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Nika Loncar · August 24th, 2008, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wizzard

edit: anyway, I would love to know how do you build the highways so fast. You have completed the hundreds of kilometers of highways per year, we complete a few km per year and still do not have completed the main highway between Bratislava and Košice

Magic

No big secret really. Croatia is a touristic country and we must have good roads. A lot of money is being invested in building highways, that we'll probabyly have to pay off for a very very long time.

Wizzard · August 24th, 2008, 02:00 PM

OK

and one more question, what was the real nationality of Nikola Tesla?

He was born in present Croatia, but I heard that he was Serbian (no flame).

goxic · August 24th, 2008, 02:57 PM

Yes, he was born in Croatia, and his parents were Serbians. This area around border with Bosnia and Herzegovina had a lots of Serbian people. If you remember from history class in school, Turks were stopped in Croatia from further aggression on Europe. Serbians didn't have power to stop Turks so lots of Serbians refugee in front of Turks. We stopped them and also Serbs felt pretty safe here and close to their occupied Serbia. And they stayed. What happened recently is complete another story.

But most important is that Nikola Tesla was great man and by my opinion the best inventor ever. Regarding your question he said one great sentence:

I am proud of my Serbian nationality and my Croatian homeland.

It is very pity that other Serbs in Croatia wasn't at least 10% smart as he was. Then we will not have such terrible war and will be for sure 100% of average EU GDP....

LostInc · August 24th, 2008, 03:03 PM

Yes, Tesla was a serbian by nationality, but born in Croatia, and he was always accentuating how he is proud of his croatian homeland and serbian origins. He really wasn't "waving" with his antionality, it was not so important to him, although he was a son of an orthodox priest.

Ballota · August 24th, 2008, 04:04 PM

But the mother was Croatian. So he's 50/50 Cro/Serb

Nika Loncar · August 24th, 2008, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ballota

But the mother was Croatian. So he's 50/50 Cro/Serb

No, his mother was also Serbian.

Kibby · August 24th, 2008, 04:58 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

***MasonicStage™*** · August 24th, 2008, 06:52 PM

and what's the most tragic thing in my opinion, Zagreb could have been more developed now because it was offered to be electrified long time before then it was, of course by proposal of Nikola Tesla, but some idiot rejected that project.
gosh gosh...

anyways...Tesla rockz! He's definitely one of my favourite inventors ever!

***MasonicStage™*** · August 24th, 2008, 07:03 PM

btw, in Zagreb's Technical Museum (Tehnički Muzej) there's a nice department with many of Tesla's inventions and electric current converters, so that's definitely worth to see once when visiting Zagreb. You can actually see a lightning there which is really fascinating!

Wizzard · August 24th, 2008, 09:22 PM

yes, it must be great.

Some time ago, it was also some Tesla exposition in Bratislava at Slovak Technical Museum this year. Here

http://www.atlantislabs.sk/nikola-tesla-vystava-v-snm (but I was not there)

ivan_ri · August 24th, 2008, 11:06 PM

yes it was ehxibition "Nikola Tesla - The Man who Lit up the World" or "Nikola Tesla - The Man who Invented the Twentieth Century" (I'm not sure which is hte exact name of exhibition). I was in Bratislava for last new year party and I saw an ad for that.

dubart · August 25th, 2008, 08:54 AM

There is a difference between Serb and Serbian, just like Croat/Croatian. Serb usually refers to a member of the Serbs ethnic group, regardless of citizenship, while Serbian usually represents citizenship of Serbia, regardless of ethnic group membership. If you put it this way, Tesla was a Croatian Serb. Tesla, in my opinion, was one of the greatest scientist ever.

gjergjkastrioti · September 8th, 2008, 12:58 PM

What is the real origin of the name of Croatia or Hrvatska?

ivan_ri · September 8th, 2008, 01:24 PM

The origins of the Croatian name are Iranian. The earliest mention of the Croatian name as Horovathos can be traced on two stone inscriptions in Greek language and script, dating from around the year 200, found by the Black Sea (more precisely in the seaport Tanais on the Azov sea, Krim). Both tablets are held in the Archeological museum in St Petersburg, Russia.

more over here - link

gjergjkastrioti · September 8th, 2008, 01:50 PM

Thanks

ivan_ri · September 8th, 2008, 02:03 PM

no problem, we are here to help

Mavey · October 1st, 2008, 02:38 AM

Hello I'm Iranian.Is it true Croats are an Iranic people? Sorry if this is a touchy issue I always wondered.

SinCity · October 1st, 2008, 04:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mavey

Hello I'm Iranian.Is it true Croats are an Iranic people? Sorry if this is a touchy issue I always wondered.

Its mainly a theory due to the similarities in the names of ancient tribes that have been uncovered in inscriptions in this part of the world.

However, genetic tests indicate that the Croats have almost no middle-eastern genes. On the contrary many Croats (38%) have Scandanavian genes, the rest have normal European genes.

You can read more here under "Origins" ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats

dubart · October 1st, 2008, 08:15 AM

Scandinavian?! Really?

Mavey · October 1st, 2008, 09:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SinCity

Its mainly a theory due to the similarities in the names of ancient tribes that have been uncovered in inscriptions in this part of the world.

However, genetic tests indicate that the Croats have almost no middle-eastern genes. On the contrary many Croats (38%) have Scandanavian genes, the rest have normal European genes.

You can read more here under "Origins" ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats

Oh ok thank you.

August 24th, 2008, 02:00 PM	#82
Wizzard Prešpurák Join Date: May 2006 Location: Uratislaburgium (today Bratislava) Posts: 4,779 Likes (Received): 6	OK and one more question, what was the real nationality of Nikola Tesla? He was born in present Croatia, but I heard that he was Serbian (no flame). __________________ Zvečerieva sa. Vlak uháňa vínorodým krajom popod úpätie vápencových Malých Karpát. Modra - Pezinok - Rača... V oknách sa ligocú ružence svetiel. B r a t i s l a v a ! Ten prešporský zámok pekný murovaný — čudujú sa z neho na Dunaj tí páni, čuduje sa z neho aj záhorský šuhaj: ako pekne tečie ten povestný Dunaj. Tí nádherní páni pilnú radu majú, že oni povestný Dunaj zahatajú; a tie naše Tatry zďaleka sa smejú; „Zahatajte, páni, keď máte nádeju!“ Last edited by Wizzard; August 24th, 2008 at 02:19 PM.

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*MasonicStage™* SuperMod Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Zagreb Posts: 16,928	btw, in Zagreb's Technical Museum (Tehnički Muzej) there's a nice department with many of Tesla's inventions and electric current converters, so that's definitely worth to see once when visiting Zagreb. You can actually see a lightning there which is really fascinating! __________________ ★ **zagrebforum ★ hrvatskiforum ★ masonicstagegold.member.card** ★

August 24th, 2008, 02:57 PM	#83
goxic Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Zagreb Posts: 979 Likes (Received): 1	Yes, he was born in Croatia, and his parents were Serbians. This area around border with Bosnia and Herzegovina had a lots of Serbian people. If you remember from history class in school, Turks were stopped in Croatia from further aggression on Europe. Serbians didn't have power to stop Turks so lots of Serbians refugee in front of Turks. We stopped them and also Serbs felt pretty safe here and close to their occupied Serbia. And they stayed. What happened recently is complete another story. But most important is that Nikola Tesla was great man and by my opinion the best inventor ever. Regarding your question he said one great sentence: I am proud of my Serbian nationality and my Croatian homeland. It is very pity that other Serbs in Croatia wasn't at least 10% smart as he was. Then we will not have such terrible war and will be for sure 100% of average EU GDP....

August 24th, 2008, 03:03 PM	#84
LostInc Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Zagreb Posts: 761 Likes (Received): 0	Yes, Tesla was a serbian by nationality, but born in Croatia, and he was always accentuating how he is proud of his croatian homeland and serbian origins. He really wasn't "waving" with his antionality, it was not so important to him, although he was a son of an orthodox priest.

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Wizzard Prešpurák Join Date: May 2006 Location: Uratislaburgium (today Bratislava) Posts: 4,779 Likes (Received): 6	yes, it must be great. Some time ago, it was also some Tesla exposition in Bratislava at Slovak Technical Museum this year. Here http://www.atlantislabs.sk/nikola-tesla-vystava-v-snm (but I was not there) __________________ Zvečerieva sa. Vlak uháňa vínorodým krajom popod úpätie vápencových Malých Karpát. Modra - Pezinok - Rača... V oknách sa ligocú ružence svetiel. B r a t i s l a v a ! Ten prešporský zámok pekný murovaný — čudujú sa z neho na Dunaj tí páni, čuduje sa z neho aj záhorský šuhaj: ako pekne tečie ten povestný Dunaj. Tí nádherní páni pilnú radu majú, že oni povestný Dunaj zahatajú; a tie naše Tatry zďaleka sa smejú; „Zahatajte, páni, keď máte nádeju!“

August 24th, 2008, 11:06 PM	#91
ivan_ri rekreativac Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rijeka/Flumen Sancti Viti Posts: 11,679 Likes (Received): 2	yes it was ehxibition "Nikola Tesla - The Man who Lit up the World" or "Nikola Tesla - The Man who Invented the Twentieth Century" (I'm not sure which is hte exact name of exhibition). I was in Bratislava for last new year party and I saw an ad for that.

August 25th, 2008, 08:54 AM	#92
dubart HAL9001 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Zadar, Croatia Posts: 1,416 Likes (Received): 19	There is a difference between Serb and Serbian, just like Croat/Croatian. Serb usually refers to a member of the Serbs ethnic group, regardless of citizenship, while Serbian usually represents citizenship of Serbia, regardless of ethnic group membership. If you put it this way, Tesla was a Croatian Serb. Tesla, in my opinion, was one of the greatest scientist ever. Last edited by dubart; August 25th, 2008 at 01:46 PM.

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ivan_ri rekreativac Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Rijeka/Flumen Sancti Viti Posts: 11,679 Likes (Received): 2	The origins of the Croatian name are Iranian. The earliest mention of the Croatian name as Horovathos can be traced on two stone inscriptions in Greek language and script, dating from around the year 200, found by the Black Sea (more precisely in the seaport Tanais on the Azov sea, Krim). Both tablets are held in the Archeological museum in St Petersburg, Russia. more over here - link __________________ built to last bio sam naivan, zaljubljen i mlad, volio sam rijeku, volim je i sad

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