{"id":211204,"date":"2026-06-01T13:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=211204"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T11:59:56","slug":"novak-was-named-after-him-dokovics-great-great-grandfather-was-a-serbian-hero-and-a-participant-in-the-breakthrough-of-the-salonika-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/novak-was-named-after-him-dokovics-great-great-grandfather-was-a-serbian-hero-and-a-participant-in-the-breakthrough-of-the-salonika-front\/","title":{"rendered":"NOVAK WAS NAMED AFTER HIM: \u0110okovi\u0107&#8217;s great-great-grandfather was a Serbian hero and a participant in the breakthrough of the Salonika front!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The origin of the \u0110okovi\u0107 family leads from \u010cevo in Cetinje, where \u0110oko Damjanovi\u0107, the progenitor of this lineage, was from.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the murder of a Turkish aga during a clash with the Turks, he moved to Nik\u0161i\u0107, and in that way, from \u0110oko, the \u0110okovi\u0107s originated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Novak \u0110okovi\u0107 was actually \u0110oko&#8217;s grandson, who moved from Jasenovo Polje to Chicago in 1905.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"sr\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0427\u0443\u043a\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0435\u0434\u0430 \u041d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u0402\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0438\u045b\u0430, \u043f\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0458\u0435\u043c \u0458\u0435 \u041d\u043e\u043b\u0435 \u0434\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043e \u0438\u043c\u0435! \u0423\u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043e \u0443 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0431\u0438\u0458\u0430\u045a\u0443 \u0421\u043e\u043b\u0443\u043d\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433 \u0444\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0442\u0430 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fTjKxZHHGT\">pic.twitter.com\/fTjKxZHHGT<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FikoR (@FikoR87) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FikoR87\/status\/1458352130151043072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Novak returned to the homeland twice to defend it. He participated in the Balkan Wars, and was later one of the soldiers who participated in the breakthrough of the Salonika front in the First World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the end of the war, he remained in Jasenovo Polje where he got a job as a lay judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The physical resemblance of the two Novak \u0110okovi\u0107s is truly great, as evidenced by a photograph that has been circulating on social networks for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/infrastructure-is-not-the-cause-gsp-claims-the-driver-is-the-sole-culprit-for-the-tram-derailing-on-dorcol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cINFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT THE CAUSE\u201d: GSP claims the driver is the sole culprit for the tram derailing on Dor\u0107ol!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/cyber-watch-has-started-operating-police-presented-a-platform-for-reporting-high-tech-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cCYBER WATCH\u201d HAS STARTED OPERATING: Police presented a platform for reporting high-tech crime!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/the-end-of-a-wonderful-era-the-upper-town-of-the-kalemegdan-fortress-will-henceforth-be-locked-at-night-here-is-also-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">THE END OF A WONDERFUL ERA: The Upper Town of the Kalemegdan Fortress will henceforth be locked at night, here is also why!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/a-result-to-be-proud-of-university-of-belgrade-among-the-top-1-9-percent-in-the-world-here-is-what-position-it-is-in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">A RESULT TO BE PROUD OF: University of Belgrade among the top 1.9 percent in the world, here is what position it is in!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/by-far-the-most-popular-american-president-in-serbia-donald-trump-reacted-to-aleksandar-vucics-interview-for-the-american-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">\u201cBY FAR THE MOST POPULAR AMERICAN PRESIDENT IN SERBIA\u201d: Donald Trump reacted to Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107\u2019s interview for the American media!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Source<\/strong><\/strong>: Nportal.rs; <strong>Photo<\/strong>: Printscreen Twitter\/ Printscreen Instagram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The origin of the \u0110okovi\u0107 family leads from \u010cevo in Cetinje, where \u0110oko Damjanovi\u0107, the progenitor of this lineage, was from. After the murder of a Turkish aga during a clash with the Turks, he moved to Nik\u0161i\u0107, and in that way, from \u0110oko, the \u0110okovi\u0107s originated. The first Novak \u0110okovi\u0107 was actually \u0110oko&#8217;s grandson, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2169,"featured_media":211205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5591,634,554,761,251,2032,5303,3161,12889],"class_list":["post-211204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-heroj","tag-istorija","tag-istorija-srbije","tag-left","tag-novak-dokovic-3","tag-prvi-svetski-rat","tag-solunski-front","tag-vojnik","tag-doko-damjanovic","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Serbiantimes.info EN","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":211257,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211204\/revisions\/211257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}