(А)ranđel “Raša” Milošević (1851–1931) Supplements to the Biography

Abstract

(А)Ranđel Rašа Milošević was a distinguished political figure, one of the founders of the People’s Radical Party and a member of its Main Committee, as well as a professor, Minister of National Economy, director of the Serbian Shipping Company, head of the State Monopolies, and a professional writer, publicist, and translator. He spent his childhood in his native town, where he completed elementary education, after which his family relocated to Belgrade. There he attended secondary school and subsequently pursued higher education at the Faculty of Engineering of the Great School, later continuing at the Department of Chemical Technology of the Technological Institute in Saint Petersburg. Upon completing his studies, he began his professional career as a professor in Pirot, ultimately concluding it as head of the State Monopolies. In his youth, Milošević was a close associate and follower of Svetozar Marković. By 1881, he had emerged as one of the founders of the People’s Radical Party, and two years later was sentenced to death – later commuted to imprisonment – for his role in organizing the Timok Rebellion. This study provides new and lesser-known information concerning the origins of Raša Milošević, his childhood in Aleksinac, family circumstances, as well as his years in Pirot and his political engagement.