The temple of Svarozic in Riedegost is a rare example of Slavic pagan sanctuary mentioned more than once in convincing medieval sources. Testimonies about the idols and temples of Slavic communities are very scarce and the quest of Riedegost’s exact...
Category - History
18 Roman Emperors were born on the territory occupied today by the Republic of Serbia. At the time, this area was divided among several Roman provinces, mostly including Pannonia Secunda and Moesia Superior and inhabited by various Celtic...
Disclaimer: The following is the English version of the text “Ратна тактика старих Словена“ by Igor Stamenovic, originally written in Serbian and published by “Svevlad.org.rs”. The text is translated in full (two parts) by Meet the Slavs team with...
Disclaimer: The following is the English version of the text “Ратна тактика старих Словена“ by Igor Stamenovic, originally written in Serbian and published by “Svevlad.org.rs”. The text is translated in full (two parts) by Meet the Slavs team with...
One of the great challenges of studying Slavic genealogy is the basic fact Slavic immigrants and their communities are some of the least studied of all such groups. With this being the case it requires genealogists and family historians to seek out...
The dynasty Obrenovic which won Serbian independence from the Ottoman empire in 1830, and elevated the status of Serbia to an internationally recognized kingdom in 1882, ended tragically in 1903 by a murder of the last ruling couple, Alexander and...
Thanks to the project which aimed to explore the distant past of the Serbian province of Vojvodina, important insights into Pannonian Slavic communities were made by researching the Byzantine sources. Historian Mr. Snezana Bozanic undertook this...
Stories of legendary katana and great samurai swordsmen are widely known. However, this is a true story of a warrior from Montenegro who won in sword duel against a samurai. His name is Aleksandar Lekso Saičić (Vinicka, 5 August 1873 – Cetinje, 7...
Croatian sculptor, architect and a poet Ivan Mestrovic (1883-1962) was born in Dalmatia while Austro-Hungary was still holding a firm grip over much of the Balkans. His talent was discovered at the age of sixteen, by the stonecutter from Split...
Ljubomir Micic (1895-1971) was an avant-garde artist with an unbearable temper which filled his life with conflicts. Born to a Serbian family in Sosice, Austro-Hungary (nowadays Croatia) he attended the Lyceum in Zagreb where he started expressing...
While the neighboring Romania rightfully enjoys the world’s recognition as the “vampire capital”, Serbia is endowed with some of the earliest legal cases of vampirism. In the first half on 18th century, when many Serbian areas were subsequently...