Karadžić was honored across Europe. He was chosen as a member of various European learned societies, including the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Prussian Academy of Sciences and Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences.[34] He received several honorary doctorates.[35] and was decorated by Russian and Austro-Hungarian monarchs, Prussian king,[36] Order of Prince Danilo I[37] and Russian academy of science. UNESCO proclaimed 1987 the year of Vuk Karadzić.[38] Karadžić was also named an honorary citizen of the city of Zagreb.[39]