17.05.2012.
Laying wreaths on the grave to Radomir Putnik
By laying a wreath at the tomb of General Radomir Putnik, in the alley in central Belgrade's Novo groblje, the 95th anniversary of the death of the famous Serbian general was marked.At a ceremony organized by the Committee for preserving the tradition of Serbian liberation wars, wreaths on the memorial of the Army Chief of General Staff of the Kingdom of Serbia in the Balkan and First World War, were laid by the representatives of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, as well as by descendants of the warrior and the Association of Serbia 1912 - 1920.
Radomir Putnik, the first high officer of the Serbian Army with the rank of Duke, was one of the most important military commanders and strategists in the national history of modern times.
Born on 24 January 1847 in Kragujevac he graduated from the Artillery School in Belgrade, and was appointed Chief of General Staff in 1903.
Putnik is the creator of the modern Serbian army, who introduced the subject of solving tactical tasks into education and training of officers, equipping the army with latest weapons at the time, while appointing talented officers at key tasks.In the period from1912 to 1916 he was the head of the Supreme Command, and after the battle of Kumanovo in 1912 he became the first Serbian high-ranking officer with the honorary rank of Duke. From the Greek island of Corfu, Putnik went for treatment to Nice in France, where he died on 17th May 1917.
Putnik’s descendants carried his remains from Nice and laid them to rest in a separate grave that is located within the complex of Belgrade's Novo groblje.
