Grad Sisak Town of Sisak
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Gymnasium in Sisak
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Map of Sisak within Sisak-Moslavina County Map of Sisak within Sisak-Moslavina County
Grad Sisak Location of Sisak within Croatia
Coordinates: 45°29′N 16°22′E / 45.483°N 16.367°E / 45.483; 16.367
Country	Croatia
County	Sisak-Moslavina County
Government
• Mayor	Dinko Pintarić (CDU)
Area
• Total	422.75 km2 (163.22 sq mi)
Elevation	98 m (321.52 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	47,699, 2,030 567,891
• City itself	33,049, 2,030 109,287
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	44000
Area code(s)	044
Patron saints	Quirinus of Sescia
Website	sisak.hr

Vetriano coin struck at Siscia mint in 350.

Sisak (pronounced [sǐːsak]) is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region^[1] and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county. Sisak is located at the confluence of the Kupa, Sava, and Odra rivers, 57 km (35 mi) southeast of the Croatian capital Zagreb.

Name[link]

Prior to the invasion by the Roman Empire, the region was Celtic and the city there was named Segestica.^[2]

In German the town is known as Sissek, in Hungarian as Sziszek, Latin as Siscia, in Serbian Cyrillic as Сисак, and in Slovene as Sisek

Geography[link]

Sisak is usually considered to be where the Posavina (Sava basin) begins, with an elevation of 99 m.

Sisak is Croatia's biggest river port and a centre of river shipping industry (Dunavski Lloyd). Sisak lies on the main road Zagreb-Sisak-Petrinja (M12.2) and the railroad Zagreb-Sisak-Sunja.

History[link]

The long history of urban life here (around 2,500 years) as well the extremely favourable position on the confluence of three rivers, (the Sava, the Kupa and the Odra), have made Sisak an important town in the history of Croatia.

During the Roman Empire when Sisak was known as Siscia, Christian martyr Quirinus of Sescia was tortured and nearly killed during Diocletian's persecution of Christians. Legend has it that they tied him to a millstone and threw him into a river, but he freed himself from the weight, escaped and continued to preach his faith. Today he is the patron saint of Sisak.

Braslav of Pannonia reigned from Sisak until this last bastion of the Pannonians was invaded.^[3] According to Historia Salonitana maior, Duke Tomislav reclaimed it soon after.^[4][5]

The 16th century triangular fortress of the Old Town, well-preserved and turned into the Native Museum, is the main destination of every tourist. The fortress is famous for the victory of the joint forces of Croats and Carniolans (Slovenes) over the Turks in 1593, known as the Battle of Sisak. It was one of the early significant defeats of the up-to-then invincible Turkish army on European territory. The Croatian Ban Toma Bakač Erdedi who led the defense in this battle became famous throughout Europe.

The Baroque palace of Mali Kaptol, the classicist Veliki Kaptol, the brick Stari most ("Old Bridge") over the Kupa, and the ethnological park are the most frequently visited landmarks.

During World War II, Sisak was the site of the Sisak Children's Concentration Camp which was part of the large Jasenovac cluster.

Sisak suffered much damage during the Croatian War of Independence starting in 1991. While Sisak remained within Croatian hands, the territory immediately south of the city was controlled by Serbs. The threat to Sisak was removed in 1995 following Operation Storm. Between 1991 and 1992, 24 Serb civilians were murdered by the Croatian forces.^[6]

Demographics[link]

Sisak Fortress

The city administrative area is composed of the following settlements:^[1]

In the 2001 census, of the total population of 52,236, there were 43,402 Croats (83.09%), 3,897 Serbs (7.46%), 795 Bosniaks (1.52%), 436 Roma (0.83%), 149 Albanians (0.29%), 40 Montenegrins (0.08%), and the rest were other ethnicities.

In the 2001 census, the population by religion was 41,204 Roman Catholics (78.88%), 3,801 Orthodox Christians (7.28%), 2,537 Muslims (4.86%), and others.

Education[link]

The city hosts University of Zagreb's Faculty of Metallurgy.

Miscellaneous[link]

Sisak oil refinery

Chief occupations are farming, ferrous metallurgy (iron works), chemicals, leather (footwear), textiles and food processing plants (dairy products, alcoholic beverages), building material, crude oil refinery, and thermal power.

Sisak features the largest Croatian metallurgic factory and the largest oil refinery in Croatia

Sisak has many rich mineral springs (spas) with healing properties in the temperature range from 42 to 54 °C.

Sports and recreation facilities in the town and the surroundings include mainly the waters and alluvial plains a public beach on the Kupa. All rivers (Kupa, Odra, Sava) with their backwaters offer fishing opportunities. There are hunting grounds in the regions of Turopolje and Posavina. Sisak is the starting point for sightseeing tours into Lonjsko Polje (Field of Lonja river) nature park.

The local football club is HNK Segesta.

Sisak features the oldest ice hockey club in Croatia, KHL Sisak est. 1934

Sisak is a popular destination in the summer and many people from the surrounding cities visit the cafés situated along the river Kupa. As of recently, numerous clubs have opened and their popularity has been bolstered through nights sponsored by various beer manufacturers.

International relations[link]

Twin towns — Sister cities[link]

Sisak is twinned with:

See also[link]

• Sisak (eponym)
• List of people from Sisak
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak

References[link]

Bibliography[link]

Notes[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Sisak

Wikisource has the text of the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article Croatia.

• Official Website
• Sisak News Portal
• Radio Sisak - Hometown radio station
• Sisak Tourism
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Sissek". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

v t e Cities and major settlements of Croatia by population 100,000+ Osijek Rijeka Split Zagreb 35,000+ Bjelovar Dubrovnik Karlovac Kaštela Pula Samobor Šibenik Sisak Slavonski Brod Varaždin Velika Gorica Vinkovci Zadar 10,000+ Beli Manastir Belišće Benkovac Čakovec Crikvenica Đakovo Daruvar Duga Resa Dugo Selo Garešnica Gospić Imotski Ivanec Ivanić-Grad Jastrebarsko Kastav Knin Koprivnica Krapina Križevci Kutina Labin Makarska Metković Našice Nova Gradiška Novi Marof Novska Ogulin Omiš Opatija Petrinja Pleternica Ploče Poreč Požega Rovinj Sinj Slatina Solin Sveta Nedelja Sveti Ivan Zelina Trogir Umag Valpovo Virovitica Vrbovec Vukovar Zaprešić Županja

v t e Subdivisions of Sisak-Moslavina County Cities and towns Glina Hrvatska Kostajnica Kutina Novska Petrinja Sisak (seat) Municipalities Donji Kukuruzari Dvor Gvozd Hrvatska Dubica Jasenovac Lekenik Lipovljani Majur Martinska Ves Popovača Sunja Topusko Velika Ludina

Coordinates: 45°28′N 16°23′E / 45.467°N 16.383°E / 45.467; 16.383

Milan Martić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Мартић; born 18 November 1954) is a Serbian politician, former president of the Republic of Serbian Krajina. He was a senior rebel commander of Serbian forces in Croatia during the Croatian War of Independence.

Martić was convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on 12 June 2007 and sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Biography[link]

Martić was born near Knin and was the local police chief in Knin at the time of Croatia's declaration of independence. In 1990, he took on the position of local Serb leader, organizing Martić's Police militia. From 4 January 1991 to August 1995, Martić held various leadership positions, including President, Minister of Defence, Minister of Internal Affairs, in the unrecognised offices of the Serbian Autonomous District (SAO) Krajina, and the Republic of Serbian Krajina (RSK).

Martic was supported by Slobodan Milosevic during the 1993 presidential election in Serbian Krajina. Martic ran for the Serbian Party of Socialists which received significant financial support from Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia.^[1] In a second round of voting in 1994 he was elected President and remained in power until the fall of Serbian Krajina during the Croatia's Operation Storm in 1995.

Initially indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on 25 July 1995, Martić surrendered on May 15, 2002, and was transferred to the tribunal in The Hague the same day. He was charged with murder, persecutions, inhumane treatment, forced displacement, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages. He pleaded not guilty to all counts.^[2]

According to the ICTY, in the amended indictment, he "helped organize an ethnic cleansing campaign of Croats and other non-Serbs from Krajina where 78,000 lived and virtually the entire non-Serb population was forcibly removed, deported or killed". He was originally charged only with ordering a rocket attack on the Croatian capital of Zagreb which killed seven civilians as retaliation to Operation Flash. Martić later appeared on Serbian television and radio, admitting he ordered the shelling.

Milan Babić who, along with Martić, was one of the most important leaders of rebelled Croatian Serbs, said during Martić's trial that the entire war in Croatia was Martić's responsibility, orchestrated by Belgrade.^[3]

His trial started on December 13, 2005 and ended on January 12, 2007.^[4] On June 12, Martić was sentenced to 35 years in prison.^[2][5] His sentence of 35 years in prison was confirmed by ICTY appellate council on October 8, 2008. The judgment was also especially damaging to the legacy of the Republic of Serbian Krajina and the then Serbian regime as Martić was found to have been part of a "joint criminal enterprise" which included Blagoje Adžić, Milan Babić, Radmilo Bogdanović, Veljko Kadijević, Radovan Karadžić, Slobodan Milošević, Ratko Mladić, Vojislav Šešelj, Franko Simatović, Jovica Stanišić, and Dragan Vasiljković.^[5]

In June 2009 he was transferred to serve the sentence in Tartu prison in Estonia.^[6]

See also[link]

• Prosecutor v. Milan Martić
• Croatian War of Independence
• Serbian war crimes in the Yugoslav Wars

References[link]

External links[link]

• ICTY proceedings on Milan Martić (IT-95-11) "RSK"

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Tulsi Kumar is an Indian playback singer for Bollywood films.^[1]

Early life[link]

Tulsi Kumar is the daughter of the late Gulshan Kumar and the sister of Indian film producer Bhushan Kumar.^[2]

Music career[link]

Kumar's singing career started by her backing tracks in numerous Bollywood movies like Chup Chup Ke, Humko Deewana Kar Gaye, and Aksar. In 2009, her debut album, Love ho Jaaye, was released. Along with the album, Kumar also made a music video for the title track. Her song "Mujhe Teri" from the movie Paathshaala was a hit. Her duet with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, "Tum Jo Aaye" from Once Upon a Time in Mumbai was also a hit.

Discography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Tulsi Kumar sings another number
• Tulsi Kumar's voice is fresh & vibrant
• Tulsi Kumar at the Internet Movie Database