 January 1986) was a Montenegrin poet.
He was born in Mašnica, Plav, in northeastern Montenegro on 19 August 1907. Before World War II he lived in Skopje, Zagreb a ...
, poet
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Dragoslav Šekularac
Dragoslav Šekularac ( sr-Cyrl, Драгослав Шекуларац, ; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Serbian professional footballer and coach.
Nicknamed Šeki, he was quick and crafty with the ball, displaying creative skills which ...
, football player
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Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former tennis player. A former world No. 1, Janković reached the top ranking before her career-best major performance, a runner-up finish at the ...
, tennis player
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Dragan Nikolić
Dragoslav "Dragan" Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Драгослав Драган Николић, ; 20 August 1943 – 11 March 2016) was a Yugoslav and later, Serbian actor.
Nikolić studied at Dramatic Arts Academy in Belgrade. In 1967 he starred in the ...
, actor
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Aleksandar Šapić
Aleksandar Šapić ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician, and former professional water polo player serving as mayor of Belgrade since 20 June 2022. A member and current vice-president of the Serb ...
, water polo player
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Miodrag Bulatović
Miodrag Bulatović ( cnr-Cyrl, Миодраг Булатовић; 20 February 1930 – 15 March 1991), was a writer, novelist, journalist and playwright. He is considered to be one of the best Montenegrin novelists and remains the most translated M ...
, novelist
Gallery
File:Berane 1.jpg, Panorama of Berane
File:hotelberane.jpg, Hotel Berane, one of the town's symbols, renovated in 2017
File:Berane Lim.jpg, Beach at the Lim river
File:Beranski stadion.jpg, City stadium
File:Šiško jezero - panoramio.jpg, Šiš lake near Berane, Bjelasica
Bjelasica ( Montenegrin: Бјеласица, ) is a mountain range located in the Biogradska Gora national park near Kolašin, Montenegro. The highest point of Bjelasica is Crna Glava ("Black Head"), which is high.
Features
The area of the m ...
mountain
File:Berane muicka.jpg, Musical school in Berane
File:Jasikovac.jpg, Jasikovac WWII monument
File:Osnivanje Osme crnogorske brigade.jpg, Forming of the Eight Montenegrin Brigade in 1944..
References
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Notes
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External links
Official websiteOfficial Facebook pageBerane at booking.me
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Populated places in Berane Municipality
Sandžak
Serb communities in Montenegro