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Association for Serb Liberation and Unification (Serbian Cyrillic: Дружина за ослобођење и уједињење српско) or Society for Serb Liberation and Unification (Друштво за ослобођење и уједињење српско), commonly known as "the Association", was a Serb revolutionary organisation (national liberation movement) based in Cetinje, established in 1871, with the aim of liberating Serb-inhabited territories from the hands of the Ottoman Empire. The Association founded several boards (odbori): in Cetinje, in Novi Sad, and in Belgrade. At the same time, the Main Board for Serb Liberation (Главни одбор за српско ослобођење was established in Kragujevac with the same goals.
| Formation | September 1871 |
|---|---|
| Type | secret revolutionary organisation |
| Purpose | Liberation and unification of Serb-inhabited territories of the Ottoman Empire. |
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Key people | see list |
The Association was founded by members of the "United Serbian Youth" (Уједињена омладина српска) and other patriots from all over the Yugoslav lands.[1] This was secretly done after the baptism of Montenegrin Prince Nicholas' daughter.[2]
- Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro
- Milan Kostić
- Miša Dimitrijević
- Milan Kujundžić Aberdar
- Vasa Pelagić
- Svetozar Marković
- Jovan Sundečić
- Đorđe Đorđević Vojnović, son of Montenegrin-Russian noble and artillery commander Đorđe Vojnović.[3]
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