Novi Sad - Novi Sad Novi Sad (Нови Сад) (city population of 205,378 and some 299,294 in the county in 2002) is a city in northern Serbia, located at 45.25° North, 19.85° East on the banks of Danube river, capital of the province Vojvodina and big industrial and cultural center. Its name means "New Planting" (noun) in Serbian language. Devastated by the NATO bombardment during the Kosovo War of 1999, Novi Sad was left without all of its three bridges, communications, water and electricity. Residental areas were cluster bombed several times and its oil refinery daily, causing severe pollution and widespread ecological damage. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro.
Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj - of the most well known Serb poets. Zmaj ("Dragon") was born in Novi Sad. He finished elementary school in Novi Sad, secondary school in Bratislava after that he studied in Budapest, Praha and Vienna. In 1870 he came back to Novi Sad to work as a doctor. He was writing in all genres of poetry: from love and lyric, over patriotic and political to youth's and educational. But he is most well known for his children's poetry. His nursery rhymes have entered national consciousness and people sing them to their children even without knowing who wrote them. Some songs ;Tell me, tell ;Tell me, tell, ;How should I call you; ;Tell me, which ;Name I should give you, - ;Will I my "pride" ;Or my "strength" veneer, ;Or will I.
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - Prince Pavle (9 Oct 1934 - 27 Mar 1941) King Petar II (27 Mar 1941 - 29 Nov 1945) *exile from 13/14 Apr 1941 Internally, the Kingdom was divided into provinces from 1929, each of them called banovina. Their borders were intentionally drawn in such a way that they did not adhere to national borders and they were named after geographical features. The capital of the kingdom was Belgrade. Dravska banovina (Banovina of Drava), with its capital in Ljubljana Savska Banovina (Banovina of Sava), with its capital in Zagreb Vrbaska banovina (Banovina of Vrbas), with its capital in Banja Luka Primorska banovina (Seaside Banovina), with its capital in Split Drinska banovina (Banovina of Drina), with its capital in Sarajevo Zetska banovina (Banovina of Zeta), with its capital in Cetinje Dunavska banovina.
Josif Runjanin - Runjanin was christened in the Orthodox shrine of the Descent of the Holy Ghost (Silaska Svetog Duha) in Vinkovci. The ceremony was carried out by the renowned local priest Adam Popović. He died at the age of 57 in Novi Sad (Bačka, now in Serbia and Montenegro) and was buried according to the Orthodox tradition at the "Uspensko groblje" in Novi Sad where he remains to this very day. During his lifetime he was recognized for having composed two major songs which are popular to this day, Rado Srbin ide u vojnike (Gladly will the Serb enlist) and the symphony which will later be used by the Croats as their national anthem, Lijepa naša domovino..
Internal structure of Serbia and Montenegro - 4 See also 5 Sources Serbia Serbia has two provinces: Autonomous province of Vojvodina with capital in Novi Sad Autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohia with capital in Priština Part of Serbia that is in neither (oftenly called "Serbia Proper") is not a province and has no special status. It has no capital nor a governing body. Independently of this division, Serbia is further divided into 29 counties (okrug) and the city of Belgrade. Each of counties (and the city) is further divided into municipalities (opština). Borski okrug (County of Bor), with seat in Bor Municipality of Bor Municipality of Kladovo Municipality of Majdanpek Municipality of Negotin Grad Beograd (City of Belgrade) Municipality of Barajevo Municipality of Čukarica Municipality of Grocka Municipality of Lazarevac Municipality of Mladenovac Municipality of Novi Beograd.
Vojvodina - is a northern province of Serbia. Its capital is Novi Sad, the second largest town is Subotica. History The area of Vojvodina was inhabited ever since the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods. Sirmium was an important Roman town. During the early medieval migrations, Slavs (Severans) settled today's Vojvodina in the 6th century, while the Magyars arrived in the 9th century. Only isolated pockets of Slavs remained and the region was ruled by Hungary until the 16th century. An increasing number of Serbs began settling from the 14th century onward. By 1483, according to a Hungarian source, as much as half of the population of the Kingdom of Hungary at the time would have been made up of Serbs. Another Hungarian source from the same century put the number of Serb settlers.
Djordje Balasevic - and singer. Balasevic was born in Novi Sad in 1953. A high school dropout, he scored his first major success in 1977 with a tango single "U razdeljak te ljubim" sold in 180,000 copies, a big success by Yugoslav standards. The next major success came in 1978 with a song celebrating the communist revolution, "Racunajte na nas", popular with both authorities and people, and widely promoted as a generation hymn. After that, all the doors were opened and Balasevic has been a major figure in Yugoslav pop-music scene ever since. Many of his songs in the late 1980s dealt with controversial issues surrounding the breakup of the socialist Yugoslavia, criticizing any negative changes produced by the change of political and economic system. Although he didn't openly criticize Serbian nationalism in the.
Bunjevatz - and northern Dalmatia. Historic documents also refer to Bunjevci as Dalmatians, Catholic Serbs (Catholic Rascians) as well as Bosnians. In October 1918, they held a national convention in Subotica and decided to secede Vojvodina from Hungary and join Serbia. This was confirmed at the Great National Assembly of the Serbs, Bunjevci and other Slavs in Novi Sad, which proclaimed unification with the Kingdom of Serbia in November of 1918. Nationally, the Magyar censa from 1880 onward to 1910 numbered the Bunjevci distinctly, separate from the Serbs even though they were referred to as Catholic Serbs. The creation of the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed Yugoslavia in 1929) brought the Bačka Bunjevci in contact with the Croats. Through political rapprochement, some Bunjevci began developping a Croat national feeling. This.
Chess Olympiad - Valletta, Malta, -- USSR. 1982: 25th Chess Olympiad, Lucerne, Switzerland, -- USSR. 1984: 26th Chess Olympiad, Thessaloniki, Greece, -- USSR. 1986: 27th Chess Olympiad, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, -- USSR. 1988: 28th Chess Olympiad, Thessaloniki, Greece, -- USSR. 1990: 29th Chess Olympiad, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, -- USSR. 1992: 30th Chess Olympiad, Manila, Philippines, -- Russia. 1994: 31st Chess Olympiad, Moscow, Russia, -- Russia I. 1996: 32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan, Armenia, -- Russia. 1998: 33rd Chess Olympiad, Elista, Kalmykia, -- Russia. 2000: 34th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul, Turkey, -- Russia. 2002: 35th Chess Olympiad, Bled, Slovenia, -- Russia The 2004 Olympiad was originally planned to take place at Cala Galdana on Menorca, but in October 2003, a change of venue to Calviá on Mallorca was announced. This change was apparently motivated by funding.
Chess tournament history - 3rd Russia II 34.5 Manila 1992 - 1st Russia 39 2nd Uzbekistan 35 3rd Armenia 34.5 Novi Sad 1990 - 1st USSR 39 2nd USA 35.5 3rd England 35.5 Thessaloniki 1988 - 1st USSR 40.5 2nd England 34.5 3rd Netherlands 34.5 Dubai 1986 - 1st USSR 40 2nd England 39 3rd USA 38 Thessaloniki 1984 - 1st USSR 41 2nd England 37 3rd USA 35 Luzern 1982 - 1st USSR 39 2nd CSSR 39 3rd USA 35 Valletta 1980 - 1st USSR 39 2nd Hungary 39 3rd USA 35 Buenos Aires 1978 - 1st Hungary 37 2nd USSR 36 3rd USA 35 Haifa 1976 - 1st USA 37 2nd Netherlands 36.5 3rd England 35.5 (note: USSR and others did not compete in 1976 for political reasons) Nice 1974 - 1st USSR.
Transportation in Serbia and Montenegro - In the 1999 Kosovo conflict, many road and rail bridges were destroyed; since the end of the conflict in June 1999, there has been an intensive program to either rebuild bridges or build by-pass routes. Most of the most important bridges are now operational. unpaved: 19,781 km Waterways total: 587 km note: the Danube River, central Europe's connection to the Black Sea, runs through Serbia; since Kosovo conflict bridges destroyed in Novi Sad have obstructed river traffic. Now, the bridges are removed and the pontoon bridge that replaces a destroyed conventional bridge can be opened for large ships but has slowed river traffic. The bridge could also be bypassed by a canal system, but the inadequate lock size limits the size of vessels which may pass. Pipelines Crude oil 415 km;.
Serbs - state of the Serbs is Serbia and Montenegro. Another Serb state is Republika Srpska. Serbia and Montenegro form a federal state while Republika Srpska is one of two entities that constitute Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city with the largest Serb population is Belgrade; city with the second largest Serb population is Novi Sad, the third Banjaluka. Abroad Chicago has the largest Serb population with Toronto right after. There are around 11 million Serbs in the world, which is around 0.18% of the world population. List of Serbs lists some prominent Serbs. Most well known Serbs worldwide are scientists Nikola Tesla, Mihajlo Pupin and Milutin Milanković writer Ivo Andrić rulers Slobodan Milošević and Radovan Karadžić NBA stars Vlade Divac and Peja Stojaković and actress Mila Jovović (half Russian). Serbian last names often,.
Serb Orthodox Church - of Banat), with see in Vršac Епархија бањалучка (Eparchy of Banja Luka), with see in Banja Luka Епархија бачка (Eparchy of Bačka), with see in Novi Sad Епархија бихаћко-петровачка (Eparchy of Bihać and Petrovac), with see in Bosanski Petrovac Since the end of the war in 1995 the bishop and most priests fled as refugees along with the Serbs of the are, all returned by 1998. Епархија браничевска (Eparchy of Braničevo), with see in Požarevac Епархија будимљанско-никшићка (Eparchy of Budimlje and Niksic, with see in Djurdjevi Stupovi monastery near Berane Епархија врањска (Eparchy of Vranje), with see in Vranje Епархија горњокарловачка (Eparchy of upper Karlovac), with see in Karlovac Since war of 1991 bishop, priests and people are mostly refugees. Епархија дабробосанска (Eparchy of Dabar Bosnia), with see in Sarajevo Since.
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - Socialist republic of Croatia, with capital in Zagreb Socialist republic of Macedonia, with capital in Skopje Socialist republic of Montenegro, with capital in Titograd Socialist republic of Serbia, with capital in Belgrade; Serbia was further divided into: Socialist autonomous province of Kosovo, with capital in Pristina Socialist autonomous province of Vojvodina, with capital in Novi Sad Part of Serbia that is neither in Vojvodina nor in Kosovo and Metohia had no special status Socialist republic of Slovenia, with capital in Ljubljana Its hymn was Hej Sloveni. History Main article: History of Yugoslavia After World War II, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia was established as a communist state, on November 29 1945 in Jajce under president Josip Broz Tito, but unlike other Eastern and Central European communist countries, chose a course independent of the.
Sremski Karlovci - autonomous province Vojvodina, Serbia and Montenegro, situated on the bank of the river Danube, between Belgrade and Novi Sad. In 2002, its population was 8,839. Between November 16, 1698, and January 26, 1699, the town of Sremski Karlovci was the site of a congress that ended the hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League, a coalition of various European powers including Austria, Poland, Venice and Russia; the congress produced the Treaty of Karlowitz. The town was also the spiritual and cultural center of the Serbs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Metropolitan of the Serb Orthodox Church resided in the town which also housed a seminary which operates to this day. It also featured of the earliest Serb (and Slavic in general) grammar schools (sr: gimnazija/гимназија, fr: lycée) founded on.
Subotica - The World Gazetteer. It is the second largest city of the region next to Novi Sad. Its name stems from word "Saturday" in Serbian language. The city has population of 100,386 and it is situated only about 10 km from the border with Hungary. Surroundings of Subotica are mainly farmland but the city itself is an important Yugoslav industrial and transportation centre. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro.
Petrovaradin - in Serbia and Montenegro (population 13,917 in 2002). Lying just accross the river Danube from the main part of Novi Sad, it features a majestic fortress. The town was the site of a major battle, on 5 August 1716, in which Eugène of Savoy defeated the forces of the Ottoman Empire. Eugène also defeated the Ottomans at Belgrade before the Turks sued for peace at Požarevac. See also: List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro.
Zoran Djindjic - Habermas in Frankfurt. In 1979 he obtained a PhD in philosophy from the university of Konstanz. In 1989 Djindjic returned to Yugoslavia to take up a teaching post at Novi Sad University, and together with other Serb dissidents founded the Democratic Party. He became Chairman of the Executive Board of the party in 1990, and was elected to the Serb Parliament in the same year. After a massive series of public protests about rigged elections, Djindjic became Mayor of Belgrade in 1996 - the first non-communist mayor to hold that post since the Second World War. He played a prominent role in the Yugoslav Presidential elections of September 2000 and in the October uprising that overthrew the Milosevic regime, and then led the broad-based 18-party Democratic Opposition of Serbia coalition to.
Monica Seles - (Hungarian spelling: Szeles Mónika), an ethnic Hungarian born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro), is a noted female tennis player and the winner of many competitions including nine Grand Slam titles. Seles was initially coached by her father Karolj Seles. In 1986, she left Yugoslavia for the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy at Florida. She practised there for two years before joining the professional tour. She won the Australian Open in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1996; the French Open in 1990, 1991, and 1992; and the US Open in 1991 and 1992). On April 30, 1993, she was stabbed on court by Günter Parche, a 38-year-old German who was a deranged fan of her principal rival at that time, Steffi Graf. Seles, who was ranked No. 1 in the world.
Latin names of European cities - Germany Monasterium Bitolj, Republic of Macedonia Monasterium Westphaliae Münster, Germany Mosa Traiectum Maastricht, Netherlands Mutina Modena, Italy Mycenae Mycenae (Mykênes, -ai), Greece Naissus Niš, Serbia and Montenegro Napoca, Claudiopolis Cluj-Napoca, Romania Narbo Narbonne Naupactus Na(u)fpaktos, Greece Nauplium¹ Na(u)fplion, Greece Nauportus Vrhnika, Slovenia Neapolis Naples (Napoli), Italy Neapolis-Aemonia Novigrad, Croatia Neosolium Banska Bystrica, Slovakia Nemausus Nîmes, France Nemea¹ Nemea, Greece Neoplanta Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro Nesactium Visače Neviodunum Drnovo, Slovenia Nicomedia¹ Izmit, Turkey Nicopia Nyköping, Sweden Nicopolis¹ Nicopolis, Greece Nola Nola, ENE of Naples, Italy Norcopia Norrköping, Sweden Noreia Neumarkt, Austria Norimberga Nuremberg, Germany Nova Ionia (Athenae) Nea Ionia (Athens) aka New Ionia, Greece Nova Ionia (Thessalia) Nea Ionia (Thessaly) aka New Ionia, Greece Novae Sishtov, Bulgaria Novaesium, Novensium Neuss, Germany Noviomagus Nijmegen, Noyon, Speyer Noviodunum (Colonia Iulia Equestris) Nyon, Vaud,.
