{"id":171559,"date":"2025-03-18T14:09:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=171559"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:09:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T12:09:36","slug":"the-secret-of-the-serbian-tricolor-how-milos-obrenovic-decided-that-our-flag-should-resemble-the-russian-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-secret-of-the-serbian-tricolor-how-milos-obrenovic-decided-that-our-flag-should-resemble-the-russian-one\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SECRET OF THE SERBIAN TRICOLOR: How Milo\u0161 Obrenovi\u0107 decided that our flag should resemble the Russian one!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On the great Serbian holiday Cveti<\/strong>, in the distant year 1815<\/strong>, Milo\u0161 Obrenovi\u0107<\/strong>, along with an unarmed people in Takovo<\/strong>, near Gornji Milanovac<\/strong>, set out to fight for freedom and the creation of a modern Serbian state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seven days before Easter<\/strong>, Milo\u0161<\/strong> arrived at a wooden church dedicated to Saint George<\/strong> with his entourage, where they received Holy Communion<\/strong> before heading into a dense oak forest<\/strong>. There, near the village’s sacred tree<\/strong>, he spoke the famous words<\/strong>: “Here I am, here you are\u2014war on the Turks!”<\/strong> Following this declaration, they launched into battle against a powerful force to liberate their state, as freedom had no price<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although Milo\u0161 Obrenovi\u0107<\/strong> was illiterate<\/strong>, he was skilled in diplomacy. Within twenty years<\/strong>, with minimal casualties<\/strong>, he managed to gain control over six districts<\/strong> without firing a single shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Through three months of warfare and diplomatic negotiations, Milo\u0161 secured the foundation of Serbian statehood. Official documents confirmed that Serbia was a vassal principality within the Ottoman Empire, but politically, it was entirely independent. Serbs began collecting their own taxes and administering their own justice. In case of conflicts between Serbs and Turks, mixed commissions would resolve disputes\u2014somewhat resembling modern diplomacy. This led to Serbia\u2019s first constitution, adopted in Kragujevac in 1835, which established a division of power into legislative, executive, and judicial branches. This completed the process of Serbian statehood, continuing what Kara\u0111or\u0111e<\/strong> had started and what Milo\u0161<\/strong> finished, which is why they are considered the foundation and the roof of Serbian statehood,”<\/em> said Aleksandar Maru\u0161i\u0107<\/strong>, director of the Museum of the Rudnik-Takovo Region<\/strong>, in a statement to RINA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Under the Ottoman Hatt-i Sharif<\/strong>, Serbia was granted the right to have a flag, with elements derived from medieval symbols. The coat of arms<\/strong>, first appearing in 1830<\/strong>, featured the famous four “S” letters<\/strong> on a shield, along with a crown, a mantle, an olive branch symbolizing peace, and an oak branch representing stability and endurance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“After the Turks insisted that four crescents be included on the flag, Milo\u0161 negotiated a Solomonic compromise<\/strong>\u2014a six-pointed star. Later, when Milo\u0161 sought closer ties with Russia, he asked them what their flag looked like. They answered ‘white and blue’<\/strong>, to which he responded: ‘So as not to offend our Russian brothers, we will simply reverse the colors.’<\/strong> And thus, we got the colors of our present-day flag,”<\/em> Maru\u0161i\u0107 explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The historical event in Takovo<\/strong>, near the sacred tree<\/strong>, was immortalized by Paja Jovanovi\u0107<\/strong> in a famous painting. Alongside Milo\u0161 and his army<\/strong>, the painting features a boy standing by a cross<\/strong>, raising his hand, ready for the liberation of his homeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When asked why he included a boy in the painting, Jovanovi\u0107 replied: ‘The Serbian people always perish, but they are also reborn in the fight for their statehood. There is no greater wealth than having your own country, for that means having freedom.’<\/strong> Jovanovi\u0107 visited Takovo twice<\/strong>, speaking with locals to accurately depict<\/strong> the event, even though no living witnesses remained,”<\/em> Maru\u0161i\u0107 added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source<\/strong>: <\/strong>RINA, Foto: <\/strong>Wikimedia Creative Commons, RINA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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