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| Formation | 1866[1] |
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| Dissolved | 1872 |
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Official language | Serbian |
TheUnited Serb Youth (Serbian:Уједињена омладина српска,romanized: Ujedinjena omladina srpska), also known asOmladina ("the Youth"), was a diverse progressive Serbian political, cultural and national movement active between 1866 and 1872 amongPrečani Serbs inAustria-Hungary as well as among Serbs in thePrincipality of Serbia itself. It was founded on the initiative ofVienna-based Zora association at the congress of 16 youth organizations which took place inNovi Sad (at the time center ofSerbian culture) between 15 and 18 August 1866.[1] Alongside promotion of Serb emancipation and liberation, the movement was also expresslypan-Slavist advocating primarily forSouth Slavic cooperation.[1] Numerous future prominent Serbian writers who participated in the group's work included among othersLaza Kostić andJovan Jovanović Zmaj.[1]
Its slogan wasSrpstvo sve i svuda ("Serbdom all and everywhere"). Two of its most prominent factions were liberal wing whose leader wasVladimir Jovanović and revolutionary wing withSvetozar Marković.[1] The group was also notable for its rejection of conservative clericalism, and acceptance of linguistic ideas ofVuk Stefanović Karadžić.[1] When the organization was banned both in Serbia and Austria-Hungary, the seat of Omladina becameCetinje, in thePrincipality of Montenegro. Their ideas were propagated inGlas Crnogorca,Cetinjski Vjesnik, andPančevac. TheAssociation for Serb Liberation and Unification was founded by members of the United Serbian Youth and other people from all over the Serbian lands.[2]
United Serbian Youth, modeled afterGiuseppe Mazzini'sGiovane Italia, with whom they directly collaborated, was one of the first organizations to raise the question of women's emancipation. The first Serbian women's society was established in Novi Sad, then part of Hungarian-controlledVojvodina in 1864. After that a new, powerful political group also of liberal political orientation was formed by the Serbs of Vojvodina, with its leaderSvetozar Miletić, which appeared at assemblies inSremski Karlovci (1861, 1864). Miletić's supporters collaborated with the liberalJovan Djordjević's journalSrbski dnevnik ("Serbian Diary"), spreading their ideas, like Miletić's own journalZastava ("Flag") as well as founding various societies preceding the United Serbian Youth. The most important among these was the first society of pupils and students,Preodnica ("Predecessor"), founded in Pest in 1861 as well as the imitator of the United Serbian Youth, the societyZora ("Dawn"), founded in Vienna in 1862.
In 1866, some 400 representatives of Serb youth from Serbian-populated territories ("Serb lands") met in Novi Sad and founded the United Serb Youth.[3] Among notable members were:
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