• Radoslav RASPOPOVIĆ, Petar II Petrović Njegoš u diplomatskoj istoriji Crne Gore tridesetih godina XIX vijeka, 7-31  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper analyses foreign political activities of the Montenegrin metropolitan Peter II Petrović Njegoš in the 1930s, which bear the formal characteristics of diplomatic affairs. For this reason, the author believed them important for the study of diplomatic history of Montenegro, even though these were not typical diplomatic actions but rather international activities of a country which in fact exists but does not have the capacity of an international subject to speak of its diplomacy in the sense of international law. In order to explain the historical backdrop of the two Russian missions of Peter II, the author uses national archive sources from the Department of Archives of National Museum of Montenegro and National Archives of Montenegro along with the known literature, and he also relies to a great extent on the documents of the Foreign Affairs Archives of the Russian Empire. Thus, many details regarding both missions which have not been scientifically elaborated are explained, and can be useful to contemporary researchers in terms of the objectives and tasks of foreign political missions of Peter II.

• Momčilo D. PEJOVIĆ, Istoriografsko-bibliografski ogled o Petru II Petroviću-Njegošu, 33-53  Download

ABSTRACT: Historiography and bibliography on Peter II Petrović Njegoš. Place of birth Njegusi. Njegoš as a poet, ruler, philosopher. Cetinje, Montenegro, Russia, the first half of the 19th century, relations between Montenegro and Russia in the time of Peter II Petrović Njegoš. Journeys to Russia, Italy, France, Austria. Literary opus – literary works: Mountain Wrath, the Light of Microcosm, False Tzar Šćepan the Little. Njegoš’s cooperation with prominent politicians and statesmen.

ČLANCI

• Boško BOJOVIĆ, Entre convergences et disparités (XIXe-XXe s.), 55-72  Download

NEMA ABSTRACT

• Lovorka ČORALIĆ, Iseljenici iz Zete u Mlecima (XV – XVII stoljeće): prilog poznavanju crnogorsko-mletačkih veza u prošlosti, 73-99  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper is based on an analysis of the original sources from the National Archives in Venice (testaments were particularly used), and on the in sight in to the existing historiography know ledge. By following the sources, the pa per thoroughly analyses fun da mental components from the past of the Zeta emigrants in Venice: time frame for their presence and activities in Venice, the way in which they were recorded in the sources, places of residence, occupations, and economic opportunities, and family liaisons and friendships. A particular attention is paid to forms of communication of Zeta emigrants within their own emigration community, and to their relations with emigrants from other parts of eastern Adriatic coast. The final section deals with comprehensive examples of the connections of Zeta emigrants with the Venice clerical institutions, and the relations with the churches and monasteries in their home land.

• Dragana KUJOVIĆ, Smail-aga Čengić između dva epska portreta, 101-110  Download

ABSTRACT: Mažuranić’s epic poem The Death of Smail-aga Čengić described the death of mute sarrif of Gacko. The character of this Turkish hero took on epically hackneyed characteristics attributed to Turkish thugs in national poetry. The ruthless Turkish commander is contrasted with the oppressed Christian people, subject to all sorts of injustice and violence. There have been many at tempts at describing the Turkish dignitary Smail-aga Čengić, which are either epic or which surpass the epic frame, and they tend to place him in to an entirely different notion of reality, not without exaggeration which quite often unjustifiably coincides with a contrary cliché – a beautified and retouched image. By emphasizing the reputation of the mute sarrif, which he gained with courage, achievements and a dignified loyalty to Ottoman authorities, unlike inane, pathetic and hypocritical subjects, such image tells that reality painted a double picture in collective memory. However, the divided image is united by a historical con text, the same characters, events and details which enable an impartial research process, completely relieved of bias and attempts to humor the traditional, i.e. epic role division in to good and evil, “our” chivalry and “their” cowardice, which is usually blind and conventional.

• Anđelka BULATOVIĆ, Crnogorka u bratstveničko-plemenskoj društvenoj strukturi i organizaciji, 111-126  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper is an analysis of the position and upbringing of a Montenegrin woman in Montenegro clans and tribes. From the historical point of view, her role was tied to the family, which was also her most important personal and social function. Social value of women and their acceptance in the community (clan, tribe) they belong to, from birth until different years of age, was inextricably linked to the structure of family life. Household and raising children meant that a woman had to stay “tied” to the house all her life. Moreover, she participated in the course of her social life only in directly – through her father, brother, husband, son or other male relatives. The family was, therefore, her micro and macro world. Thus the position of a Montenegrin woman on the social ladder in the 19th century always depended on her dominant role in the vertical line of family relations and the social importance she would gain through affiliation with strong male figures: father, brother or husband. This resulted in the provisions of traditional law which preached inequality of sexes in the matters of heritage and property, of law, economy and other.

• Aleksandar RASTOVIĆ, Britanske diplomate u Beogradu o odnosima Srbije i Crne Gore 1878-1910. godine, 127-141  Download

ABSTRACT: The basic aim of this work is to show the development of the political relations between the Kingdom of Serbia, and the Principality (and later Kingdom) of Montenegro during the reign of the two most rival-ling dynasties – Petrovic and Obrenovic, and the dynasty of Karadjordjevic after 1903, as seen through the eyes of British diplomats in Belgrade. In the period between 1878 and 1910 there were so many diplomatic reports which alluded to the poor relations between the two states, dynasties and crowns especially during the reign of King Milan Obrenovic of Serbia and Prince Nikola Petrovic of Montenegro. They hated each other. King Milan believed that Prince Nikola was a puppet in hands of Russia, and that his goal was to remove him from the Serbian throne and take his place. At the same time, Prince Nikola was frustrated because Milan Obrenovic declared Serbia a Kingdom. The relations improved somewhat during the reign of his son, King Alexander, but they grew even worse after 1903 than they had been before the Coup d’Etat in May.

• Živko M. ANDRIJAŠEVIĆ, Razvoj elektroprivrede u Crnoj Gori 1910-1945., 143-179  Download

ABSTRACT:at the beginning of the 20th century, electric power is introduced in Montenegro, but not for public use (street lights and houses), but rather for a specific purpose (of supplying machineries). The first one to use electric power to operate its equipment was the radio-telegraphic station in Volujica in 1904. Putting the Cetinje electric power plant, meant for public use, in to operation in 1910 was an important event because it meant that Montenegro had adopted an achievement of the developed world. Three years later, electric power plant in Bar was also put in to operation. Along with the two electric power plants (in Cetinje and Bar), electrification of other places on the territory of Montenegro was started in 1918. In 1941, the first hydroelectric power plant “Podgor” was put in to operation (near the village Podgor in Crmnica). The hydroelectric plant “Podgor” had the capacity of 300 kW, and its primary purpose was to generate electricity to operate pumps that delivered water to Cetinje. If we consider the first stage of development of the Montenegrin electric power industry, which lasted from 1910 until 1945, it becomes clear that a significant progress was made in this branch of economy, though the progress may seem modest compared to other parts of the Yugoslav state. The progress which was achieved may not have satisfied wishes and expectations but it corresponded to the current needs of Montenegro and the economic climate, which ultimately determined its size.

PRILOZI

• Radenko ŠĆEKIĆ, Totalitarna propaganda fašizma i nacional-socijalizma, 181-194  Download

ABSTRACT: The term totalitarianism is relatively new, appearing in the books at the end of the period between wars, and it has particularly spread after World War II. Etymology defines totalitarianism as such political system in which state or a party leadership administers and controls the entire social life – economy, education, culture, science, philosophy, even relations within families and everyday communication between people – by means of coercion. Totalitarian regimes are those which delighted a part of Europe after World War I, and not only people but also the educated and upper classes of society, regardless of the simplicity, violence and irrational postulates of the ideas and positions of those ideologies. In that regard, propaganda is probably one of the most important instruments of totalitarianism, where it took on unforeseen proportions. Previous propaganda principles were elaborated, and practice yielded and perfected new and more efficient action techniques.

• Miljan GOGIĆ, Rudarska proizvodnja u srednjovjekovnom Brskovu, 195-213  Download

ABSTRACT: The paper deals with a synthetic over view of data regarding mine production in medieval Brskovo based on all available sources. In order tore construct the scale and method of production, the paper used data from montangeological reports resulting from tests done in order to re start the production in the Brskovo mine. It provides data about the sites where the ore was taken, the sorts of ore and metal exploited, places where it was processed and about the composition of the slag. The work provides field observations on the now visible traces of medieval mining, and descriptions of the artefacts found which were used in the mining process. Testimonies of previous mining activity preserved in the toponymy of Brskovo and the surrounding area are another topic of this paper. Moreover, it provides data about the direction of medieval roads which connected Brskovo with the coast and the river Lim, as well as the data about a money mint, economic importance of Brskovo and the participation of business people from the Lim region in business matters regarding the lease of Brskovo mines and metal trade.

PORTRETI

• Miomir DAŠIĆ, Akademik Sima Ćirković (1929-2009), 215-254  Download

ABSTRACT: The topic of this review is the portrayal of the life and work of Sima Ćirković, PhD (1929-2009), a professor of Serbian medieval history at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and a corresponding member of the Academies of Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro. The review shows his extensive scientific work (approximately 500 bibliography units), chronologically and thematically diverse and based on the first-class archive material from the archives of Dubrovnik, Venice, Kotor, Budapest and other archives. The works of this scientist have enriched the medieval historiography of Serbia, Montenegro and the Balkans. He was a historian with a modern take on the past of Serbian people and other peoples of the Balkans, not only in the medieval times. He was also talented at writing syntheses – chapters in the History of Montenegro, History of Serbian people, History of medieval Bosnian state, books: Medieval Serbs, Serbs among European Peoples, and other monographs. Due to his scientific reputation, he was elected in to numerous international scientific institutions, invited to universities in the USA, Germany and other European countries, where he taught lectures on medieval history of Serbia and the Balkans. He received the highest national awards in Serbia for his scientific work, and rewards from renowned scientific institutions abroad. The works of professor Ćirković have been translated to German, Italian, French, Russian, Slovenian and Chinese. Academic reviews had a high appreciation for his work and named him the greatest Serbian and Balkan medievalist in the second half of the 20th century.

PROMOCIJE

• Roderick W. MOORE, Riječ na promociji knjige Crna Gora i Sad u dokumentima Nacionalnog arhiva u Vašingtonu 1905-1918, (priredio dr Radoslav Raspopović), IICG, str. 590. Podgorica 2010, 255-257  Download

IZVORI

• Ирина ВОРОБЬЁВА, Письма Вальтазара Богишича в русский город Тверь, 259-264  Download

ABSTRACT: In the paper, written in Russian language, the author publishes a small portion of a rich correspondence of Valtazar Bogišić, PhD, a renowned Slavist and researcher of Slavic laws. The letters have never before been published. The fact that makes them particularly interesting is that in them Valtazar Bogišić asks from the Head of the Museum in Tver for books of proverbs along with ancient documents. He believes that those books could be used as an important starting point in studying Slavic legal customs. Bogišić believed that the common law of Slavic people was a segment necessary for studying and understanding it. For this reason, he conducted his famous polls but, as we can see, he also used all available sources for which he believed contained elements of common law of Slavic people.

• Milica M. DRAGIĆEVIĆ, Ugovor o braku između Viktora Emanuela III Savojskog i crnogorske princeze Jelene Petrović Njegoš, 265-276  Download

ABSTRACT: The conclusion of the marriage contract between the Montenegrin princess Jelena Petrović and Victor Emmanuel, the Prince of Savoy and son of King Umberto, introduced a new phase in the relations between Montenegro and Italy, and affected their financial, economic, cultural and political prosperity. The processes it introduced led to a strong penetration of Italian capital and Italian assistance to Montenegro. Along with the text of the contract, the author of the paper also provides a short interpretation of its content, leaving the possibility for a different interpretation of the legal and political life of south-east Europe.

ARHEOLOGIJA

• Ksenija ĐURIŠIĆ, Konzervacija i restauracija fragmentovane amfore sa arheološkog lokaliteta Duklja, 277-284  Download

ABSTRACT: The subject of this work is conservation of an amphora from the site of Doclea, located in the vicinity of Podgorica, Montenegro. The amphora was found during the excavation campaign which took place in 1958 – 1962, when about 300 tombs were unearthed and a large number of whole and fragmented amphorae were discovered. The amphora which is described in this paper was the only one found in the southeastern necropolis of Doc lea. This type of amphora is common in the 1st and early 2nd centuries AD. The amphora was found in a very fragmentary state and the absence of its large part, made the conservation very complicated. During the process of conservation all the steps of the conservation procedure were executed and recommendations were made for the further preservation of amphora in appropriate conditions in order to eliminate damaging influence of the outside factors.

HRONIKA

• Ivan LAKOVIĆ, Međunarodni naučni skup, Crna Gora i Sad 1905-1918, Podgorica, 24. VI 2010., 285-286  Download
• Tatjana KOPRIVICA, Međunarodni naučni skup, Nikola I Petrović Njegoš u društvenom životu Crne Gore i Balkana, Cetinje, 25-26. oktobra 2011., 287-288  Download

PRIKAZI

• Radivoje ŠUKOVIĆ, Dušan Martinović, Testamenti znamenitih ličnosti i crkvenih velikodostojnika Crne Gore, Podgorica 2010, 289-292  Download
• Radenko ŠĆEKIĆ, Dobrilo Aranitović, Djelo akademika Miomira Dašića u ogledalu stručne i naučne kritike, Podgorica, CID, 2008, str. 386, 293-295  Download