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The Niš Committee's plan was a systematic action, through local uprisings weaken the Ottomans, and with gradual arming of the people help liberate the region. Kole Rašić was declared vojvoda. Niš was eventually incorporated into Serbia during the wider Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) and the Serbian Army entered Niš on
Niš was known as Нишь [10] or Ньшь [11] (Nyšь) in Old Serbian and Old Bulgarian. Nāissus is the Ancient name of the city. [12] Naissus is itself probably a derivative of the older *Nāviskos, from *Nāvia ("trough valley"), the Celtic name of the Nišava River, which flows through the city.
According to Stefan the First-Crowned, the conquest of Niš by Nemanja in 1185 AD implied the total destruction of the city, but some of the churches were spared. [3] Next to the church is Pantelejmon Cemetery, atop the former necropolis, which was formed at the end of the 19th century and continued to be used for burials until the end of the ...
The municipality consists of 14 settlements, all of which are classified as rural, except for Pantelej, which is a part of a larger urban settlement of Niš. [ 3 ] Brenica , population 522
The NIS building (Serbian: Зграда НИС-а, Zgrada NIS-a) is the headquarters building of Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS), located in Novi Sad, Serbia. History [ edit ]
Crveni Krst (Serbian Cyrillic: Црвени крст, pronounced [tsrʋɛni kř̩ːst]; translated: Red Cross) is one of five city municipalities which constitute the city of Niš. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 32,301 inhabitants.
Durlan is located in the north-eastern outskirt of Niš. It is flat and bordered on the south by the Nišava river, on the east by Vrežina, on the north by the E80 road . The main street is named Knjaževačka .
Flowing generally to the west for the remaining 151 kilometres (94 mi), it passes near Dimitrovgrad, Pirot, Bela Palanka, Niška Banja and Niš, one of the largest cities in Serbia, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) after which the Nišava empties into the Južna Morava. With the rapid growth of Niš in previous decades and its still fast growing suburbs ...