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Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin

1840 – 1897

Serbian historian

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Lived 1840 – 1897 (aged 56). Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin was a historian, politician, writer and lawyer.

Miloš S. Milojević (; 16 October 1840 – 24 June 1897) was a Serbian lawyer, writer and politician. His work has been described as "at a ridge between history and literature", mostly for his travel-recording genre.

Biography Miloš S. Milojević, son of a parish priest, was born at Crna Bara in Mačva, Serbia, on 16 October 1840. He graduated with a law degree from Belgrade's Velika škola in 1862; studied philosophy, philology and history at the University of Moscow, from 1862 to 1865. His professor was Osip Bodyansky. He didn't wait to graduate and in 1866 Milojević returned to Serbia to work for the government judicial system, and later taught at high schools in Valjevo, Belgrade and Leskovac.

He died in Belgrade on 24 June 1897. He was buried in Novo Groblje.

Military

Milojević actively participated in the Serbian–Ottoman Wars (1876–1878), organizing three volunteer corps, the Ibar–Deževo, Morava–Dobrič, Raška–Ibar. Deževa–Ibar Corps Milojević and his volunteers arrived in Raška where he rallied the people. This detachment (odred) was called "the Deževa–Ibar Corps of the Serbian Volunteer Army" . The Staff was headquartered in the small town where the Staff of the II. Čačak Brigade was headquartered. Milojević's friend, Kosta Šumenković, brought 150 volunteers mostly from the nahiye of Ohrid and Debar.

Deževa–Ibar (Дежевско-ибарски кор) or Raška–Ibar (Рашко-ибарска дружина, рашко-ибарски кор), under Milojević Podbukovica Corps, under Sava Dečanac Jeleč Corps, under Kosta Šumenković Kopaonik Corps, under Milojko Veselinović Podgor–Deževa Corps, under Jovan Bidić Poibarje Corps, under Atanasije Jungić Borjan Corps, under Despot Badžović

The Corps reportedly gave the Army supply train 300 horses, the cavalry and starešine 150 horses, around 60 horses for the artillery. They liberated 205 Serb villages, two Turk villages, and one small town, set up three bases, organized 10 main battles. Because of his ideas about Greater Serbia, he is also known as Mad Milosh in Bulgaria. Odlomci istorije Srba i srpskih - jugoslavenskih - zemalja u Turskoj i Austriji, Beograd, 1872. Pesme i običaji ukupnog naroda srpskog Putopisi dela prave - Stare Srbije Naši manastiri i kaluđerstvo Prva dečanska hrisovulja Druga dečanska hrisovulja

Translations from Russian Običaji velikorusa Maljuta Skuratov (in two volumes)

Manuscripts Putopise (in nine segments) Četvrta knjiga pesama i običaja Nemanjića Prizrenska tapija Pravila svete Petke paraskeve srpske Pravila svetom Simenu srpskom Opšti list iz Patrijaršije Pećske Odgovor na izmišljotine u 10 i 12 broju Budućnosti, pod imenom: Naša agitacija na istok

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Imperial Moscow University, University of Belgrade

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Who was Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin?

Serbian historian

When was Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin born?

Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin was born on 16 October 1840 in Bogatić.

When did Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin die?

Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin died on 24 June 1897 in Belgrade.

What was Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin's occupation?

Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin was a historian, politician, writer and lawyer.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Milan Miloš Milojević Borovin

· Wikidata: Q1267609

· DBpedia: Miloš Milojević (lawyer)

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