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| resting_place = Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Church, [[Pecka, Osečina|Pecka]] |
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* Danica Nana |
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⚫ | '''Vladislav F. Ribnikar''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Владислав Ф. Рибникар}}; 13 November 1871 – 1 September 1914) was a |
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⚫ | '''Vladislav F. Ribnikar''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Владислав Ф. Рибникар}}; 13 November 1871 – 1 September 1914) was a Serbian journalist, known for founding ''[[Politika]]'', the oldest Serbian daily. He led the newspaper from the day it was founded in 1904 until his death in combat during the [[World War I|First World War]].<ref name="Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts">{{cite web | author= Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts | title=Ribnikar, Franc (1840–1905) | website=Slovenian biography | date=1905-02-07 | url=https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi506141/#slovenski-biografski-leksikon | language=sl}}</ref> |
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== Early life and education == |
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==Biography== |
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Vladislav F. Ribnikar was born in [[Trstenik, Serbia]] in 1871, the oldest of three sons of a [[Slovenes|Slovene]] doctor, Franjo Ribnikar from [[Carniola]] and his Serbian wife Milica Srnić from [[Hrvatska Kostajnica|Kostajnica]].<ref name="Serbian Studies 2002 p. ">{{cite book | title=Serbian Studies | publisher=North American Society for Serbian Studies | issue=v. 16, no. 1 | year=2002 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-kVAQAAMAAJ | language=de |page=151}}</ref> |
Vladislav F. Ribnikar was born in [[Trstenik, Serbia]] in 1871, the oldest of three sons of a [[Slovenes|Slovene]] doctor, Franjo Ribnikar from [[Carniola]] and his Serbian wife Milica Srnić from [[Hrvatska Kostajnica|Kostajnica]].<ref name="Serbian Studies 2002 p. ">{{cite book | title=Serbian Studies | publisher=North American Society for Serbian Studies | issue=v. 16, no. 1 | year=2002 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-kVAQAAMAAJ | language=de |page=151}}</ref> |
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Ribnikar went to school in [[Jagodina]] and [[Belgrade]]. He studied history of philosophy at the [[University of Belgrade]] [[University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy|Faculty of Philosophy]] from 1888 to 1892. After graduation he continued his education in France where he received his master's degree from the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in Paris then [[Berlin]] to study at the [[Humboldt University]] on a state scholarship.<ref name="Serbian Studies 2002 p. " /> |
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== Launching Politika == |
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The [[May Coup (Serbia)|coup d'état of May 1903]] which saw the end of the [[Obrenović]] dynasty in Serbia stopped him from finishing his PhD but the arrival of the [[Karadjordjevic]] dynasty to the throne brought democracy and freedom of the press for the first time in Serbia.<ref name="Norris 2008 p.89 ">{{cite book | last=Norris | first=D.A. | title=Belgrade: A Cultural History | publisher=Oxford University Press | series=Cityscapes (Hardcover) | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-19-537608-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBUSDAAAQBAJ}}</ref> Vladislav F. Ribnikar influenced by his experience in France and Germany decided to launch the first independent Serbian newspaper.<ref name="Serbian Studies 2002 p." /> |
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The idea to create an independent newspaper, without links to any of the political parties, was a novel idea in Serbia. |
Ribnikar's wife, Milica "Milka" Čolak-Antić, a member of the [[Čolak-Antić family]], daughter of Lt Colonel Lazar Čolak-Antić and descendant of renowned [[Vojvoda]] from the [[First Serbian uprising]] [[Čolak-Anta]] Simeonović, also believed in the need for an independent newspaper and invested her personal fortune into the endeavour. The idea to create an independent newspaper, without links to any of the political parties, was a novel idea in Serbia. as no one thought that an independent newspaper could survive without help from a political party, in addition there were already eleven daily party-oriented newspapers at the time.<ref name="Serbian Studies 2002 p. " /> The first issue of [[Politika]] came out on 25 January 1904 with 2,450 copies printed,<ref name="Milivojević 1984 p.">{{cite book|last=Milivojević|first=D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8cqAAAAMAAJ|title=Politika – a witness of our time|publisher=Narodna knjiga|year=1984|page=15|language=sr}}</ref> In only a few years it managed to become the most important daily in Serbia.<ref name="Stoković 1975 p.">{{cite book|last=Stoković|first=Ž.K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lC44AAAAIAAJ|title=Press in SFRY: 1945–1973: material for the history of the press.|publisher=Jugoslovenski institut za novinarstvo|year=1975|page=78|language=sr}}</ref> |
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⚫ | After studying in his native Svilajnac and Belgrade, following his graduation in Germany at the universities in Jena and Berlin, Ribnikar's younger brother [[Darko F. Ribnikar|Darko]] (1878–1914) and other brother Slobodan, a doctor, also joined Politika.<ref name="Avramović Bjelica 1992 p.">{{cite book | last1=Avramović | first1=M. | last2=Bjelica | first2=M. | title=Two Centuries of Serbian Journalism | publisher=Institut za novinarstvo | year=1992 | isbn=9788681371046 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0z8_AQAAIAAJ | language=sr|page=75}}</ref> |
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The first issue of "Politika" appeared on 25 January 1904. 2,450 copies of "Politika" appeared on the streets of Belgrade at the time when there were already twelve daily newspapers.<ref name="Milivojević 1984 p.">{{cite book|last=Milivojević|first=D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8cqAAAAMAAJ|title=Politika - a witness of our time|publisher=Narodna knjiga|year=1984|page=15|language=sr}}</ref> In only a few years it managed to become the most important daily in Serbia, Vladislav stayed at the helm of ''[[Politika]]'' until his death in 1914.<ref name="Stoković 1975 p.">{{cite book|last=Stoković|first=Ž.K.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lC44AAAAIAAJ|title=Press in SFRY: 1945-1973: material for the history of the press.|publisher=Jugoslovenski institut za novinarstvo|year=1975|page=78|language=sr}}</ref> |
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== Death == |
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[[File:PolitikaVladislavFRibnikar.jpg|thumb|right|Front page of Politika announcing the death of Vladislav Ribnikar|363x363px]] |
[[File:PolitikaVladislavFRibnikar.jpg|thumb|right|Front page of Politika announcing the death of Vladislav Ribnikar|363x363px]] |
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⚫ | As a reserve officer of the [[Royal Serbian Army]], Ribnikar participated in the 1912–13 [[Balkan Wars]], he was wounded twice, near [[Odrin]] (1912) and near [[Bregalnica]] (1913).<ref name="Slovenska akademija znanosti 1905">{{cite web | author=Slovenska akademija znanosti | title=Ribnikar, Franc (1840–1905) | website=Slovenska biografija | date=1905-02-07 | url=https://www.slovenska-biografija.si/oseba/sbi506141/#slovenski-biografski-leksikon | language=sl}}</ref> After the outbreak of the [[First World War]], he was once again called back to active duty. Ribnikar was killed in action on 1 September 1914 in western Serbia, in the [[Sokolska planina]] mountain; only a day after his youngest brother Darko, reserve captain and editor-in-chief of Politika, had been killed by an enemy shell on the front line at [[Ravno Brdo]].<ref name="Bukvić 2018">{{cite web | last=Bukvić | first=Bukvić | title=Brothers Vladislav and Darko Ribnikar, founders of Politika killed | website=Politika Online | date=2018-07-30 | url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/408238/Pero-zamenili-puskom | language=sr}}</ref> On 2 September 1914, Politika announced the death of its founder with a large banner headline.<ref name="Bukvić 2018" /> |
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The next day Politika announced the death of its founder with a large banner headline.<ref name="Bukvić 2018" /> |
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⚫ | After the death of the Ribnikar brothers, Vladislav's wife, Milica Čolak-Antić Ribnikar, became the pillar of Politika selling the family jewellery to revive the newspaper. In order to raise more money, she sold the family estate in [[Dedinje]], Belgrade, to Regent [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Aleksandar Karadjordjević]], the land where the Serbian royal residence, the [[Beli dvor|White Palace]], was later built.<ref name="GAMS">{{cite web|last=Universität|first=Graz|title=The Balkans. 1860–1950|url=http://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.1520/sdef:TEI/get?mode=search|website=Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities}}</ref> |
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== Legacy == |
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⚫ | After the death of the Ribnikar brothers |
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⚫ | On the occasion of the death of the Ribnikar brothers, [[Isidora Sekulić]] wrote a poem published in Politika of September 1914.<ref name="Bukvić 2018" /> In [[Trstenik, Serbia|Trstenik]], a "Ribnikar Day" (Ribnikarevi dani) is organized in his honour.<ref name="Stanković 2014">{{cite web|last=Stanković|first=Р.|date=2014-11-20|title=Ribnikar's mountaineering days|url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/310891/Planinari-u-cast-Vladislava-Ribnikara|website=Politika Online|language=sr}}</ref> Vladislav Ribnikar has a street named after him in [[Trstenik, Serbia|Trstenik]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Trstenik cherishes the memory of Vladislav Ribnikar|url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/307633/Trstenik-neguje-uspomenu-na-Vladislava-Ribnikara|website=Politika Online|language=sr}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
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Ribnikar's daughter Danica, married British spy and career diplomat Sir [[John S. Bennett]] in 1943.<ref name="Bokan 2008 p.54 ">{{cite book | last=Bokan | first=D. | title=Politika: mit, hronika, enciklopedija | publisher=Politika | year=2008 | isbn=978-86-7607-091-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xs0qAQAAIAAJ | language=hr | access-date=4 July 2023 | page=54}}</ref> |
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⚫ | On the occasion of the death of the Ribnikar brothers, [[Isidora Sekulić]] wrote a poem published in Politika of September 1914.<ref name="Bukvić 2018" /> In [[Trstenik, Serbia|Trstenik]] a "Ribnikar Day" ( |
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== External links == |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216134138/http://www.fondribnikar.com/ Politika 100 years |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216134138/http://www.fondribnikar.com/ Politika 100 years – The anniversary issue] |
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* [http://www.politika.rs Politika website] {{in lang|sr}} |
* [http://www.politika.rs/ Politika website] {{in lang|sr}} |
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Latest revision as of 12:51, 30 October 2023
Vladislav F. Ribnikar | |
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Native name | Владислав Ф. Рибникар |
Born | Trstenik, Principality of Serbia | 13 November 1871
Died | 1 September 1914 Sokolska planina, Carina, Kingdom of Serbia | (aged 42)
Resting place | Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God Serbian Orthodox Church, Pecka |
Occupation | Journalist, editor |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
Notable works | Founder of Politika |
Spouse | Milica Čolak-Antić |
Children |
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Relatives | Darko F. Ribnikar (brother) |
Military career | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
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Vladislav F. Ribnikar (Serbian Cyrillic: Владислав Ф. Рибникар; 13 November 1871 – 1 September 1914) was a Serbian journalist, known for founding Politika, the oldest Serbian daily. He led the newspaper from the day it was founded in 1904 until his death in combat during the First World War.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Vladislav F. Ribnikar was born in Trstenik, Serbia in 1871, the oldest of three sons of a Slovene doctor, Franjo Ribnikar from Carniola and his Serbian wife Milica Srnić from Kostajnica.[2]
Ribnikar went to school in Jagodina and Belgrade. He studied history of philosophy at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy from 1888 to 1892. After graduation he continued his education in France where he received his master's degree from the Sorbonne in Paris then Berlin to study at the Humboldt University on a state scholarship.[2]
Launching Politika
[edit]The coup d'état of May 1903 which saw the end of the Obrenović dynasty in Serbia stopped him from finishing his PhD but the arrival of the Karadjordjevic dynasty to the throne brought democracy and freedom of the press for the first time in Serbia.[3] Vladislav F. Ribnikar influenced by his experience in France and Germany decided to launch the first independent Serbian newspaper.[2]
Ribnikar's wife, Milica "Milka" Čolak-Antić, a member of the Čolak-Antić family, daughter of Lt Colonel Lazar Čolak-Antić and descendant of renowned Vojvoda from the First Serbian uprising Čolak-Anta Simeonović, also believed in the need for an independent newspaper and invested her personal fortune into the endeavour. The idea to create an independent newspaper, without links to any of the political parties, was a novel idea in Serbia. as no one thought that an independent newspaper could survive without help from a political party, in addition there were already eleven daily party-oriented newspapers at the time.[2] The first issue of Politika came out on 25 January 1904 with 2,450 copies printed,[4] In only a few years it managed to become the most important daily in Serbia.[5]
After studying in his native Svilajnac and Belgrade, following his graduation in Germany at the universities in Jena and Berlin, Ribnikar's younger brother Darko (1878–1914) and other brother Slobodan, a doctor, also joined Politika.[6]
Death
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/PolitikaVladislavFRibnikar.jpg/259px-PolitikaVladislavFRibnikar.jpg)
As a reserve officer of the Royal Serbian Army, Ribnikar participated in the 1912–13 Balkan Wars, he was wounded twice, near Odrin (1912) and near Bregalnica (1913).[7] After the outbreak of the First World War, he was once again called back to active duty. Ribnikar was killed in action on 1 September 1914 in western Serbia, in the Sokolska planina mountain; only a day after his youngest brother Darko, reserve captain and editor-in-chief of Politika, had been killed by an enemy shell on the front line at Ravno Brdo.[8] On 2 September 1914, Politika announced the death of its founder with a large banner headline.[8] After the death of the Ribnikar brothers, Vladislav's wife, Milica Čolak-Antić Ribnikar, became the pillar of Politika selling the family jewellery to revive the newspaper. In order to raise more money, she sold the family estate in Dedinje, Belgrade, to Regent Aleksandar Karadjordjević, the land where the Serbian royal residence, the White Palace, was later built.[9]
Legacy
[edit]On the occasion of the death of the Ribnikar brothers, Isidora Sekulić wrote a poem published in Politika of September 1914.[8] In Trstenik, a "Ribnikar Day" (Ribnikarevi dani) is organized in his honour.[10] Vladislav Ribnikar has a street named after him in Trstenik.[11]
Personal life
[edit]Ribnikar's daughter Danica, married British spy and career diplomat Sir John S. Bennett in 1943.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (7 February 1905). "Ribnikar, Franc (1840–1905)". Slovenian biography (in Slovenian).
- ^ a b c d Serbian Studies (in German). North American Society for Serbian Studies. 2002. p. 151.
- ^ Norris, D.A. (2008). Belgrade: A Cultural History. Cityscapes (Hardcover). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-537608-1.
- ^ Milivojević, D. (1984). Politika – a witness of our time (in Serbian). Narodna knjiga. p. 15.
- ^ Stoković, Ž.K. (1975). Press in SFRY: 1945–1973: material for the history of the press (in Serbian). Jugoslovenski institut za novinarstvo. p. 78.
- ^ Avramović, M.; Bjelica, M. (1992). Two Centuries of Serbian Journalism (in Serbian). Institut za novinarstvo. p. 75. ISBN 9788681371046.
- ^ Slovenska akademija znanosti (7 February 1905). "Ribnikar, Franc (1840–1905)". Slovenska biografija (in Slovenian).
- ^ a b c Bukvić, Bukvić (30 July 2018). "Brothers Vladislav and Darko Ribnikar, founders of Politika killed". Politika Online (in Serbian).
- ^ Universität, Graz. "The Balkans. 1860–1950". Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities.
- ^ Stanković, Р. (20 November 2014). "Ribnikar's mountaineering days". Politika Online (in Serbian).
- ^ "Trstenik cherishes the memory of Vladislav Ribnikar". Politika Online (in Serbian).
- ^ Bokan, D. (2008). Politika: mit, hronika, enciklopedija (in Croatian). Politika. p. 54. ISBN 978-86-7607-091-6. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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- 20th-century Serbian people
- Serbian journalists
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni
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