Kosta Magazinović

Konstantin "Kosta" Magazinović[1] (9 April 1819, Ruma, Habsburg monarchy – 16 September 1891, Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia) was a Serbian politician and diplomat, known for establishing Romania-Serbia relations and being one of the founders of a gun foundry in Kragujevac that became Zastava Arms.

Magazinović and the U.S. consul at Bucharest, Ludwig J. Czapkay, tried to initiate U.S.-Serbian official contacts in 1867 when Ottoman troops withdrew from Serbia, but it was done to no avail.

[4] In 1839, the first generation of learned Serbs born in Serbian lands (previously divided between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire) were sent abroad for education on the state bursaries.

There, he met other Serbian Parisians such as Milan Simić, Konstantin Cukić, Dimitrije Crnobarac, and Ljubomir Nenadović.

[5] He wrote Memoari (Memoirs) where he tells the many experiences he had in his political and diplomatic career in Serbia and abroad during the 19th century.