Šas
Šas (Albanian: Shas, Latin: Suacium and Old Church Slavonic: Свач (Svač) is a village in Montenegro. According to the 2003 census, the village had a population of 268 people. It is located east of Ulcinj.
In the vicinity of the village is its eponymous lake, Lake Šas.
Vladimir Hill, near Šas, has an unknown fortification with a church, and is believed to be the location of Oblik, a significant fortification mentioned in the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja.
History
Etymology
It is believed that Šas / Svač is named after Saint Astius.
The Latin form of the Šas / Svač is Suacia, and is formed from the abbreviation of sanctus (saint) – Su. and the Astius. The combination Su+Astius forms Suastius, and through the phoneme shift st → c, Suastius becomes Suacius, which in the feminine form is Suacia.
The Albanian and Montenegrin forms of Šas / Svač are not formed via translation from the Latin form. Instead, however, they are formed based on localised translations of Saint Astius.
Swedish Workers Union
The Swedish Workers Union (Swedish: Svenska arbetareförbundet, abbreviated SvA) was a labour organization in Sweden active between 1899 and 1919. Josef P. Nilsson was one of the key leaders of the organization. SvA sought to compete with the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO) for dominance of the Swedish labour movement, but remained a largely marginal feature. Being sponsored by corporate interests, SvA was commonly denounced as a yellow union. Following the 1909 general strike SvA faded away.
Founding
SvA was founded in Stockholm on April 22, 1899. A formal founding conference was held in the same city on November 3–4, 1899. It sought to build a non-socialist labour movement. The initiative to launch SvA came from liberal workers from a handful of factories in Stockholm, including AB Separator and L. M. Ericsson. SvA had the support of a few prominent liberals; Adolf Hedin, David Bergström and Ernst Beckman. The launching of SvA was also supported by evangelical free churches.
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