About me

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Stockholm, Sweden
My academic blog with history, primarily military history as the main theme. Please leave a comment that can be relevant and useful for the topic which you find interesting. I am writing in several languages, including English, depending on the theme and the languages of the sources. At the moment I am working as guide at Batteriet Arholma military museum in Stockholm. For further information please contact me on lauvlad89@gmail.com

söndag 31 juli 2016

History museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina/Historijski muzej BiH







Stećak, a kind of a tombstone, often regarded as a symbol of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For more info read here. 











My father with a stecak. 










 Me and my father at the Olga and Suada bridge.
















 Me near the entrance , for more info about the museum check here.













Death to fascism, freedom to the people, was the political slogan used by the communist movement during WWII. 









Museum offers possibilities for persons with sight problems.


















Yugoslav design







 Sarajevo before and after

























Alexander Langer exhibition. Langer was a green politician and promoter of tolerance and peaceful coexistence between people.

































































































"Bosančica" writing system from the medieval time.









Exhibition about Srebrenica

















































































































































































































































































































Statue of Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito








 Weapons from the WWII period










































BiH becoming member of UN - 21 May 1992
































Sarajevo war theater "Sklonište" (shelter)








"Cellist of Sarajevo" Vedran Smailović






From war-time Sarajevo












































































































































































































Markale massacre 







































War-time poster for the Territorial Defence - TO (Teritorijalna Odbrana)  - To smo mi (This is us)






Improvised grenade launcher 









Governmental declaration of war situation and aggression against the state as well stating the formation of the government and constitutional order. 26 June 1992.








 UN troops in Sarajevo







 Helmets from the BiH army and territorial defence







 Improvised rifle








Order for general mobilization and declaration of war situation during period of 20-22 June 1992.








Demonstrators against the war taking shelter during street shootings.