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Takovo

Takovo
Таково
Museum of Second Serbian Uprising in a historic school
Museum of Second Serbian Uprising in a historic school
Takovo is located in Serbia
Takovo
Takovo
Coordinates: 44°02′34″N 20°23′15″E / 44.04278°N 20.38750°E / 44.04278; 20.38750
Country Serbia
DistrictMoravica District
MunicipalityGornji Milanovac
Area
 • Total
11.53 km2 (4.45 sq mi)
Elevation
472 m (1,549 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
458
 • Density39.7/km2 (103/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Takovo (Serbian Cyrillic: Таково) is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the village has a population of 458 people.[1]

History

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The village was active in the Serbian Revolution, being organized into the knežina (administrative unit) of Brusnica (Takovo) during the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13). Among notable local revolutionaries were priest Janko Vitomirović; Radojica Paunović; Stevan Kosanović; priest Pavle Nenadović-Ševa; duelist Pantelija Smiljanić; Radomir Paunović.[2]

The Second Serbian Uprising (1815) under the leadership of vojvoda Miloš Obrenović started in this village.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
  2. ^ Pavlović, Dragoljub M. (1990). "Учесници српских үстанака од 1804. до 1815. године из Рудничке и Пожешке нахије" [Participants aux insurrections serbes de 1804 et 1815 nés dans les nahies de Rudnik et de Požega] (PDF). Зборник радова Народног музеја у Чачку. XX: 115–131.
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