Biovicino Selo
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Biovičino Selo is a village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 located in the municipality of Kistanje
Kistanje
Kistanje is a village and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. According to the 2001 census, Kistanje municipality has 3,038 inhabitants of which 57.14% are Serbs and 41.31% are Croats.-History:...

, in the Šibenik-Knin County
Šibenik-Knin County
Šibenik-Knin County is a county in Croatia, located in north-central Dalmatia. Its center is Šibenik; other notable towns are Knin, Drniš and Skradin....

, Croatia
Croatia
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. The village is situated in northern Dalmatia
Dalmatia
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, in the region known as Bukovica
Bukovica
Bukovica is a geographical region in Croatia. It is situated in northern Dalmatia, between Lika in the north, Kninska Krajina in the east, and Ravni Kotari in the south-west. Prior to the war, it encompassed the western half of the Knin municipality, the eastern half of the Benkovac municipality...

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History

Serbian Orthodox church Sv. Petra i Pavla (dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul), was built from 1524-1534 AD. First school was opened in 1909/1910. This school was located by the church. First teacher was Mirko Lezajic. Old school was used until 1936. It was also used by other nearby villages, of Kolašac and Modrino Selo. Beginning in 1936, school is moved to the center of Biovičino Selo. The first teacher was Blažo Karadjinović, from Montenegro
Montenegro
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. During World War II
World War II
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, this school was destroyed. Students used the home of Ljuban Medos, until school was rebuilt in 1949. After the war, teacher was Darinka Vujasinovic. New school started functioning in 1966, and is named Jovo Kablar.
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