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Tomo Jančiković
Tomo Jančiković (2 November 1899 – 30 November 1951) was a lawyer and politician in Croatia and Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Croatian Peasant Party (''Hrvatska seljačka stranka'', HSS) and a prominent member of its leadership. Jančiković was a member of the Assembly of Yugoslavia elected on the HSS ticket. Born in Vinkovci, Jančiković graduated law from the University of Zagreb in 1924 and opened his own law office in Zagreb three years later. Before switching his allegiance to the HSS, in 1920s, Jančiković was a member of the Action Committee of the Democratic Party for Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia. In that period, he wrote for party newspapers criticising actions taken by the HSS leader Stjepan Radić and against the Protection of State Act as unlawful. Following assassination of Radić in 1928, Jančiković joined the HSS. In 1929, Jančiković led an effort to reopen investigation of deaths of Communist Party of Yugoslavia members Đuro Đaković and Niko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinkovci
Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city settlement's population was 28,111 in the 2021 census, while the total population was 30,842, making it the largest town of the county. It is a local transport hub, particularly because of its railways. Name The name comes from the Croatian name, Croatian given name Vinko, cognate to the name Vincent. It has been in use following a dedication of the oldest town church of Saint Elijah () to Saint Vincent the Deacon () in the Middle Ages. The name of the city in Croatian language, Croatian is plural. It was called in antiquity. There is no known Latin or Greek etymology for , so it is assumed to be inherited from an earlier time. ''Cibale'' is a toponym derived from geomorphology, from Indo-European meaning "ascension" or "head". It is assumed that the root is in Proto-Indo-European (head), in the sense of a hill, meaning a place that was protected from the flooding of Bosut (river), B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
