MILORAD IS THE FIRST SERB TO HAVE TRAVELED THE WHOLE WORLD: With only 150 dinars in his pocket! (PHOTO)

Milorad Rajčević from Leskovac is the first Serb who has literally traveled the world. On his business card, it reads only "world traveler" because that's what he really was. He experienced every journey as a kind of getting to know life, and is therefore considered the first Serbian world traveler!

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He was born in the late 19th century in the vicinity of Leskovac, and even as a little boy showed interest in painting. At the age of 15, he traveled to Vienna, where he studied painting at the court painter.

Then continued on, one city after the other, from Salzburg, via Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg to Ulm. Then he went to France, where he worked for three months in Paris with painter George Weber.

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From France he went to Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, Zurich, Basel and Lucerne, and then went to America. He spent a few months there, until he injured his leg in a marathon and ended up in the hospital. When they admitted him, they checked his documents and found that he did not have a passport, so they put him on the first boat to Europe.

However, he did not give up, but simply continued with his journeys. He traveled to Constantinople and then via Alexandria to Jerusalem. This journey lasted four years, and during this time, he learned five languages.

Foto: Arhivska fotografija

Many saw him as a strange young man because of his restless spirit and because he simply "did not keep place."

In 1910, Rajcevic knocked on the door of "Mali Journal" where they characterized him as a "bright young man, a lively spirit, polished manners, and generally sympathetic looking." In agreement with them, Milorad got a monthly allowance of 150 dinars to travel through Europe, Asia, America and Africa. In return, he had to submit them a letter and certificate from the authorities that he was in each of these places.

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In his travel book, the first person to sign was Prince Djordje Karadjordjevic whom he met in Gornji Milanovac. Continuing to the south, he reached the Montenegrin prince Danilo who also wrote in his travel book and presented it to the Jubilee Commemorative Prince Nikola. From Montenegro he continued to Italy, where he was supposed to be transferred to Africa. However, due to the war in Tripolitania (Libya) he changed his route and went to France, then to England and Germany, and in July came to Petrograd.

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In Russia, he spent a month during which he stayed in the best hotels and visited government representatives and prominent personalities to sign his travel book. Basically, everyone received him with enthusiasm, eager to find out the details about his unusual endeavor. In early August 1910, he was sent to Siberia and further on to the Asian continent.

Foto: Arhivska fotografija

On his bike, he went through Asian regions in which he met strange people and customs, and felt nostalgic for Europe and familiar things. That's why he was surprised when he heard the Russian Manchuria at a reception at the governor's singing a Serbian song "A Serb becomes a soldier gladly", which he had learned from General Jovan Lipovac Montenegrin, who served in the Russo-Japanese War. From there he heads to Vladivostok and then Japan.

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From Japan he sends a letter to the editorial office full of enthusiasm for the Japanese people, who, lo and behold, bathe at least twice a day. Of course, his enthusiasm provoked the geisha. In Japan he is welcomed by the Crown Prince, who refuses to write in his book. The reason for this are Japanese customs by which the emperor is divine. After Japan, he continued to Singapore, Malaysia and Siam. In Siam he is welcomed by the King himself and receives a motor bike, in order to facilitate his trip.

Rajčević arrives in Belgrade on September 21, 1911. In his honor, a ceremonial welcome at the wharf is organized, which the brothers Savic recorded to be later played in their movie theater. Although over the course of his journey he was not able to visit Africa and America, Rajčević did not give up on his desire, and in 1912 began planning his trip to Africa.

(Telegraf.co.uk/ akademskikrug.rs/Leskovačke vesti)