Dimitrije Đurić


Dimitrije Đurić was a Serbian army officer, minister of defence, professor at the military academy and member of the Serbian Royal Academy of Science.

Biography

As an artillery officer in training Dimitrije Đurić spent the period 1865-67 in Russia at Tsar Nicholas I General Staff Academy. In Russia, Durić participated in the founding of Srpska opština, he became its president while another artillery officer, and future prime minister, Sava Grujić its vice-president and radical-socialist Svetozar Marković its secretary. The goal of the Commune, was "the establishment of fraternal relations among all Serbs in Russia", with a view to “cooperation for the general progress of the Serbian people and nation”.

Personal life

Dimitrije Đurić was married to Persida Matić, daughter of Minister of Education Dimitri Matić. They had three sons: Captain of artillery Milan Đurić, Miloš Đurić and Velizar Đurić, and four daughters: Stanislava married to Colonel Dr Roman Sondermajer ; Dragica married to Vladimir Sajnović; author Spasenija "Pata" Marković married to Major Djordje Ristić and Ljubica married to Lieutenant Colonel Mihailo Naumović.

Awards and decorations

Principality of Serbia