The screening of the film about Sava Vladisavić, as well as the opening of the exhibition on the occasion of 325 years since the training of Russian navigators at Marko Martinović's school, will be held on Friday, May 24, 2024, in the crypt of the Cathedral of Christ's Resurrection in Podgorica, starting at 7 p.m.

During the evening, the following will speak: Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Montenegro His Excellency Mr. Vladimir Maslenikov, advisor to the director of the Russian House Pavel Bushujev, film director Slavica Stefanović, as well as the descendant of Sava Vladislavić, Mr. Branko Vukomanović.

The film about Sava Vladisavić describes the life and work of Count Sava Raguzinski or Ilirski (Russian: Savva Lukič Raguzinskij-Vladislavič, graf Raguzinskij; Yasenik, January 16, 1669 — Saint Petersburg, June 17, 1738). Sava Vladisavić was a Russian and Serbian politician, adviser to the Russian Emperor Peter the Great, diplomat in the service of the Russian Empire, intelligence officer, travel writer, great benefactor and benefactor of the Holy Trinity Monastery near Pljevlja.

Sava's father, Luka Vladislavić, was a prince in Herzegovina. Saint Vasilije Ostroški was followed from Luka to Peć and back, when the monastery of Ostroški was richly gifted. Vladislavić was born on the manor estate of Vladislavić in Jasenik, near Gack, in Herzegovina.

The exhibition dedicated to the 325th anniversary of the training of Russian navigators at Marko Martinović's school in the crypt of the Cathedral in Podgorica will be open until June 6.

For many years, the representatives of the Martinović family were connected to seafaring and maritime trade, they controlled over 40 merchant ships and the basic capital in the amount of 100,000 gold ducats.

Marko Martinović continued the family business: from an early age he served on his father's ship, graduated from a private maritime school in Perast, then engaged in maritime trade, commanded the Venetian warship "St. Antonio", and in 1686 he participated in the battle of Venetian ships against the Turks near Herceg Novi. With his skills and abilities, Marko earned respect, and he was appointed a professor at the Maritime Academy in Venice.

In 1697, in his native Perast, he opened a maritime navigation school called "Nautika", where future ship captains were trained.

Marko Martinović was recommended to Emperor Peter I and his entourage by the Greek merchant Juan de Gerolemo.

In addition to Martinović's excellent knowledge of seafaring, the Russian emperor was also attracted by his Slavic origin.