Majske Poljane is a village in Croatia

Croatia

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. It is part of Glina

Glina, Croatia

Glina is a small town in central Croatia, located southwest of Petrinja and Sisak in the Sisak-Moslavina county. It lies on the eponymous river of Glina.-History:...

. The village's geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinate system

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 are 45° 21' 0 North and 16° 8' 60 East, the altitude

Altitude

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 is 162 meters above sea level

Sea level

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, and, as of 2001, the population was 124 people. The village is within the Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church

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's Diocese of Upper Karlovac.

Majske Poljane is the birthplace of Yugoslav

Yugoslavia

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 mathematicians Đuro Kurepa (1907–1993), and Svetozar Kurepa

Svetozar Kurepa

Svetozar Kurepa was a mathematician whose main contributions were in the areas of functional analysis and operator theory. Kurepa published over 70 articles, 16 books, and numerous scientific reviews. He taught at the University of Zagreb, where he also served as the Dean of the College of Sciences...

 (1929–2010). It was part of Austro-Hungarian Empire

Austria-Hungary

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at the time of Djuro Kurepa's birth and part of Yugoslavia at the time of Svetozar Kurepa's birth.

External links

Parohija Majske Poljane