Dr. Nikola "Niko" Miljanić ( Serbian

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: Никола "Нико" Миљанић;

Cetinje Cetinje (, ) is a town in Montenegro. It is the former royal capital (''prijestonica'' / приjестоница) of Montenegro and is the location of several national institutions, including the official residence of the president of Montenegro ...

, 1892 –

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...

, 20 October 1957) was a Montenegrin and Serbian

anatomist Anatomy () is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its ...

and

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

, professor of anatomy at Belgrade Medical School, resistance participant during World War II and the president of Montenegrin wartime Assembly. He was one of the founders of the Belgrade Medical School, which is today part of the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...

, and has held the first lecture on the newly formed school on December 12, 1920. He has been a full professor of anatomy during the period 1920—1934, then held lectures on surgery

propaedeutics Propaedeutics or propedeutics (from Ancient Greek , ''propaídeusis'' 'preparatory education') is a historical term for an introductory course into an art or science. The etymology of propedeutics comprises the Latin prefix ''pro'', meaning earlier ...

from 1935 until 1947. He was relieved from the faculty in 1954. Professor Miljanić was the author of the first textbooks of anatomy in Serbian, a

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asepsis Asepsis is the state of being free from disease-causing micro-organisms (such as pathogenic bacteria, viruses, pathogenic fungi, and parasites). There are two categories of asepsis: medical and surgical. The modern day notion of asepsis is deriv ...

, as well as a lot of scientific articles on anatomy and surgery in different journals in

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

and abroad. As a

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ex-pupil he was elected president of the French ex-pupils Association and the founder of the bilingual Serbian-French journal ''Anali medicine i hirurgije'' (''Annals of Medicine and Surgery''), published 1927-1934. In 1930, he unveiled the Monument of Gratitude to France in Belgrade's

Kalemegdan Park The Kalemegdan Park ( sr, / ), or simply Kalemegdan ( sr-Cyrl, Калемегдан) is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. It is located on a cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube. Kal ...

, together with

King Alexander I of Yugoslavia Alexander I ( sr-Cyrl, Александар I Карађорђевић, Aleksandar I Karađorđević, ) ( – 9 October 1934), also known as Alexander the Unifier, was the prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1914 and later the King of Yug ...

. He fought in both

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...

and both

World Wars A world war is an international conflict which involves all or most of the world's major powers. Conventionally, the term is reserved for two major international conflicts that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, World WarI (1914 ...

. Miljanić was a member of the French Academy of Surgeons and was decorated with the order of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

. Miljanić participated in the

World War II in Yugoslavia World War II in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia began on 6 April 1941, when the country was swiftly conquered by Axis forces and partitioned between Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and their client regimes. Shortly after Germany attacked the US ...

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since 1942. He was a member of the Anti-Fascist Council of the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), President of the

State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Montenegro and Boka The State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Montenegro and Boka ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Zemaljsko antifašističko vijeće narodnog oslobođenja Crne Gore i Boke, ZAVNOCGB, Земаљскo aнтифашистичко виjеће наро ...

(ZAVNOCG), from 15 November 1943 to 14 July 1944, and President of the

Montenegrin Anti-Fascist Assembly of National Liberation The State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Montenegro and Boka ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Zemaljsko antifašističko vijeće narodnog oslobođenja Crne Gore i Boke, ZAVNOCGB, Земаљскo aнтифашистичко виjеће наро ...

(CASNO), from 14 July 1944 until 21 November 1946. In 1940, Miljanić adopted 17-year old

Svetozar Gligorić Svetozar Gligorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Глигорић, 2 February 1923 – 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster and musician. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is consider ...

, following the death of Gligorić's parents. Gligorić would later become chess grandmaster and one of the most successful chess players in the world in the 1950s and 1960s.Svetozar Gligoric, Who Pioneered Chess Moves, Dies at 89
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miljanic, Niko 1892 births 1957 deaths People from Cetinje Yugoslav surgeons Medical educators Academic staff of the University of Belgrade Yugoslav communists Montenegrin communists Yugoslav Partisans members Speakers of the Parliament of Montenegro Recipients of the Legion of Honour