Wednesday, 2 August 2006

Events to mark two hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Bratacic

The Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Predrag Markovic, today attended events to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bratacic and the unveiling of a memorial in the village in the vicinity of Osecina.


The Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Predrag Markovic, today attended events to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bratacic and the unveiling of a memorial in the village in the vicinity of Osecina.

At the invitation of the President of the Osecina Municipality, Milan Simic, Mr Markovic laid a wreath at the memorial, and then addressed the villagers and municipal officials present.

Markovic underlined that the day was devoted to honouring fighters whose sacrifice made possible the events of 1806, the year of victory, and the key year for Serbia’s nationhood.

Reiterating that there were no ‘large and small battles’, Markovic asked his audience whether the insurgents could have known, 200 years ago, that the Battle of Bratacic would make possible the great victory in the Battle of Misar, thereby making 1806 the crucial year for Serbia’s future history. They could have known, he went on to say, as ‘Karadjordje’s men, and both Obrenovics, arrived to help; when different people and options join forces in Serbia, its victorious road towards Europe begins’, the Assembly Chairman emphasised.

The Battle of Bratacic was fought days before the Batle of Misar. Among those who took part in it were Vicar Mateja Nenadovic, Lazar Mutan, Jovan Kursula, and Milan and Milos Obrenovic. The men of Podgora were commanded by village elder Milic Kadic and captain Mihailo Nedic, while the Kolubara and Tamnava force was led by Milovan Grbovic and village elder Peja Jankovic, who was killed in the battle.

Historians agree that, if the Turkish force commanded by Haji-Bey of Srebrenica had not been defeated at Bratacic, the outcome of the Battle of Misar would have been in doubt. The Battle of Bratacic ended with a defeat for the Turks, which made it possible for Serbia’s leader, Karadjordje, to triumph at Misar – the battle considered the greatest and most glorious victory of the entire Serbian war of independence, fought from 1804 to 1813.


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monday, 15 december
  • 11.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)

  • 11.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 11.00 - judges elected to judicial office for the first time take the oath of office before the National Assembly Speaker (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

  • 11.30 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Ukrainian Ambassador (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street)

  • 12.00 - opening of the exhibition marking 150 years since the birth of Mileva Maric Einstein (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)

  • 12.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Judiciary, Public Administration and Local Self-Government (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 13.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)

  • 17.00 - sitting of the Committee on Constitutional and Legislative Issues (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)

  • 17.05 - National Assembly Deputy Speaker at the AEPA Association if Lawyers Conference: NO MORE SILENCE – ME AGAIN (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)

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