The Association of Serbian Youth (Serbian: Дружина младежи српске / Družina mladeži srpske) was the first student organisation in Serbia, founded in 1847 by the students of the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia.[1]
The society was founded in Belgrade on 20 June 1847 by Lycée professor Sergije Nikolić and a few students, namely Jevrem Grujić and Milovan Janković.[2] Later, their number grew with Petar Protić-Sokoljanin (1827-1954) and Dimitrije Petrović, who were the best known, and shortly before its demise in 1851 the society had some fifty regular members.[3]
This organisation was banned and disestablished in 1851 because of their criticism of the Defenders of the Constitution.
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edit- ^ Petar Blečić (2007). "Prvi srpski studenti". Panorama. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Trencsenyi, Balazs; Kopecek, Michal, eds. (2006). National Romanticism: The Formation of National Movements: Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe 17701945. Central European University Press. p. 154. ISBN 9789637326608.
As a student in Belgrade, he actively participated in the foundation — in 1847 — of the youth organization Druzina mladezi srpske (Association of Serbian Youth).
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