ДВЕ ОТАЏБИНЕ И ДВАНАЕСТ СУДБИНА: ПОТОМЦИ УЧЕСНИКА ПРВОГ СРПСКОГ УСТАНКА НА ШКОЛОВАЊУ У РУСИЈИ
TWO MOTHERLANDS AND TWELVE FATES: THE DESCENDANTS OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIRST SERBIAN UPRISING EDUCATED IN RUSSIA

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents historical data which shed light on the circumstances of stay of twelve Serbian young men – children of participants in the First Serbian Uprising – in St Petersburg, during their education in the Gubernia Gymnasium. Karađorđe brought them and several hundreds of other Serbs in autumn 1814 in Bessarabia. The care about the future of the young Serbs was undertaken by Russian Emperors Alexander I and Nikolay I. Based on previously unexplored documents from Russian archives, the fate of each of these young men is reconstructed. Some of them later became prominent figures in various fields of social life. The significance of this study is also reflected in the fact that it outlines some features of the earlier period of formation of the Serbian national intellectual elite in the 19th century.

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