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Janko Đurđević

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Janko Đurđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јанко Ђурђевић; Konjska Reka, near Bajina Bašta, Serbia, c. 1770 - Imperial Russia, 1828) was a member of the legal staff of the Governing Council for the Smederevo nahije from 1805 and the Great Federal Court (Supreme Court) from 1811.

Biography

Janko Đurđević originally came from Konjska Reka in the municipality of Bajina Bašta, but back then (during Karađorđe's Serbia) it was part of the Danube principality of the Smederevo nahija. He was a legal advisor during the time of Karađorđe. In 1813, he fled to Austria and then emigrated to Russia where he died in 1828[1] His contemporaries, Vuk Karadžić,[2] Matija Nenadović,[1] and Lazar Arsenijević[3] mention him in their respective memoirs.

His son is Paun Janković (1808-1865)[4] was acting Prime Minister of Serbia in 1840.

Sources

  • Milan Đ. Milićević, Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog narodu novijega doba, Vol 1 (Belgrade, 1888)[5]
  • Milan Đ. Milićević,Kneževina Srbija (Belgrade, 1878)
  • Lazar Arsenijević Batalaka, Istorija srpskog ustanka (Belgrade, 1898)
  • Konstantin N. Nenadović, Život i dela velikog Đorđa Petrovića Kara Đorđa Vrhovnog Vožda... (Vienna, 1884)
  • Morison, W. A. (2012) [1942]. The Revolt of the Serbs Against the Turks: (1804-1813). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-67606-0.
  • Petrovich, Michael Boro (1976). A history of modern Serbia, 1804-1918. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
  • Ranke, Leopold von (1847). History of Servia, and the Servian Revolution: From Original Mss. and Documents. J. Murray.

References

  1. ^ a b Nenadović, Mateja (1893). Memoari prote Matije Nenadovića (in Serbian). Srpska književna zadruga.
  2. ^ Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović (1860). Правителствујушћи совјет сербски за времена Кара-Ђорђијева (in Serbian). U Štampariji Jermenskoga manastira.
  3. ^ Arsenijević-Batalaka, Lazar (1898). Историја српског устанка (in Serbian). Изд. Баталакинога фонда.
  4. ^ Milićević, M. Đ (1888). Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog naroda novijega doba (in Serbian). Slovo ljubve.
  5. ^ Milićević, Milan Đ (November 23, 1888). "Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskog naroda novijega doba". u Srpskoj kraljevskoj štampariji – via Google Books.