Association for Serb Liberation and Unification ( sr-cyr, Дружина за ослобођење и уједињење српско) or Society for Serb Liberation and Unification (Друштво за ослобођење и уједињење српско), commonly known as "the Association", was a
Serb
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
revolutionary organisation (national liberation movement) based in
Cetinje, established in 1871, with the aim of liberating Serb-inhabited territories from the hands of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. The Association founded several boards (''odbori''): in Cetinje, in Novi Sad, and in Belgrade. At the same time, the
Main Board for Serb Liberation (Главни одбор за српско ослобођење was established in
Kragujevac with the same goals.
History
The Association was founded by members of the "
United Serbian Youth" (Уједињена омладина српска) and other patriots from all over the Yugoslav lands. This was secretly done after the baptism of Montenegrin Prince
Nicholas' daughter.
Members
*Prince
Nicholas I of Montenegro
Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Никола I Петровић-Његош; – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first and only king from 1910 to 19 ...
*Milan Kostić
*Miša Dimitrijević
*Milan Kujundžić Aberdar
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Vasa Pelagić
Vasilije "Vasa" Pelagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије "Васа" Пелагић; 1833 – 25 January 1899) was a Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist and a proponent of utopian socialism among the Serbs in the ...
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Svetozar Marković
Svetozar Marković ( sr-Cyrl, Светозар Марковић, ; 9 September 1846 – 26 February 1875) was a Serbian political activist, literary critic and socialist philosopher. He developed an activistic anthropological philosophy wit ...
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Jovan Sundečić
Jovan Sundečić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Сундечић; 24 June 1825 – 19 July 1900) was a Serbian poet, priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a secretary to Prince Nikola I of Montenegro. He is most famous for writing lyrics ...
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Đorđe Đorđević Vojnović, son of Montenegrin-Russian noble and artillery commander Đorđe Vojnović.
See also
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Serb revolutionary organizations
References
Serbian revolutionary organizations
Organizations established in 1871
1871 establishments in Montenegro
1871 establishments in Serbia
Cetinje
1871 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Serbia
Serbian nationalism
Ottoman period in the history of Montenegro
Principality of Serbia
Principality of Montenegro
Serb organizations
Revolutionary organizations against the Ottoman Empire
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