Association of Serbian Youth

The Association of Serbian Youth (Serbian: Дружина младежи српске / Družina mladeži srpske) was the first student organisation in Serbia, founded in 1847 by the students of the Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia.[1]

The society was founded in Belgrade on 20 June 1847 by Lycée professor Sergije Nikolić and a few students, namely Jevrem Grujić and Milovan Janković.[2] Later, their number grew with Petar Protić-Sokoljanin (1827-1954) and Dimitrije Petrović, who were the best known, and shortly before its demise in 1851 the society had some fifty regular members.[3]

This organisation was banned and disestablished in 1851 because of their criticism of the Defenders of the Constitution.

  1. ^ Petar Blečić (2007). "Prvi srpski studenti". Panorama. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  2. ^ Trencsenyi, Balazs; Kopecek, Michal, eds. (2006). National Romanticism: The Formation of National Movements: Discourses of Collective Identity in Central and Southeast Europe 17701945. Central European University Press. p. 154. ISBN 9789637326608. As a student in Belgrade, he actively participated in the foundation — in 1847 — of the youth organization Druzina mladezi srpske (Association of Serbian Youth).
  3. ^ cite book|last=Gavela|first=Djuro|title=Kovcezić|year=1985|publisher=Vukov i Dositejev muzej, Prosveta|location=Belgrade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdEKAQAAMAAJ&q=%D0%94%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8+%D1%81%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%7Caccessdate=27 July 2012|page=67|language=Serbian|quote=...један од оснивача Дружине младежи српске, Петар Протић Сокољанин...