Coat of Arms of Novi Beograd

Novi Beograd (Нови Београд, New Belgrade) is a part of Belgrade located on the left bank of Sava river. This most populous Belgrade municipality with 236,898 inhabitants is technically located in Srem, but very few actually associate it with that region. Most think of it only as integrated part of Belgrade. Image File history File links Coat of Novi Beograd White stripes represents new belgrade concrete buildings. ... Image File history File links Coat of Novi Beograd White stripes represents new belgrade concrete buildings. ... [[Image:|Location of Belgrade]] Mayor Nenad Bogdanović Area 359. ... Sava also Save (in German: Save; in Hungarian: Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... Srem District in Vojvodina Vukovar-Srijem county within Croatia The region of Srem or Срем (in Serbian) or Srijem (in Croatian) is a fertile region of the Pannonian plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. ...

With over 200 skyscrapers and 600 appartment buildings, it is a city within a city - Belgrade's biggest residential area as well as a place of lively economic activity .

History

For a place that was essentially a swamp until 1950s, New Belgrade has a fairly eventful history. // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...

First historical mention of human settlement on the territory of today's New Belgrade goes back to Turkish occupation of Serbia. It is found in the 1713 book Krusevski pomenik that notes the existence of Bezanija village as far back as 1512. It also mentions the village had 32 houses, a number that grew to 115 by the year 1810. // Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713... 1512 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Throughout the 18th century, Bezanija's population was exclusively Serbian, but after Turks got ran out, the arrival of new occupiers, Austro-Hungarian forces, encouraged settlement of Germans, Hungarians and Croats. The word Serbian might be: an adjective, meaning: of Serbs (Serbian tradition, Serbian religion) of Serbia (Serbian government, Serbian president) both of the above (Serbian flag) a noun, meaning: a Serb a Serb from Serbia (as opposed to Serb who is not from Serbia) citizen of Serbia (regardless of nationality... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ...

Between two world wars of the 20th century, communities sprung up closer to Sava River in Staro Sajmiste and Novo Naselje. Sava also Save (German Save, Hungarian Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ...

First urbanization plans that talk about Belgrade's expansion to Sava's left bank were drawn up in 1923, but lack of funds and manpower needed to drain out the swampy terrain put them on hold indefinitely. [[Image:|Location of Belgrade]] Mayor Nenad Bogdanović Area 359. ... Sava also Save (German Save, Hungarian Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1938, a complex of buildings in the community of Staro Sajmiste went up. Spread over 15 thousand square meters it hosted fairs and exhibitions designed to show off the Kingdom of Yugoslavia's developing economy. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a kingdom in the Balkans which existed from the end of World War I until World War II. It occupied an area made up of the present-day states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, and most of present-day Slovenia...

Nobody in their worst nightmares could imagine what was to come barely three years later.

Sajmiste concentration camp

In 1941, German forces occupied much of the Kingdom. Nazi secret police, Gestapo, took over Sajmiste. They encircled it with several rings of barbed wire turning it into what they referred to as "collection center" - a euphemism for a prison. It eventually became an extermination camp. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... The Deaths Head emblem similar to Skull and crossbones, often used as the insignia of the Gestapo The â–¶ (help· info) (acronym of Geheime Staatspolizei; secret state police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. ... Modern barbed wire Barbed wire is a type of fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strand(s). ... Majdanek - crematorium Extermination camp (German Vernichtungslager) was the term applied to a group of death camps set up by Nazi Germany during World War II for the express purpose of killing the Jews of Europe, although members of some other groups whom the Nazis wished to exterminate, such as Roma...

Until May 1942 Germans used Sajmiste to mostly kill off Jews from Belgrade and other parts of Serbia. From April 1942 onwards, prisoners were transported in from Jasenovac and Stara Gradiska concentration camps run by Croatian Nazi puppet regime - Ustase. Partisans captured throughout Serbia were also sent to Sajmiste. They also came from other parts of Yugoslavia, especially after major German offensives on liberated territories. Liquidations of captured prisoners lasted as long as the camp existed. This article is about the month of May. ... This article is about the year. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Look up April in Wiktionary, the free dictionary April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... This article is about the year. ... Jasenovac was the largest concentration and extermination camp in Croatia during the World War II. It was established by the UstaÅ¡a regime of the Independent State of Croatia in August 1941 and headed by a former Franciscan monk, Miroslav Majstorović. It was dismantled in April 1945. ... Stara GradiÅ¡ka was a Jasenovac subcamp established in 1941 near the main camp. ... The Ustaše (often spelled Ustashe in English; singular Ustaša or Ustasha) was a Croatian far-right organisation put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers in 1941. ... The Column The Rebellion The Monument commemorating the Battle of Sutjeska in TjentiÅ¡te, Bosnia and Herzegovina The Yugoslav Partisans were the main resistance movement engaged in the fight against the Axis forces in the Balkans during World War II. // Origins The Yugoslav Partisans went under the official name of... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Among others, prisoners included women, children and old people from Kozara region, entire Jewish families from Belgrade and other cities, Roma families, as well as entire populations of different Srem villages. The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ... For the region in Europe, see Srem (region) For the Polish city, see Śrem, Poland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

November 1946 report released by Yugoslav State Commission for Crimes of Occupiers and their Collaborators claims that close to 100,000 prisoners came through Sajmiste's gates. It is estimated that around 48,000 people perished inside the camp. For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

On July 9, 1987, Belgrade City Assembly decided to make Staro Sajmiste a cultural site, thereby protecting it from real-estate expansion development. July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 21, 1995, a monument in remembrance of Sajmiste victims was unveiled along Sava, 1 day ahead of the 50-year anniversary of Hitler admitting defeat on April 22, 1945. April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ▶ (help· info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 to his death by suicide. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Rapid development

It was on April 11, 1948, three years after World War II ended, that the ground was broken on a huge construction project, which would give birth to what we know today as New Belgrade. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as...

New Belgrade, Sept. 22, 2005

Buildings sprung up one after another and by 1952, New Belgrade was officially a municipality. It was for years the biggest construction site in Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia and a huge source of pride for country's communist authorities that oversaw the project. Image File history File linksMetadata BG_NoviBeograd. ... Image File history File linksMetadata BG_NoviBeograd. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a [[leap year starting on Tueday] (link will take you to calendar). ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

And they had reason to be boastful. During first three years of construction alone, over 100 thousand workers and engineers from all over the freshly liberated country took part in the building process. Work brigades made up of villagers brought in from rural Serbia provided most of the manual labour. Even high school and university student volunteers took part. It was backbreaking labour that went on day and night. With no notable technological tools to speak of, mixing of concrete and spreading of sand was done by hand with horse carriages only used for extremely heavy lifting.

Before the actual construction started, the terrain was evenly covered with sand from Sava and Danube rivers in an effort to dry out the land and raise it above the reach of flooding and underground streams. Sava also Save (German Save, Hungarian Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... The Danube (German: , Slovak: Dunaj, Hungarian: , Croatian: Dunav, Serbian: Дунав/Dunav, Bulgarian: Дунав, Romanian: , Ukrainian: , Latin: Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ...

Among the first to go up was the SIV building, incorporating some 75,000 square meters of usable space which has for years since housed different Federal Executive Councils (Savezno izvrsno vece) of Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FNRJ) and Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ), as well as Governments of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ). Today, it is where Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro meets, presided over by the President of Serbia-Montenegro. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... The word fry may mean: A swarm or crowd of little baby fish; young or small things in general. ... Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro Savet Ministara Drzavne Zajednice Srbija i Crna Gora Whole council including President of Serbia and Montenegro is elected by Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro. ... Presidential seal The President of Serbia and Montenegro and the chairman of Council of Ministers of Serbia and Montenegro is elected at the proposal of the President and Vice President of the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro for a four year term. ...

First buildings for classic residential purposes were built as pavillions close to the area known as Tosin Bunar (Tosa's Well). Studentski Grad (Student City) complex was also built around the same time to meet the residence needs of the growing University of Belgrade's student body that came from other parts of Serbia. University of Belgrade is the highest educational institution in Belgrade and Serbia and Montenegro. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Other notable structures built not too long afterwards include convention and congress hall Sava Center, Genex condominiums, Jugopetrol building, sports and concert venue Hala Sportova, and 5-star hotels Intercontinental and Hyatt Regency. Sava Center is a congress, cultural and business center in Belgrade, having the largest audience hall in Serbia and Montenegro and entire former Yugoslavia. ... Hala sportova, New Belgrade, April 9, 2002 Hala sportova (Sports Hall) is a multi-purpose venue located in Belgrade municipality of New Belgrade. ... InterContinental is a brand of upscale luxury hotels owned by InterContinental Hotels Group. ... The Hyatt Regency is one of the five Hyatt brands operated by the Hyatt Corporation. ...

Night life

New Belgrade's night skyline, Nov. 30, 2005 (c) A. Cosic

Novi Beograd offers rich night life along the banks of Sava and Danube, right up to the point where the two rivers meet. What started mostly as raft-like social clubs for river fishermen in 1980s expanded into large floats offering food and drink with live turbo folk performances during the 1990s. Image File history File linksMetadata NoviBG_Nov30_2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata NoviBG_Nov30_2005. ... Sava also Save (German Save, Hungarian Száva) is a river in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, a right side tributary of Danube at Belgrade. ... The Danube (German: , Slovak: Dunaj, Hungarian: , Croatian: Dunav, Serbian: Дунав/Dunav, Bulgarian: Дунав, Romanian: , Ukrainian: , Latin: Danuvius) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ...

Today, it is unlikely that one would walk a 100 meter strech along the rivers without encountering a float. Some of them grew into entire entertainment complexes rivaling clubs in Belgrade's downtown core. While most of the floats used to be sinonimous with turbo folk in what was essentialy a stereotypical kafana setting, a recent trend saw many turned into full fledged clubs on water with elaborate events involving world famous DJs spinning live music. The neutrality and factual accuracy of this article are disputed. ... Kafana (plural kafane, cyrillic: кафана, кафане) A kafana is a bistro that focuses on serving alcoholic beverages (and coffee) and sometimes has a band. ...

Criticism and public image

It's fairly obvious that not much attention was paid to detail and subtlety when New Belgrade was being built during late 1940s and early 1950s. The objective was clearly to put up as many buildings, as fast as possible, in order to accomodate a displaced and growing post World War II population that was in the middle of a baby boom. // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ... A US postage stamp depicting the increase in birth rate that country experienced after World War II. As is often the case with a large war, the elation of victory and large numbers of returning males to their country triggered a baby boom after the end of World War II...

This accross-the-board brutalist architectural approach led to many appartment buildings and even entire residential blocks looking monumental in an awkward way. Although the problem has been alleviated to certain extent in recent decades by addition of some modern expansion (Hyatt and Intercontinetal hotels, luxury Genex condos, recently renovated Usce building, Belgrade Arena, etc.), many people still complain about what they see as New Belgrade's "grayness" and "drabness". They often use the derisive term "spavaonica" ("dormitory") to underscore their view of New Belgrade as a place that doesn't inspire creative living nor encourage healthy human interaction and is only good for overnight sleep at the end of hard day's work. Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the Modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... A condominium is a form of housing tenure. ... Belgrade Arena The brand new Belgrade Arena (Serbian Cyrillic: Београдска арена, Latin: Beogradska arena) is now the biggest and most up-to-date sports complex in Belgrade, Serbia, and is designed as a universal hall for all sports events, including; basketball, handball, volleyball, tennis, athletics, an ice rink, and a hall for...

New Belgrade's Blok 65, Jan. 23, 2005 (c) A. Cosic

This opinion has found its way into Serbian pop culture as well. Image File history File linksMetadata NoviBG_Jan23_2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata NoviBG_Jan23_2005. ...

In an early 1980s track called 'Necu da zivim u Bloku 65', popular Serbian band Riblja Corba sings about a depressed individual who hates the world because he's surrounded by the concrete of New Belgrade, while a more recent local cinematic trend sees New Belgrade presented somewhat clumsily as the Serbian version of black American ghettos like those found in Harlem, Brooklyn and Bronx. The most obvious example of the latter would be 2002 movie 1 na 1, which portrays a bunch of Serbian teenagers who rap, shoot guns, play street basketball and seem to blame many of their woes on living in New Belgrade. Other films like Apsolutnih 100 and Rane also implicitly paint New Belgrade in the negative light but they have a more coherent point of view and place their stories within the context of the 1990s when war and international isolation truly did push some Serbs, including those inhabiting New Belgrade, to desperate acts. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... A ghetto is an area where people from a specific ethnic background or united in a given culture or religion live as a group, voluntarily or involuntarily, in milder or stricter seclusion. ... Harlem is a neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, long known as a major African American cultural and business center. ... A map highlighting Brooklyn and the rest of New York City. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ...

Quotes

• Now this is more like America... but those buildings are unlike anything in America. - Jimmy Wales

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See also

• Belgrade
• List of cities in Serbia and Montenegro

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External Links

• Municipality of New Belgrade Official Website
• Gallery by Aleksandar Cosic