The Kragujevac Social Press [1] or Kragujevac Social Printing Works [2] or Associated Printing Press of Kragujevac [3] was established in March 1873 [4] by a group of progressive citizens, [1] Liberals and leftists. [2] Kragujevac was the most sophisticated of the provincial Serbian cities, and had an intelligentsia second only to Belgrade. [5] Among the founders were Sava Grujić, the president, [2] and Pavle Šafarik, [4] both members of the Main Board for Serb Liberation revolutionary organization led by socialist Jevrem Marković. [6] [7] When Jovan Ristić fell out in early November 1873, new Interior Minister Aćim Čumić permitted for more freedom of press, leading the Kragujevac Social Press to start a Radical newspaper. [2] Svetozar Marković, a socialist and the younger brother of Jevrem Marković, accepted editorship. [7] Javnost ("The Public") became Serbia's second socialist newspaper. [2]
Organizers
- Sava Grujić, officer at the State Munitions Works. (President) [2]
- Pavle Šafarik, officer. [4]
- Todor Tucaković, well-known Liberal. [2]
- Paja Vuković, president of the town council. [2]
- Jovan Jovanović, prota (priest) and outspoken supporter of freedom of speech. [2]
- Svetozar Marković, socialist. (Editor) [2]
References
- ^ a b Živković 1968, p. 20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stokes 1990, p. 48.
- ^ Traian Stoianovich (1995). Between East and West: The Balkan and Mediterranean Worlds: Material Culture and Mentalities: Land, Sea and Destiny. A. D. Caratzas. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-89241-507-6.
- ^ a b c Spasić 1975, p. 23.
- ^ Stokes 1990, p. 47.
- ^ Vojvodić 1994, p. 75.
- ^ a b Stokes 1990, pp. 47–48.
Sources
- Spasić, Živomir (1975). Javnost Svetozara Markovića. Svetlost.
- Stokes, Gale (1990). Politics as Development: The Emergence of Political Parties in Nineteenth Century Serbia. Duke University Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 9780822310167.
- Vojvodić, Vaso (1994). U duhu Garašaninovih ideja: Srbija i neoslobođeno Srpstvo : 1868-1876. Prosveta. ISBN 9788607007653.
- Živković, Milovan (1968). Kragujevac: photo-monograph. Fond za turistićku izgradnju i propagandu; Turistićki savez opštine.