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unusual facts about Stari Grad, Užice



98th Air Brigade

The Ponikve Airport is also part of 98th Air Brigade, used as auxiliary airport, as there are no units located at the airport except security personnel.

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Belgrade

It is located in the Dorćol in the municipality of Stari Grad. Like all Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and churches it is named after the Russian national saint Aleksandr Yaroslavich Nevskiy.

Alexey Suetin

As an active tournament player in the 1960s and 1970s, he achieved many fine results, including sharing or winning outright first place at Sarajevo 1965, Copenhagen 1965, Titovo Uzice 1966, Hastings 1967/68, Havana 1969, Albena 1970, Kecskemet 1972, Brno 1975 (the inaugural Czech Open Championship – the title of Champion going to Vlastimil Hort on tie-break), Lublin 1976, and Dubna 1979.

Battle of Pharos

An expedition of 10,000 men in 300 ships sailed out from Zadar and laid siege to the Greek colony Pharos in the island of Hvar, but the Syracusan fleet of Dionysus was alerted and attacked the siege fleet.

Bosnian Special Police Units

Along with that units other special police units were created: Jedinica za posebne namjene "Laste" and the Green Berets of MUP in Stari Grad.

Đetinja

From the south, Đetinja receives the right tributary of Sušica, coming from the central parts of Zlatibor, and enters the Užice depression, where the town of the same name is located.

There is also a small hydroelectrical power plant on the Đetinja in Užice, the oldest one in Serbia and Balkan, second oldest in Europe and third oldest in world after Niagara in United States, designed according to Nikola Tesla's principles, built in 1899 and still being in use, but the large hydroelectrical potential of the river is not being used enough.

Đorđe Prudnikov

Đorđe Prudnikov (Ђорђе Прудников, Djordje Prudnikoff) (1939, Užice-) is a Russo-Serbian painter, graphic artist, and designer, championed as one of the greatest and most original contemporary artists to emerge from the former Yugoslavia.

Eparchy of Šabac

In 1831, the large Eparchy of Valjevo was divided into 3 separate eparchies: the Eparchy of Valjevo (which was renamed to the Eparchy of Šabac), the Eparchy of Užice, and the Eparchy of Zvornik.

Kragujevac Football Subassociation

It included initially the clubs from the municipalities of Kragujevac, Kraljevo, Jagodina, which were part of the Belgrade Football Subassociation, and a year later Čačak and Užice, which belonged to Sarajevo Football Subassociation were joined.

Ljubiša Diković

Next two years he spent at Užice Army corps HQ, firstly as a Chief of Section and afterwards as the Chief of Staff.

Nikola Altomanović

He was defeated and blinded in Užice (fortress Užice) in 1373 by a coalition of his Serbian and Bosnian royals neighbors supported by the king of Hungary.

Nikola Ljubičić

Nikola Ljubičić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Љубичић; born in the village of Karan near Užice on 4 April 1916; died in Belgrade on 13 April 2005) was the President of the Presidency of Serbia (1982–1984), a member of the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1984–1989), and the Minister of Defence of Yugoslavia (1967–1982).

Nikola Maksimović

Maksimović spent three seasons playing for the biggest club from Užice.

Operation Uzice

After the offensive commenced on 20 September 1941, the Partisans initially received assistance from local Chetnik formations in opposing the Germans, but after weeks of disagreement and low-level conflict between the two insurgent factions about how the resistance should proceed, the Chetniks launched an attack on the Partisans in the towns of Užice and Požega on November 1 which resulted in the Chetniks being repulsed.

Petar Hektorović

Hektorović, also known as Pietro Ettoreo or Piero Hettoreo, was born and died in Stari Grad, Hvar.

Promise Me This

Set in Zlatibor District, an old man named Živojin Marković (Aleksandar Berček), living in a remote village prays for his grandson Tsane (Uroš Milovanović) to go to the city (Užice), sell his cow and bring back a wife.

Radio Television of Vojvodina

After the war, the RTNS was moved to the new building in the city centre.

Republic of Užice

The 1974 Yugoslav partisan feature film The Republic of Užice covers the events surrounding the existence of the Republic of Užice.

Ribnjak, Novi Sad

The upper part of Ribnjak is connected to the rest of the city by bus line 70, which goes from the railway station, through Banatić, Adamovićevo Naselje, Liman, Stari Grad, Petrovaradin and up to the Sremska Kamenica Institute.

Risto Perišić

On 19 May 1992 the Užice Corps officially withdrew from Višegrad, handing over control of the town to the Serbian Municipality of Višegrad, under the presidency of Branimir Savović.

Sali Aga

The district was under the control of Sali Aga, reinforced by Ali Aga Džavić from Užice and Pljako from Karanovac (modern-day Kraljevo) and their 500 Janissaries.

Serbian parliamentary election, 1877

The elections were marred by violence in Kragujevac, Jagodina and Užice, with pressure to elect candidates favourable to the incumbent government and interference from the Karađorđević dynasty blamed.

Seychelles International Repatriation Onward Program

The other political parties involved were CDU Dr Maxime Ferrari, Mr Andre Uzice, DP Mr David Joubert, SDP & Mouvement Pour la Democracy Sir James Mancham, Alliance Mr Christopher Savy and Mr Lewis Betsey, SNP Mr Philippe Boullé, Seychelles National Party Mr Edmond Camille, Mr Gabriel Houreau, Mr Robert Frichot, Mr Paul Chow, Mr Ralph Volcer, also UKSCA Executives 1987.

Slavko Ćulibrk

In Užice he played for one year, not always the first choice for coach Ljubiša Stamenković.

Srboljub Stamenković

Born in the town of Užice (then called Titovo Užice) in Serbia, he started playing for Red Star Belgrade in 1975 and stayed until 1981, when he was transferred to the Memphis Americans of the Major Indoor Soccer League.

Srboljub Stamenković (Serbian Cyrillic Србољуб Стаменковић) (January 31, 1956 in Titovo Užice, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia – January 28, 1996 in Užice, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia) known professionally in the United States as Stan Stamenkovic was a Yugoslav football player.

Srđan Maksimović

Next, he signed with another rising Serbian club, FK Sevojno from the town of Užice.

Stari Grad, Croatia

In the 7th century, following the fall of Salona, the capital of the Roman province of Dalmatia, many of its people sought refuge in Faria and other Roman towns in the nearby islands, as noted by the historian Archdeacon Thomas of Split (1200–1268) in his Historia Salonitana.

Stari Grad, Užice

Serbian župan from the 14th century, Nikola Altomanović (Vojinović) ruled vast areas from Rudnik, over Polimlje, Podrinje, east Herzegovina with Trebinje, until Konavle and Dračevica, neighboring the Republic of Dubrovnik.

Sveta Ana

Stari Grad, Makole, a village in Slovenia known as Sveta Ana until 1955

TV5

TV5 Užice, Serbian television channel, which broadcasts from the town of Užice

Veliki Park Sports Hall

Veliki Park Sports Hall, known locally as Hala Veliki Park is an indoor sporting arena located in Užice, Serbia.

Zeleni Venac

It is located in the Belgrade's municipalities of Savski Venac (major part) and Stari Grad.

Zmaj Children Games

Every June for a few days, children's plays, concerts, and shows gather children from Novi Sad and its surrounding region in Zmaj Jovina Street (the main street in Novi Sad's city centre).


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