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Milinko Vlahović
Milinko Vlahović (1 May 18816 December 1930) was a captain of the Montenegrin army, one of the leaders Jablanics-Toplica Uprising in World War I, Duke, and a commander of the Jablanics-Toplics Detachment and lieutenant colonel in the Serbian Army. He was a brother of Toško Vlahović and a father to Yugoslavian World War 2 hero Veljko Vlahović. Biography Early career As a child, Milinko Vlahović showed a penchant for military service. He graduated at the Montenegrin Military Academy in Cetinje. During the Balkan Wars, as a lieutenant, he commanded the first company of the Rovački Battalion, which became famous in the fights against the Turks. In World War I he participated as a Class I Captain. During Battle of Mojkovac he commanded the Rovač Battalion of the Kolašin Brigade, where he showed great courage and ability to command. After the capitulation of Montenegro in 1916, Vlahović, then captain of the Montenegrin army, and his brother Toško Vlahović, a student o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolašin
Kolašin (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Колашин, ) is a town in northern Montenegro. It has a population of 2,989 (2003 census). Kolašin is the centre of Kolašin Municipality (population 9,949) and an unofficial centre of Morača region, named after Morača River. Etymology Rebecca West wrote that the district was originally named ''Kol I Shen'', which is Albanian for 'St. Nicholas', which was inhabited by Catholic Albanians who converted to Islam and who were expelled in 1858 by local tribes. History Late modern Rebecca Wests visited the town of Kolasin in the 1930s where she learned that in the 18th century, Catholic Albanians and Orthodox Montenegrins lived in peace. In 1858, however, several Montenegrin tribes attacked the town and destroyed all the inhabitants who had kept their Albanian identity or who were Muslim. During this period, Kolašin was home to a significant Albanians, Albanian community. They were largely expelled in different waves during the late 19th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynasty (replaced by the Karađorđević dynasty for a short time). The Principality, under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire, ''de facto'' achieved full independence when the very last Ottoman troops left Belgrade in 1867. The Treaty of Berlin (1878), Congress of Berlin in 1878 recognized the formal independence of the Principality of Serbia, and in its composition Nišava District, Nišava, Pirot District, Pirot, Toplica District, Toplica and Vranje districts entered the Southern and Eastern Serbia, South part of Serbia. In 1882, Serbia was elevated to the status of a kingdom, maintaining a foreign policy friendly to Austria-Hungary. Between 1912 and 1913, Serbia greatly enlarged its territory through engagement in the First Balkan War, Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebane
Lebane ( sr-cyr, Лебане) is a town and municipality located in Jablanica District of southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the town has a population of 8,025 inhabitants, while the municipality has 18,119 inhabitants. Geography The town is located at the confluence of the rivers Jablanica and Šumanska Reka, in the alluvial plain created by the former. Just northeast of the town a larger plain called Leskovačko polje extends toward the town of Leskovac, which is the district seat. The elevation of the town of Lebane is between 275.2 and 420 MASL. History ;Back to Neolithic Age Excavations in 2017–2019 revealed a stable settlement since about 6500 BC in Svinjarička Čuka in the village Štulac (Lebane). (See there.) ;Prehistory and Medieval times The favorable location and the richness of nature made Jablanica valley important place since the earliest times. Traffic affordable and fertile, Leskovac valley has provided favorable conditions for the settlem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žitni Potok
Žitni Potok is a village in the municipality of Prokuplje, Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree .... According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 592 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. References Populated places in Toplica District {{ToplicaRS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medveđa
Medveđa ( sr-Cyrl, Медвеђа, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the Jablanica District of southern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 6,360, while the town has a population of 2,993. Etymology The name is derived from the Serbian word ''medved'' (медвед), "bear", hence meaning "the place of the bears". History During the Roman period, there was a town (''mansia'') with the name Idimum located in the cadastral area of the modern town. Architectural debris dating to the 4th century AD lay at various locations of the town, as it was a transitory zone of Upper Moesia; travel and postal stations are among the finds. Toponyms such as ''Arbanaška'' and ''Đjake'' shows an Albanian presence in the Toplica and Southern Morava regions (located north-east of contemporary Kosovo) before the expulsion of Albanians during 1877–1878 period. The rural parts of Jablanica valley and adjoining semi-mountainous interior was inhabited by c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarians
Bulgarians (, ) are a nation and South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and its neighbouring region, who share a common Bulgarian ancestry, culture, history and language. They form the majority of the population in Bulgaria, while in Bulgarians in North Macedonia, North Macedonia, Bulgarians in Ukraine, Ukraine, Bessarabian Bulgarians, Moldova, Bulgarians in Serbia, Serbia, Bulgarians in Albania, Albania, Bulgarians in Romania, Romania, Bulgarians in Hungary, Hungary and Bulgarians in Greece, Greece they exist as historical communities. Etymology Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understood and difficult to trace back earlier than the 4th century AD, but it is possibly derived from the Proto-Turkic word ''*bulģha'' ("to mix", "shake", "stir") and its derivative ''*bulgak'' ("revolt", "disorder"). Alternative etymologies include derivation from a compound of Proto-Turkic (Oghuric languages, Oghuric) ''*bel'' ("fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major (rank)
Major is a senior military Officer (armed forces), officer military rank, rank used in many countries. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators, major is one rank above Captain (land), captain in armies and air forces, and one rank below lieutenant colonel. It is considered the most junior of the senior officer ranks. Background Etymologically, the word stems from the Latin word meaning "greater". The rank can be traced back to the rank of sergeant major general, which was shortened to sergeant major, and subsequently shortened to ''major''. When used in hyphenated or combined fashion, the term can also imply seniority at other levels of rank, including major general, denoting a low-level general officer, and sergeant major, denoting the most senior non-commissioned officer (NCO) of a military unit. The term major can also be used with a hyphen to denote the leader of a military band such as in Pipe-Major, pipe-major or drum-major. Links to major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pusta Reka, Kruševo
Pusta Reka () is a village in the municipality of Kruševo, North Macedonia North Macedonia, officially the Republic of North Macedonia, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe. It shares land borders with Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, Kosovo to the northwest and Serbia to the n .... Demographics According to the 2021 census, the village had a total of 53 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the village include:Macedonian Census (2021) ''Book 5 - Total population according to the Ethnic Affiliation, Mother Tongue and Religion'' The State Statistical Office, Skopje, 2021 * Macedonians 46 *Persons for whom data are taken from administrative sources 7 References External links Villages in Kruševo Municipality {{Kruševo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obilić (Bojnik) , a football club from the village Herceg Zelenika, Montenegro
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Obilić may refer to: * Miloš Obilić, a medieval Serbian knight who died in 1389 * Obilić, Kosovo, a town and municipality in central Kosovo * Obilić, Bojnik, a village in Serbia * Obilić Medal, founded in 1847 by Njegoš as the highest military decoration in Montenegro * Golden Medal of Miloš Obilić or Medal for Bravery, a Serbian state decoration founded in 1913 by King Peter I * Order of Miloš Obilić, an Order of the Republic of Srpska established in 1993 Sports * FK Obilić, a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia * FK Obilić Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium in Belgrade, Serbia * FK Obilić Herceg Novi FK Obilić Herceg Novi is a football club from the village Sutorina, Herceg Novi, Montenegro. They play in the Montenegrin Third League The Montenegrin Third League ( Montenegrin: Treća crnogorska liga / Трећа црногорска лига ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosta Vojinović
Kosta Vojinović ( sr-cyr, Коста Војиновић, 13 May 1891 – 23 December 1917), known by his nickname ''Kosovac'' (Косовац), was a Serbian soldier who fought in the Balkan Wars and World War I, most notably as a leader of the Toplica Uprising. Life Vojinović was born in Smederevo, Kingdom of Serbia, to parents who had fled from the Vučitrn area in Kosovo, due to Albanian '' zulum'' (exploitation, oppression, wrongdoing), the region at the time being part of the Ottoman Empire. He came from a respected family, his father Jovan having finished military school in Russia and upon returning to Serbia he worked as a state clerk of the general tax administration, and later was the president of a municipality in Kosovska Mitrovica up until World War I. His mother Sofija died while he was young, and he never accepted his step-mother, he thus mostly lived with his mother's family, mostly at his uncle Panta Grujić, a high-ranking Serbian army officer (who was a comman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan Radović
Jovan may refer to: *Jovan (given name), a list of people with this given name *Jovan, Mawal, a village on the western coastal region of Maharashtra, India *Jōvan Musk, a cologne *Deli Jovan, a mountain in eastern Serbia *Róbert Jován (born 1967), Hungarian footballer See also * *Jovanka (other) *Joven (other) *Javon (other) Javon may refer to: Notable people with the given name "Javon" * Javon Baker (born 2002), American football player * Javon Bullard (born 2002), American football player * Javon East (born 1995), Jamaican footballer * Javon Foster (born 2000), Ameri ... * Jovan Hill {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedonian Front
The Macedonian front, also known as the Salonica front (after Thessaloniki), was a military theatre of World War I formed as a result of an attempt by the Allied Powers to aid Serbia, in the autumn of 1915, against the combined attack of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria. The expedition came too late and with insufficient force to prevent the fall of Serbia and was complicated by the internal political crisis in Kingdom of Greece, Greece (the National Schism). Eventually, a stable front was established, running from the Albanian Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast to the Struma River, pitting a Allied Army of the Orient, multinational Allied force against the Bulgarian army, which was at various times bolstered with smaller units from the other Central Powers. The Macedonian front remained stable, despite local actions, until the Vardar offensive, Allied offensive in September 1918 resulted in Bulgaria capitulating and the liberation of Serbia. Background Following the assassinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
