Brusnica, Gornji Milanovac

Brusnica
Брусница
Village
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Brusnica
Coordinates: 44°01′N 20°26′E / 44.017°N 20.433°E / 44.017; 20.433
Country Serbia
DistrictMoravica District
MunicipalityGornji Milanovac
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
650
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Brusnica (Serbian Cyrillic: Брусница) is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 650 people.[1]

The village was active in the Serbian Revolution, being organized into the knežina (administrative unit) of Brusnica (Takovo) during the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13). Among notable local revolutionaries were the Obrenović family (Milan, Jovan, Miloš), buljubaša Milovan Stanojčić, Jovan Ponjavić, Vujadin Oputa, Rale Mijailov Oputić, and merchant Miloje.[2]

References

  1. ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
  2. ^ Pavlović, Dragoljub M. (1990). "Учесници српских үстанака од 1804. до 1815. године из Рудничке и Пожешке нахије" [Participants aux insurrections serbes de 1804 et 1815 nés dans les nahies de Rudnik et de Požega] (PDF). Зборник радова Народног музеја у Чачку. XX: 115–131.

44°01′N 20°26′E / 44.017°N 20.433°E / 44.017; 20.433