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How the janissaries killed the mother of Serbs
25.12.2017

How the janissaries killed the mother of Serbs

Hadji Mustafa Sinik-oglu who was the vizier of Belgrade between 1893 to 1801 was the fiercest opponent of the janissaries and fought against their return to power in Belgrade and Constantinople. Namel...
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My name is Popov, Dusan Popov
14.12.2017

My name is Popov, Dusan Popov

Many men wished they could be in his shoes for at least a short while. Handsome and refined, the man called Bond – James Bond became the role model for many whose eyes were glued to their screens for...
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How the old Sava bridge was saved
11.12.2017

How the old Sava bridge was saved

How far would you go to defend something that’s important to you? Important enough you’d risk your life for it? For Miladin Zaric, a teacher from Belgrade (1889-1976), the line “I would die for...” t...
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Branko Pesic: the mayor who indebted Belgrade
04.12.2017

Branko Pesic: the mayor who indebted Belgrade

Gazela, the Mostar loop, Terazije tunnel – these are only some of many famous symbols of Belgrade. But do we know when they originated? Not many people know that this happened in the days of the legen...
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Who was "baba Visnja"?
20.11.2017

Who was "baba Visnja"?

An embarrassing confession: I once imagined – as did many people I talked to – that in Vracar, decades ago, there used to live a lovely little granny who selflessly gave children cherry pastries, milk...
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Genius tactics against raw power - how did Janos Hunjadi earn the gratitude those opposing the Ottomans
18.11.2017

Genius tactics against raw power - how did Janos Hunjadi earn the gratitude those opposing the Ottomans

Even though he didn’t have “pure” Serbian ancestry, he was praised and depicted in many Serbian epics. Ingenious military strategies earned him the respect and favor of almost all the rulers of his t...
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The biography of a Victor
11.11.2017

The biography of a Victor

He has the best view in the city, greets ships and overlooks the joining of Sava and Danube. He’s proud and over a century old. Above all, he is the symbol of Belgrade. It’s not well-known that in its...
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How did the "Gospodara Vucica" street get its name?
30.10.2017

How did the "Gospodara Vucica" street get its name?

On the very border between Belgrade’s municipalities Vozdovac and Vracar spans a broad street with a memorable name. Not only does the word “gospodar” (master) give it an archaic-elitist ring, but it...
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This is the little garden of a great Chinese man, or The first Chinese man in Belgrade
12.10.2017

This is the little garden of a great Chinese man, or The first Chinese man in Belgrade

According to the register from 1929, there lived four people of Chinese heritage. One of them stood out, not only due to his aristocratic bearing and excellent merchant skills, but also due to the unu...
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Who was "Tosa" of Tosa's Well?
12.10.2017

Who was "Tosa" of Tosa's Well?

When you go from the Pavillions and New Belgrade blocks towards Bezanijska kosa, there is a “border” which you’ll have to cross. This border has always been called “Tosin bunar” (Tosa’s well) and it i...
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