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2 unusual facts about Ilija Garašanin


Ilija Garašanin

Prince Miloš Obrenović puts him in governmental work, appointing him customs officer in Višnjica, on the Danube and later Belgrade.

His anti-Russian views resulted in Prince Menshikov, while on his mission in Constantinople, 1853, peremptorily demanding from the prince Aleksandar Karađorđević, his dismissal.


Milutin Savić

He is the father of Ilija Garašanin and grandfather of Milutin Garašanin (1845-1898), one of the founders and leaders of Serbia's Progressive Party.


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