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Kozarčanka - Milja Marin
( sh-Cyrl, Козарчанка, lit=Woman from Kozara) is a World War II photograph that became iconic in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Shot by Yugoslav artistic photographer Žorž Skrigin in northern Bosnia (region), Bosnia during the winter of 1943–44, it shows a smiling female Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan wearing a Titovka (cap), Titovka cap and with an MP 40, MP-40 slung over her shoulder. The subject of the portrait is Milja Marin (; sr-cyr, Миља Марин, ), a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb from a village at the foot of Mount Kozara. Shortly after the war, she married a fellow Partisan Pero Marin and lived in the town of Prijedor; she died in 2007 at the age of 81. ''Kozarčanka'' was featured in widely circulated school textbooks, war monographs and posters, as well as on the cover of Merlin (Yugoslav band), Merlin's 1986 album ''Teško meni sa tobom (a još teže bez tebe)''. Milja's identity as the subject of the photograph ...
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Puppet State
A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government is a State (polity), state that is ''de jure'' independent but ''de facto'' completely dependent upon an outside Power (international relations), power and subject to its orders.Compare: Puppet states have nominal Sovereign state, sovereignty, except that a foreign power effectively exercises control through economic or military support. By leaving a local government in existence the outside power evades all responsibility, while at the same time successfully paralysing the local government they tolerate. Puppet states differ from Alliance, allies, who choose their actions of their own initiative or in accordance with Treaty, treaties they have voluntarily entered. Puppet states are forced into Rubber stamp (politics), legally endorsing actions already taken by a foreign power. Characteristics Puppet states are "endowed with the outward symbols of authority", such as a name, National flag, flag, anthem, cons ...
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Ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with Glossary of ballet, its own vocabulary. Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the foundational ballet technique, techniques which are used in many other dance genres and cultures. Various schools around the world have incorporated their own cultures. As a result, ballet has evolved in distinct ways. A ''ballet'' as a unified work of art, work comprises the choreography (dance), choreography and music for a ballet production. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets are usually performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets are often performed in simple costumes and without elaborate sets or scenery ...
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Knešpolje
Knešpolje ( sr-cyr, Кнешпоље) or Knežopolje (Кнежопоље) is a region in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the northwestern part of the Potkozarje geographical region, and includes a region stretching from Prijedor, Kozara mountains, Kozarska Dubica, the Una (Sava), Una river and Kostajnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kostajnica. Its name is derived from ''knez'' (count, duke) and ''polje'' (field). Geography The region lies in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the wider Bosanska Krajina region. It is the northwestern part of the Potkozarje geographical region, and includes a region stretching from Prijedor, Kozara mountains, Bosanska Dubica, the Una (Sava), Una river and Bosanska Kostajnica. History The region is known for its rebellions against Ottoman rule. In 1858, an uprising broke out in the region, known as Pecija's First Revolt. The region is known as a place where Serbs were persecuted by the Ustashe in World War II; Bosnian Muslim poet Sken ...
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