Recently, many people have become increasingly interested in the fate of their ancestors. Today no one wants to be Ivan, who does not remember their kinship. And this can only be welcomed. Particular attention is drawn to the defenders of the Fatherland - those who went missing in the fires of the liberation wars, who laid down their lives in a foreign land, and were buried in mass graves. Establishing their names and revealing the details of the feat is a noble cause, in which, along with search teams, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Victory, an increasing number of Russians are becoming involved.
Here is the story, at the request of our correspondents, that the Dean of the Chekhov District, priest Alexander Serbsky, told about his family:
- My great-grandmother Serafima Alexandrovna Serbskaya, nee Mas-
Lova is the daughter of priest Alexander Maslov, who was the rector of the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the village of Tebleshi, Bezhetsk district, Tver region. She graduated from the Higher Women's Bestuzhev Courses in St. Petersburg.
And soon I met there my great-grandfather Arseny Petrovich Serbsky, who graduated first from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, since he was from a family of clergy - his father was a deacon in the village of Sobakino, Kalininsky district, Tver region - and then from St. Petersburg University. And so they met, fell in love and got married. And three sons were born to them. The eldest is Vladimir, born in 1916, Boris - 1918. The city of Vyborg, where my great-grandfather headed one of the gymnasiums, at that time belonged to Finland. In 1918, turning points took place in the fate of the city.
- Independence is proclaimed, there is a Civil War, famine begins and the family moves to Bezhetsk. Here in 1920 their youngest son was born - my grandfather Viktor Aresenievich.
Priest Alexander
- my great-grandmother's father
- I didn’t live to see this time. He died in 1916. And here is Mother Alexandra
- my grandfather's grandmother - lived until 1937. And my grandfather remembered her very well. I remembered going to church. Unfortunately, the Church of the Nativity of Christ in the village of Tebleshi is now dilapidated - it was closed in the thirties. A huge magnificent temple, very similar to the Trinity Cathedral in Podolsk.
“However, let’s return to our topic,” Father Alexander continues the story. - The elder brother Vladimir took part in the Great Patriotic War and survived. My grandfather Victor, the youngest of the brothers, was a railway engineer during the war and did not participate in battles. But the middle brother, Boris Arsenievich, immediately followed the military line: he studied at the naval school in Leningrad, but did not have time to start a family. And all we knew about him was that he died at the beginning of the war. But recently, my brother’s sister, historian Svetlana Petrovna Serbskaya, found award documents that say that Lieutenant Serbsky Boris Arsenievich, born in 1918, “since May 1942, took an active part in carrying out combat missions of the command. In battle he behaves boldly and calmly. Initiative. Being the assistant commander of the boat, he always ensured good organization during landing and filming. So, for example, on September 17 - 18, 1942, during the landing and filming of the landing force on the enemy’s coast in Motovsky Bay, with strong artillery fire and attacks from enemy aircraft, he managed to perfectly organize a quick landing and filming of the landing force. While the boat commander was dodging enemy fire, Comrade. Serbsky personally supervised the installation of smoke screens, artillery fire, etc. Despite the loss of some of the personnel from the ranks, the task assigned to the boat was completed brilliantly.
Participated in the landing at Cape Pikshchuev on October 21-22, 1943. When carrying out tasks to lay minefields in Varanger Fiord - November 1942, February-March 1943 - being on the lead boat of the group, he ensured reliable laying, despite to various weather conditions and being constantly 12 or more hours at a time laying. Many dozens of times he took part in escorting both in Motovsky Bay and in the Iokangskaya area
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On June 26, 1943, while carrying out a mission to rescue the crew of the motorboat “Swan” in Motovsky Bay, when the sea state was 4 points and low clouds, the boat was attacked by 8 enemy aircraft of the FV-190 type. In this unequal battle, Comrade was killed. Serbian at his combat post and died along with the boat. Posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st degree."
This is fate.
As for our Lopasna land, there are special places here - the Stremilovsky defense line, miraculously connected with our Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, which is now kept in our Conception Church. The icon that was on this line of defense, and, according to the testimonies of veterans, miracles were performed from it. Whether this was true or not, the enemy’s advance was stopped there. This icon is very revered in our church; from it comes grace-filled help to those praying. It was once in a chapel in the village of Vysokovo, but the chapel was destroyed in the 1930s, and the icon was taken home. Since the beginning of the war, the woman who had it had dreamed of the Mother of God three times, who ordered her icon to be carried to the front. But the woman was afraid of the consequences, because it was Soviet times. Finally the front reached the borders of Vysokov. When a shell hit this woman’s house and one corner remained intact, where the icon was located, she took it to the Stremilovsky line. When our temple was returned to believers in 1988, this woman was one of the first to bring this icon to the Conception.
We must not forget about that great time. Our duty is to pass on living, true historical memory to future generations. And there should be no indifference in this matter.
Olga KALININA
28.01.2008
Crown Prince of Serbia Alexander II Karageorgievich spoke about the situation in Serbia and spoke about the prospects for the revival of the monarchy
Heir to the Serbian throne, Crown Prince of Serbia Alexander II Karageorgievich in an interview with the website “Legitimist” spoke about the situation in Serbia and the prospects for the revival of the monarchy. He, in particular, reported on the results of his trip to Russia and on his meeting with Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II. “ His Holiness Patriarch Alexei II is a delightful person. And our Churches, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Serbian Orthodox Church, are truly Sister Churches, and there is extremely much in common and unity between them. It cannot be any other way, because we have a single faith – Orthodoxy,” said the crown prince.
Referring to the situation related to the recently held first round of Serbian presidential elections, as a result of which the leader of the Serbian Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic won the most votes, Crown Prince Alexander said: “First of all, I would like to note that I respect all politicians, except, of course, those who professes extremist views. I have a good relationship with Mr. Nikolic. He said what he thinks: Serbia is a free country.”
In addition, Crown Prince Alexander spoke about his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I was very inspired by Mr. Putin’s commitment to his views on the Kosovo issue, his attitude towards resolving this issue. Regardless of who comes to power in Serbia, good relations with Russia will be guaranteed. Russia is a brotherly country for the Serbs,” he noted.
Crown Prince Alexander also touched upon the situation around the Serbian region of Kosovo. “In this regard, Russia has an absolutely correct position, in this I fully trust President Putin, as well as the President of Serbia, Mr. Tadic, and Prime Minister Kostunica. They have a plan for us to move forward. This must be a dialogue, an honest dialogue. As my education in the United Kingdom and the United States of America shows, the West must follow what it teaches, which is to engage in honorable negotiations. The West must also look at human rights issues regarding the Serbs in Kosovo, as well as how it monitors the rights of other people,” Crown Prince Alexander emphasized.
He also assessed the current role of the Serbian royal house in the public life of the country. “Both my wife and I are involved in many activities. She is involved in numerous humanitarian projects, I am actively involved in educational issues. We must provide the youth with the education they need in this competitive world, this tough world. I promote the development of economic relations, attracting investments to Serbia, building international relations, playing the role of a kind of ambassador of Serbia. I talk about Serbia, describe it. It is important to create a favorable image for the country, develop public relations in it, and promote mutual respect,” said Crown Prince Alexander.
In addition, he expressed his opinion on the possibility of restoring the monarchy in Serbia. “I believe this is necessary. At the same time, I have very good friendly relations with the President of Serbia. I am convinced that the Prime Minister must have power, that fair and free elections are necessary. However, we need a head of state who does not belong to political parties, who would be respected regardless of political leanings. And I am convinced that it is the monarchy that can ensure this. This mechanism works well in countries such as Japan, the United Kingdom, Norway and many other countries. And this could be a solution for Serbia, a way to overcome and avoid conflicts,” concluded Crown Prince Alexander.
18.02.2008
“The independence of Kosovo completed the plans of Mussolini and Hitler”
Crown Prince of Serbia Alexander Karadjordjevic made a statement on the occasion of the Albanians declaring independence of the Serbian region
Kosovo's independence day will go down in history as a shame for Europe and the United States and as the completion of the plans of Mussolini and Hitler for the former Yugoslavia, according to a statement issued in English in the United States by the Royal Council, which acts as an advisory body to the heir to the Serbian throne, Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic. “On the territory of Serbia, part of the project of Mussolini and Hitler has been finally completed,” the statement says, RIA Novosti reports.
What happened in Kosovo should be blamed “not on the Albanians, but on those who supported, recognized, encouraged and financed them,” the authors of the statement believe and reproach Europe, which violated its principles, as well as the United States. “On this day, Europe lost its face, disgraced its history and demonstrated that in its body it carries the virus of its own collapse. On this day, America betrayed Washington, Lincoln and Wilson,” the council said in a statement.
In a separate statement, Crown Prince Alexander said he was “deeply shocked, hurt and pained by what happened.” “Today I feel that the whole world is against our people and is committing deep injustice,” said the Serbian heir to the throne.
The son of the last king of Yugoslavia stressed that in the situation around Kosovo “there was a violation of international law” and appealed to the international community for help. “I loudly call on the international community to show friendship and understanding. “I ask the international community to immediately continue negotiations with our government and not abandon the Serbian people at this critical moment in our history,” said Crown Prince Alexander, also calling on the international community to ensure the safety of the Serbian minority in Kosovo and “to fully protect all churches and chapels of the Serbian Orthodox Church "
Let us recall that Crown Prince Alexander Karageorgievich is the son of the last monarch of Yugoslavia, Peter II, and is considered the heir to the Serbian throne. After the outbreak of World War II, the then king of Yugoslavia, Peter II, refused to cooperate with Hitler and was forced to emigrate to England. After the war in Yugoslavia, the communists came to power and deprived the monarch and the entire Karageorgievic royal family of citizenship and property. Crown Prince Alexander was born in London in 1945, in the London Claridge's Hotel, which for one day was given the status of Yugoslav territory (this was done to preserve the opportunity for the prince to return to the throne, because according to the constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a person born in borders of the country, lost the right to the throne). His godfather and mother were King George VI of Great Britain and the future Queen Elizabeth II. After the war, Peter the Second and his family moved from England to the USA, where he died in 1970 and was buried in the Yugoslav Orthodox Church of St. Sava near Chicago (Illinois). After the Serbian father, Crown Prince Alexander refused the coronation and chose to remain heir to the throne until the family returned from exile. In 2000, Yugoslav citizenship was returned to the heir to the Serbian throne, and he now lives in Belgrade. Currently, Alexander Karageorgievich acts as a mediator in political disputes, lobbies the interests of Serbia abroad, and organizes humanitarian actions. He is also a supporter of the restoration of the monarchy in Serbia.
Speaking about the loves of Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna, we cannot ignore this one. Probably, it was a very short hobby - maybe just a READINESS to fall in love - but it was this feeling that had every chance of being continued. After all, Olga finally liked an equal in position: the prince of a foreign power. 
In December 1913, Olga realized that her “sunshine” Pavel Voronov (no longer?) did not reciprocate her feelings, and made several emotional entries about him in her diary, using a secret code. His behavior confuses and worries her, her feelings are looking for a way out... On December 21, the denouement follows: “I found out that my S. is marrying Olga Kleinmichel. May God send him happiness, my beloved S. It’s hard. Sad. He would be pleased." Olga also encrypted this recording. It would seem that the time has come to immerse yourself in experiences for a long time, but after a few weeks the mysterious code appears in the diary again. And if earlier he only hid declarations of love for Voronov, now Olga writes about something else (further encrypted fragments are in italics):
“January 12.
Alexander Serbsky arrived (In Russian uniform . Wow what eyes).
January 15.
At 9 ½, Papa, Aunt and I went to St. Petersburg to consecrate the new Church of the Feodorovskaya Mother of God in honor of the 300th anniversary. Lasted from 10 to 1 ¼. Metropolitan, etc. Bright, large, good church. I stood near Alexander of Serbia, he was a little further away. Wow, wow.
January 17.
We had breakfast with Papa, Aunt, Kostya and Alexander. I sat with him. Cute, embarrassing and beautiful horror.
Wow wow.
January 19.
Mom, I don’t know how. I fell asleep after 3 o'clock at night. God save her and everyone Alexandra S.
January 23.
After in the Winter episode. big breakfast. Afterwards we talked. I've been with Alexander for quite a long time. God bless him.
The 25th of January.
We had breakfast with Papa, T. Olga, gr. Fredericks and Alexander S. He came to say goodbye. He’s leaving in 2-3 days, it’s a pity, dear.” 
Alexander Karageorgievich was 7 years older than Olga. He had many connections with Russia: he had Russian educators, was the godson of Alexander III and the named son of Nicholas II; studied at the School of Law and the Corps of Pages in St. Petersburg. He became heir to the throne in 1909, after his older brother George, under the pressure of a scandal, was forced to renounce his rights to the throne.
In the same year, Alexander almost asked for the hand of Princess Tatyana Konstantinovna. The Serbian minister and even the father-king personally carried out careful reconnaissance on this matter. But to the Konstantinovichs, the position of the Karageorgievich dynasty on the throne seemed too precarious. K.R., Tatiana’s father, wrote in his diary: “I told her in detail about the claims of the Serbian court and the reasons that prompt us to advise her to refuse this offer. Although she rather likes Sandro Serbsky, she did not hesitate to reject him.”
True, a year later the families became related: Alexandra’s sister Elena married Grand Duke John Konstantinovich. For the Karageorgievics this was a great success, because they took the throne only in 1903 through a coup. In Europe they were not very recognized, and not all Romanovs were disposed towards them.
In 1912-13, Alexander managed to show valor in the Balkan Wars. And then he again thought about marriage, but now he was interested in the daughter of the king himself. Just which one? 
In this newspaper for November 1913, it was suggested that Olga would become the wife of Alexander of Serbia, and Tatiana - Karol of Romania. On the other hand, English Wikipedia, citing Serbian archives, claims that Prime Minister Nikola Pasic wrote to Nicholas II in January 1914 about Alexander’s intention to marry one of the grand duchesses. Nikolai did not object and even noticed the interest that his daughter showed in Karol - but it was allegedly not Olga, but Tatyana. (And Russian Wikipedia generally assures: “Tatyana and Alexander wrote letters to each other until their deaths. When Alexander learned about Tatiana’s murder, he was confused and almost committed suicide suicide »).
Alexander’s sister Elena, in her memoirs, which I have not yet been able to find, seemed to say that she noticed some “chemistry” between Alexander and Olga. Well, Olga’s diary allows us to conclude that Alexander was not indifferent to her, and I think the Serbian heir himself paid attention to her. One can only guess what prevented him from taking the next step.
In the spring, Olga becomes interested in Molokhovets, then the war begins, but all this does not prevent her from remembering Alexander on various occasions:
"24 February.
At 12 o'clock Mom received the Bavarian, Belgian, Danish and Serbian envoys (Nalajovich. So reminds Alexandra S).
25 February.
(small print: I haven’t seen Alexander S for a month)
March 25.
I didn’t see Alexandra for 2 months.<…>
(apparently added later) I haven’t seen Alexander S. for 2 months.
4 September.
The Pope gave Alexander of Serbia the St. George Cross, 4th century. I'm very happy. God help me.
October 6.
John, Gabriel and Kostya and Elena were having dinner. They told us a lot of interesting things. She's a piece of Alexander and I love her.
October 16.
At 7 o’clock Mom and I went to the infirmary, we went to see everyone, and I talked to K. and I. in the corridor. Everyone knows Alexander from the corps.” 
Alexander was a thin brunette with a mustache and large facial features (and “wow” eyes) - this is exactly the type of appearance that always attracted Olga. Plus, he seemed to be a really nice person. “The prince turned out to have a kind and friendly character,” writes the grandson of his teacher, the famous priest Gleb Kaleda. “To please his teacher, the prince wrote to him in Russian, asking for forgiveness in advance for possible mistakes, although there were none.” He was remembered as a tactful person, sometimes shy and prone to melancholy, a lover of reading - there are some similarities with Olga's character.
Olga never saw Alexander again, but a year later she noted the anniversary of his arrival in her diary:
"1915.
January 12.
The year that Alexandra saw Vsevolod at Vsevolod’s christening.
January 15.
Consecrated year church Alexander.
January 17.
Mordvinov and Count Fredericks were having breakfast. And a year ago Alexander. God bless him."
It seems that Pasic, even in the spring of 1916, expressed the hope that Olga would become the Serbian queen. But in January of this year, the date of the meeting with Alexander was not noted in the diary. At this time, Olga hardly thought about anyone other than Dmitry Shakh-Bagov. (By the way, here her fate again intersects with the fate of Tatyana Konstantinovna, who was very friendly with the eldest daughters of Nicholas II. Instead of the Serbian prince, she married a simple officer, a Caucasian, for love, and he even served in the Erivan regiment - like Olga’s lover. T .K. even knew Shah-Bagov and calls him in a letter “a sweet, handsome boy.” Surely Olga thought that she could repeat her path).
But in 1917 Olga recalls again:
"January 17. Exactly 3 years ago today Alexander Serbsky had breakfast with us.” Here the name is also written in code, and this is the last encrypted entry in the diary. 
Biographers of Olga Nikolaevna like to repeat that she wanted to stay in Russia, so she did not marry the Romanian heir Karol. The interest in Alexander Serbsky shows that, most likely, it was not a matter of the country: it was simply Karol who was unsympathetic to Olga. I think she understood that sooner or later she would have to leave her homeland. It’s unlikely that the rumors had escaped her; she knew who she was expected to marry, and she didn’t mind falling in love with the handsome Orthodox prince. Maybe by the beginning of 17 she returned to the thought of him because someone had dashed her hopes for a happy morganatic marriage? Although what kind of wedding could there be when the revolution is already on the doorstep? What kind of fate would await her in a small, semi-literate kingdom, always torn apart from without and within?
Alexander married the sister of that same Karol in 1922 (there is a version that he waited so long because until then he did not believe in Olga’s death). It seems that he became a good family man and ruled his country for more than 10 difficult years. Yugoslavia in the 20s became a fragment of Russian Atlantis, a center of white emigration. Sometimes there is an opinion that Alexander was so supportive of Russian refugees in memory of his first love - Olga / Tatyana. But I think Russia meant a lot to him anyway. 
Alexander was killed in 1934 by a terrorist; his family fled from the Nazis during the war and never returned to their homeland. Well, instead of Maria the Romanian widow and exile, Olga could have become... No matter how her fate turned out, it would not have been easy. The time of Slavic monarchs has passed. 
In 1906 he graduated from the Corps of Pages in St. Petersburg. In 1909, his older brother George was forced to renounce his rights to the throne after he beat his orderly to death in a fit of rage. After this, Alexander was proclaimed heir to the throne. On July 8, 1914, due to his father's illness, he was appointed Prince Regent of Serbia.
During the First and Second Balkan Wars, Alexander commanded the 1st Serbian Army. During the First World War he was the commander-in-chief of the Serbian army. In the fall of 1915, Serbia was defeated. The Serbian army retreated into the territory. The sick king, members of the government and parliament arrived on the island of Corfu. The remnants of the army led by Alexander settled in the mainland, where the so-called Thessaloniki Front was opened. The bitterness of defeat led to a conflict between the regent and the leaders of the Black Hand. Alexander, although he himself was a member of this society, essentially owed nothing to the military. On the initiative of Prince Alexander, Dragutin Dmitrievich "Apis" and his comrades were arrested on charges of allegedly preparing an assassination attempt on the regent and sentenced to death by a military court. The sentence was carried out in June 1917 in the suburbs of Thessaloniki. This trial was later found to be fabricated.
Meanwhile, Yugoslav politicians who left after the start of the war intensified their activities. They formed the Yugoslav Committee, which held negotiations with the Serbian government in Corfu in the summer of 1917. The result of the negotiations was the signing on July 20 of the Corfu Declaration, which provided for the creation after the war of a Yugoslav state in the form of a constitutional monarchy with its leader.
In the autumn of 1918, the Serbian army, reinforced by Yugoslav volunteers, broke through the Thessaloniki front after a bloody operation, which led to the exit from the war. On November 1, 1918, Serbian troops liberated Belgrade. At the same time, the people's assembly of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs decided to secede and form the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. At the same time, the Serb-populated areas of the former sought to join Serbia directly. On November 26, the Podgorica Assembly announced the deposition of the king and annexation to Serbia. In the end, the Zagreb People's Assembly voted for the annexation of the SSHS to Serbia and sent a delegation to Belgrade, where on December 1 the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was proclaimed. Formally, he became king, and Alexander was appointed prince regent. After the death of his father on August 16, 1921, he was proclaimed King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
The next few years were devoted to defining borders with its neighbors, Austria, as a result of which a number of Slavs still found themselves outside the Yugoslav state. In 1921, elections to the Constitutional Assembly were held, in which many new parties took part, including national and leftist ones. The Constitution of 1921 established the leading role of the monarch in governing the country, and the Skupshtina (parliament) turned into an arena for party, inter-ethnic clashes and mutual accusations.
In a short time, the political atmosphere in the new state changed for the worse. The Yugoslav peoples opposed each other. The Slovenes and Croats fought with official Belgrade, whose actions were seen as a desire for dominance. The Serbs accused representatives of other nationalities of separatism, constantly reminding them of the sacrifices made by Serbia for their liberation. Moreover, the Serbs remained territorially divided.
Over the ten years of the existence of the KSHS, the assembly has failed to unify the legislation. The cabinet of ministers was replaced 22 times, with most of the resignations initiated by the king.
Discord in the Assembly led to the fact that on June 20, 1928, radical MP from Montenegro Punisa Racic opened fire in parliament, as a result of which Croatian MP Ivan Pernar was killed and another influential Croatian politician Stjepan Radic was mortally wounded. The murder of two Croatian deputies led to a deterioration in Serbian-Croatian relations.
To resolve the political crisis, Alexander I resorted to drastic measures. On January 6, 1929, he abolished the constitution, dissolved parliament and banned political parties. Municipal authorities were also dissolved. The government was headed by General Petr Zivkovic. A regime of military-monarchical dictatorship was established. Leading politicians were under surveillance. Some of them had to emigrate.
On October 9, 1929, the Law on the name of the state and its territorial division was adopted. The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes henceforth became known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Administratively, it was divided into 9 banovins, headed by a ban appointed by the king. The division was made without taking into account historical traditions. According to the integralists, this was supposed to contribute to the unification of the Yugoslav peoples into a single Yugoslav nation.
Alexander I used the dictatorship as effectively as possible. The Supreme Legislative Council was composed of leading jurists, unifying civil and criminal law. The agrarian reform was completed, and peasants became owners of arable land. Finally, on September 3, 1931, Alexander granted the Constitution. A bicameral parliament was created - the People's Representation - and parties were allowed, but only those whose activities covered the whole of Yugoslavia.
Radical nationalists did not agree with the policies of Alexander I. This is how the terrorist organization IMORO (Internal Macedonian-Odra Revolutionary Organization) operated in Macedonia. In Croatia, the Ustasha movement arose, moving towards rapprochement with fascist Italy. It was Macedonian terrorists and Croatian rebels who organized a conspiracy against Alexander I. On October 9, 1934, during the king’s visit to Marseille, the terrorist Vlado Chernozemsky jumped onto the running board of a car and killed Alexander and the French Foreign Minister Louis Bartha, who was traveling with him, with several shots from a revolver. The fact that the death of the king was experienced by the whole country suggests that his authoritarian rule was not so unpopular.
(1876-1903), the only son of Prince Milan IV Obrenović (later King Milan I) and his wife Natalia, née Keško. When a break occurred between Milan and Natalia (see Natalia), the latter took her son with her to Wiesbaden. The Prussian police, at the request of Milan, captured him and handed him over to his father. On March 6, 1889, Milan abdicated and Alexander assumed the throne, first under the regency of Ristic, Protic and Belimarkovic. On the night of April 2, 1893, A., led by Milan, arrested the regents and ministers and declared himself an adult. From that day on, a series of coups d'etat began, and A. acted not independently, but led by Milan, first from abroad, then directly. In general, the king was a toy in the hands of his father, revealing a very weak understanding of state affairs, even a very weak interest in them. Set up by his father against his mother, he treated her with complete indifference: during her expulsion from Belgrade and the resulting street unrest, he calmly played skittles (1891). In January 1894, Milan, unexpectedly for the ministry, but by agreement with his son, returned to Serbia, which he did not have the right to enter due to the obligation he had previously signed. On May 9, 1894, A. abolished the constitution and handed power to Nikola Hristich, who acted with the help of prison and police. In the following years, ministries replaced one another (see Serbia), and the driving incentive for all these changes was not considerations of state benefit, but mainly the personal, mostly monetary interests of the king and especially his father. A. tried to strengthen the international position of Serbia with visits to foreign courts. On July 9, 1900, A. unexpectedly became engaged to his mother's maid of honor Draga, the widow of Colonel Mashin, née Lunjevitsa, who was more than 10 years older than him. This was a big surprise for everyone; Djordjevic's ministry resigned. The planned marriage was opposed by Milan and Natalia, who were looking for a bride from some reigning house for their son; but even among the democratic Serbian people this marriage did not arouse sympathy, because Draga and especially her brothers, the officers of Lunjevica, enjoyed a very bad reputation. Nevertheless, the king showed completely unexpected firmness and in August 1900 married Draga. If earlier the influence of Milan had a corrupting effect on Serbia, now it has been replaced by the same influence of Draghi. Nepotism in the army and civil service manifested itself in the crudest forms. The old creatures of Milan were displaced and, just as illegally as they themselves had been appointed, were replaced by the creatures of Draghi. At the beginning of 1901, in his speech from the throne at the opening of the assembly, the king spoke of the hope that his heir would soon appear. The futility of this hope was soon revealed. Whether Draga deliberately lied about her pregnancy, or whether she herself was the victim of a misconception, is unknown; but this incident completely undermined the reputation of the king and queen. In May 1903, a conspiracy was hatched among the officers of the Belgrade garrison against the king's life. On the night of May 29, the conspirators, who included two brothers of the queen's late first husband, the Machine, entered the palace and, with extreme cold-bloodedness and cruelty, shot the king and queen. With the death of A., the Obrenovich house faded away.
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