Kosta Milovanović
Kostantin "Kosta" Milovanović or Koka Milovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Коkа Миловановић; Belgrade, 8 June 1847 – Belgrade, 6 May 1905) was a Serbian general, professor at the Military Academy in Belgrade and designer of the rifle called "mauser-kokinka", lauded as one of the best rifles in the world at the end of 19th century.
Kosta Milovanović
- Name
- Kosta Milovanović
- Born
- 8 June 1847
- Died
- 6 May 1905
- Occupation
- General Officer, Professor at the Military Academy in Belgrade, designer of the rifle called "mauser-kokinka"
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Kostantin "Kosta" Milovanović or Koka Milovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Коkа Миловановић; Belgrade, 8 June 1847 – Belgrade, 6 May 1905) was a Serbian general, professor at the Military Academy in Belgrade and designer of the rifle called "mauser-kokinka", lauded as one of the best rifles in the world at the end of 19th century.
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Kosta Milovanović (1847–1905) was a designer, military officer and professor. The designer was born and died in Belgrade. Kosta Milovanović was a member of Serbian Learned Society.
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• Name — Kosta Milovanović • Born — 8 June 1847 • Died — 6 May 1905 • Occupation — General Officer, Professor at the Military Academy in Belgrade, designer of the rifle called "mauser-kokinka"
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Koka Milovanović was the first military envoy of the Principality of Serbia in Austria-Hungary from 1878 to 1880. During that period Milovanović completely modified the antiquated mauser rifle and impressed upon his government to manufacture it in appreciable quantity. He was appointed too late as chief of staff in the unpopular Battle of Slivnitsa on 22 November 1885 against the Bulgarians Milovanović was elected a corresponding member of the Serbian Academic Society on 30 January 1885, but in June he declared in writing that he would not accept the election.
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1847
Kosta Milovanović born at Belgrade.
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Kosta Milovanović died at Belgrade.
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- 1.Longmans, Green and Company. Servia: The Poor Man's Paradise. 1897.
- 2.Veltzés internationaler armee-almanach. 1909.
- 3.Kosta Milovanović Koka - The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia : The Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia. www.zis.gov.rs.
- 4.00-VD% 20zima,% 20ceo.pdf 135 years of military-diplomatic representation of the Republic of Serbia in the world, 2013.
- 5.Edizioni Nuova Cultura. Serbia e crisi balcanica (1908-13): Il carteggio dell'addetto militare italiano a Belgrado. 26 November 2015. 9788868124342.
- 6.Elischer. Serbien und die Serben. 1891.
- 7.Nafziger Collection. The Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885: Engagements at Slivnitsa. 2007. 9781585451777.
- 8.Berger-Levrault et cie. La guerre serbo-bulgare de 1885: Combats de Slīvniča (17, 18 et 19 novembre). 1897.
- 9.Српска академија наука и уметности – Званични сајт Српске академије наука и уметности. www.sanu.ac.rs.
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KOSTA PEĆANAC’S CHETNIKS IN OCCUPIED SERBIA 1941–1942, Istorija 20
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