Varvarin
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Varvarin is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of central Serbia. Population of the town is 1,805, and population of the municipality is 14,217.
House of Culture in Varvarin
View of Varvarin from the river Morava
Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke
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Count Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke was a Russian nobleman and military leader of Irish descent who fought in the Napoleonic Wars and achieved the rank of lieutenant general. He is noted for leading a cam
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…battle during the Russo-Turkish War (1806-1812) between the Ottoman Empire and a combined Russian and Serbian army. A statue to the Russian commander Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke and his men was erected in 1910 on the centenary of their victory in the battle, which freed the city from Turkish domination. From 1929 to 1941…
Portrait by George Dawe, 1820–1825
Monument to O'Rourke in Varvarin, Serbia