Belgrade A Cultural HistoryPerched above the confluence of two great rivers, the Sava and Danube, Belgrade has been home to many civilizations: Celts, Romans, Byzantines, Bulgars, Magyars, Ottomans and Serbs. A Turkish fortress, the focus for a Serbian principality, an intellectual and artistic center, the city grew until it became capital of Yugoslavia. Now it is one of the largest cities in south-eastern Europe and capital of the Republic of Serbia. Despite many challenges, Belgrade has resisted assimilation and created a unique cultural identity out of its many contrasting sides, sometimes with surprising consequences. |
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... Communism 123 The Second World War and Liberation of Belgrade (123); Tito's Yugoslavia (131); Nikola Pašić Square (135); King Alexander Boulevard (138); Tašmajdan and its Neighbourhood (140); Arts and Politics after 1945 (144); ...
... Communism 123 The Second World War and Liberation of Belgrade (123); Tito's Yugoslavia (131); Nikola Pašić Square (135); King Alexander Boulevard (138); Tašmajdan and its Neighbourhood (140); Arts and Politics after 1945 (144); ...
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... communist leader in south-eastern Europe. NATO's air forces carried out the bombardment during a three-month war with the ruling regime, from which the Serbs freed themselves by a peaceful revolution in October of the following year ...
... communist leader in south-eastern Europe. NATO's air forces carried out the bombardment during a three-month war with the ruling regime, from which the Serbs freed themselves by a peaceful revolution in October of the following year ...
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... communist state after the Second World War with the cultural changes reflecting these political transformations. The urban landscape shifted from the ornate style of architecture practised at the beginning of the new era to the more ...
... communist state after the Second World War with the cultural changes reflecting these political transformations. The urban landscape shifted from the ornate style of architecture practised at the beginning of the new era to the more ...
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... communists came to power in 1945 and generated mistrust in the West where it was thought of as pro-Stalinist. The ... Communism—my dear Theodore, a short visit here is enough to make one decide that Capitalism is worth fighting for ...
... communists came to power in 1945 and generated mistrust in the West where it was thought of as pro-Stalinist. The ... Communism—my dear Theodore, a short visit here is enough to make one decide that Capitalism is worth fighting for ...
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... communist Yugoslavia, and most recently of Serbia again. Kalemegdan crowns the central district of Belgrade's old town. A towering statue of a naked man with a sword grasped in his right hand and a hawk perched on his left stands on the ...
... communist Yugoslavia, and most recently of Serbia again. Kalemegdan crowns the central district of Belgrade's old town. A towering statue of a naked man with a sword grasped in his right hand and a hawk perched on his left stands on the ...
Contents
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FROM REPUBLIC SQUARE TO THE RIVER SAVA THE SERBIAN UPRISINGS AND LATER | 27 |
FROM KNEZ MIHAILO STREET TO THE RIVER DANUBE THE ROAD TO MODERNIZATION | 55 |
TERAZIJE AND KING MILAN STREET CAPITAL OF SERBIA AND YUGOSLAVIA | 87 |
KING ALEXANDER BOULEVARD AND TAŠMAJDAN THE RISING STAR OF COMMUNISM | 123 |
KNEZ MILOŠ STREET DEDINJE AND TOPCIDER FROM TITOS DEATH TO CIVIL WAR | 157 |
SLAVIJA ENGLEZOVAC AND THE VRACAR PLATEAU BELGRADE UNDER A FOREIGN GAZE | 189 |
THE CITY ACROSS THE RIVER TWENTYFIRST CENTURY BELGRADE | 207 |
Serbian Language and Names of Streets | 235 |
FURTHER READING | 241 |
INDEX OF LITERARY HISTORICAL NAMES | 249 |
INDEX OF PLACES LANDMARKS | 253 |
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