SERBIAN SECRET ORGANISATION IN EASTERN BOSNIA (1849-1855)

Abstract

The article shows and analyzes activities of the Serbian secret organization in eastern Bosnia from 1849 to 1855. It is demonstrated that the goals of the organization by 1851 included the preparation of an uprising against the Turkish rule, but from that point on it served as an intelligence agency with a task to gather information on the circumstances in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most important features of the organization structure are underlined and certain activities as well as its weaknesses are pointed out. The article is based mostly upon the unpublished archival material of Serbian origin.

Keywords

• Bosnia
• Serbia
• secret organization
• Ilija Garašanin
• Toma Kovačević
• Pavle Marinović