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",[1][2] lauded as one of the best rifles in the world at the end of 19th century.[3]

Kosta Milovanović
Born(1847-06-08)June 8, 1847
DiedMay 6, 1905(1905-05-06) (aged 57)
Occupation(s)General Officer, Professor at the Military Academy in Belgrade, designer of the rifle called "mauser-kokinka"

Biography

Koka Milovanović was the first military envoy of the Principality of Serbia in Austria-Hungary from 1878 to 1880. [4] During that period Milovanović completely modified the antiquated mauser rifle and impressed upon his government to manufacture it in appreciable quantity.[5][6] He was appointed too late as Chief of Staff in the unpopular Battle of Slivnitsa on 22 November 1885 against the Bulgarians[7][8] 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.[9]

References
  1. Servia: The Poor Man's Paradise. Longmans, Green and Company. 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. Serbia e crisi balcanica (1908-13): Il carteggio dell'addetto militare italiano a Belgrado. Edizioni Nuova Cultura. 26 November 2015. ISBN 9788868124342.
  6. Serbien und die Serben. Elischer. 1891.
  7. The Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885: Engagements at Slivnitsa. Nafziger Collection. 2007. ISBN 9781585451777.
  8. La guerre serbo-bulgare de 1885: Combats de Slīvniča (17, 18 et 19 novembre). Berger-Levrault et cie. 1897.
  9. "Српска академија наука и уметности – Званични сајт Српске академије наука и уметности". www.sanu.ac.rs.


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