ABSTRACT: The paper examines the socio-economic position and the everyday reality of the life of slaves in Lydia and Phrygia, two regions of considerable size within the boundaries of the Roman province of Asia, during the first three centuries of our era. The sources available for the study of slavery in Roman Anatolia are mainly epigraphic monuments, though some ancient writers and anepigraphic archaeological finds offer significant insights as well. The impression gained by the study of this material suggests that slavery was widespread and that it permeated both private life and public institutions, though exact numbers of slaves and their economic significance is difficult to determine.

• Hasan BABACAN, Abidin TEMMIZER, The Muslim Census Book Found with a Soldier Registered in Taşlica (Pljevlja) District, 33-44     DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: This study on Taşlıca (Pljevlja) district Muslim military population register The book is registered in the Turkish Presidency State Archives of the Republic of Turkey Ottoman Archives (BOA) population registers, under the number Nfs.d 5780. The population book was prepared April 22, 1868. The book includes the household number, names and birth dates of 192 household heads in 5 neighborhoods and 21 villages of Taşlıca. At the beginning of the book, it is stated that there is also another book prepared since these household heads were in the military.

• Галина ШЕВЦОВА, Деятельность Комитета «Зеленый Крест», Состоявшего Под Покровительством Великой Княгини Милицы Николаевны. 1914-1916, 45-53     DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: This paper is based on historical data and Russian press materials for the period from 1914 to 1916 and tells about activities of Green Cross, one of philanthropic organization under protection of the grand duchess Militsa Nikolaevna. Green Cross was established in the first days of the war, opened its divisions in many towns of Russia and provided assistance to Russian, Montenegrin and Serbian soldiers and members of their families. Unique feature of this philanthropic organization consisted in its financial independence of government grants and the amount of collected funds was illustrative of its popularity among people. Such activity went up against other committees under august protection. Activity of green Cross was terminated in December 1916 by decision of the Council of Ministers.

• Vesna ĐIKANOVIĆ, Crnogorska Politička Emigracija u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama (1922-1924) – Aktivnosti i Jugoslovenski Odgovori, 55-81    DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: Presented paper focuses on the activities of Montenegrin emigration in the USA in the years following the end of First World War. New political solutions, disappearance of Montenegro and creation of new Yugoslav State, provoked activities of some Montenegrins in order to promote an idea of restoration of the independent Montenegro. Activities, ideas, impact, reaction of Yugoslav State and its representatives in America as well as results and outcomes are the object of analyses.

• Ivan LAKOVIĆ, Crnogorska Policija u Očima Posmatrača OEBS 1997-2006. godine, 83-103    DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: On the base of reports by the relevant body of the OSCE Mission in then Serbia and Montenegro, the paper deals with the topic of perception of Montenegrin police forces and their reformation by the OSCE experts assigned for this area. The article covers the period on the verge of centuries, when Montenegro acquired the new political course towards closer bonding with the West. Finally resulting in changing the status of its statehood, social and political processes of this time were directed and conducted by governmental authorities who dominantly relied upon the use of police forces and the control over them. In this sense, perception of the such police in the eyes of representatives of international community, among which the OSCE’s ones had the most direct contact, brings an insight into the contemporary conditions, problems, perspectives and possibilities of reform within the one of the most important tools the Montenegrin government had at its disposal.

• Danilo KALEZIĆ, The Nature of Political Transformations in Montenegro in the Early 90s: Prolongated Transition and Halted Democratization, 105-116    DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: Montenegro’s political transformation from communism to liberal democracy was marked by remarkable political and social developments all of which severely damaged democratic consolidation and political transformation. Instead of following the pattern of other Central/ Eastern European states, Montenegro was deadlocked with an unresolved national question and fragile democratic framework; prolongation of fundamental emancipation of society and state. The article examines major political developments starting the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the introduction of pluralism, and their implications on political and societal transformations in Montenegro.

• Aiša KURBARDOVIĆ, Teskere kao Istorijski Izvori Osmanske Provenijencije u Arhivu Istorijskog Instituta Crne Gore, 117-126    DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: This work is motivated by the desire and need to present to the academic public and the wider readership an illustration of lesser-known tadhkirah (Ottoman tezkire) that have been neglected in our historiography. Teskere of Ottoman provenance stored in the Archives of the Historical Institute of Montenegro are an important source of knowledge when it comes to studying the history of Montenegro. These dated documents from the second half of the 18th century, which we publish here, testify to the manner of appointing the village prince and the collection of taxes during the Ottoman rule. In fact, they are important for the local history of Crmnička nahiyah, because they provide us with reliable information on the manner of official communication between the local population and the competent Ottoman authorities.

• Miljan GOGIĆ, Kotorske Isprave iz Ostavštine Vicka Antuna Paskvalija, 127-140    DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: The paper contains transcripts of some medieval documents from the manuscript collection “Memorie sulle Bocche di Cattaro concernenti il Culto”, whose parchment templates were in the possession of the Kotor canon Vicko Antun Paskvali during the 18th century. The documents refer to the churches of Kotor: St. Nicholas of the Gardens (1289), St. Lorenzo of Plata (1324, 1347, 1348), St. Luka’s (1270), St. Basileus on Šuranj (1309), St. Maria of Gurdići (1318), and St. Jacob of Loggia (1388). Most of the documents relate to the election of abbots, founding, and patronage over churches, one refers to the leasing of church property. Some of these documents have been scarcely known so far.

• Radoslav Raspopović, Nekoliko Ćirilskih Dokumenata o Šćepanu Malom, 141-185    DOWNLOAD

ABSTRACT: A number of Cyrillic documents written by Šćepan Mali have been published in this paper. Based on their transcribed versions, the author of the paper points out the importance of these materials for the deciphering of the motives behind the appearance of Šćepan Mali, who proclaimed himself to be the Russian Tsar Peter III.