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To: MadelineZapeezda

According to one of the items that turned up on Google, Ratko was a popular name from the 1940s to the 1960s (Mladic was born in 1943), but since the 1980s has been much less common as a name given to babies. It’s not only Serbian but also found among Slovenes, Croats, and Macedonians.


15 posted on 05/26/2011 9:28:32 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
Ratko was a popular name from the 1940s to the 1960s (Mladic was born in 1943)

Makes perfect sense. He was born during WWII. Actually a very good name for a baby born during that war because he was going to have to fight to survive.

"Ratko" is the only Serbian name I know of that deals with war. But there are several Serbian names I can think of that deal with peace. "Miroslav" ("Peace of the Slavs") and "Slavamir" ("Glory to Peace") and the female name "Mira" ("Peace")

War was a constant in the Balkans. Peace was an illusive dream and hope.

16 posted on 05/26/2011 9:57:28 AM PDT by Bokababe (Save Christian Kosovo! http://www.savekosovo.org)
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