Croatian Greats S01E02 · Nikola Šubić Zrinski Sigetski

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In the turbulent 16th century, when the Ottomans were attempting to conquer Europe, there lived probably the most celebrated Croatian great figure – Nikola Šubić Zrinski. But did you know that young Nikola, due to his family status, in today’s terms was part of the “golden youth”? But instead of wrecking cars, Nikola from an early age was smashing the Ottomans, and already as a young man he took part in numerous other battles before the famous Siege of Szigetvár...

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