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Cvijan Šarić
Cvijan Šarić ( sr-cyr, Цвијан Шарић; 1652–1668) was a Dalmatian Serb ''harambaša'' (senior hajduk commander) in the service of the Republic of Venice, part of the Morlachs (Venetian irregulars), Morlach army that fought in the Cretan War (1645–69) alongside other notable fighters such as Janko Mitrović and Smiljanić family, Ilija Smiljanić. He was a Serbian Orthodox priest. Biography Šarić was an Serbs, ethnic Serb, part of the ''Morlachs, Morlach'' community in Dalmatia. It is said that he was from the Šibenik frontier. He was a Serbian Orthodox priest. He held the rank of ''serdar (title), serdar''. He is known by the title ''harambaša'' (bandit leader). Around 1666, Šarić had a crucial influence on the Morlachs. In 1668, Šarić asked the Venetian ''provveditore'' of Venetian Dalmatia and Venetian Albania, Albania, on behalf of all the Orthodox Morlachs, to stop the local Catholics from harassing their bishop Kiril and throwing garbage near the Orthodo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harambaša
Harambaša ( sr-cyr, Харамбаша) was the rank for a senior commander of a ''hajduk'' band (brigand gangs). Etymology It is derived from the Turkish word for 'bandit leader' ( < 'bandit' + 'head') and, like some other titles, was adopted into the irregular militias of Montenegrin, Serbian, and Croatian rebels ('''', '''', '' buljubaša''). Usage * Montenegrin hajdu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Epic Poetry
Serbian epic poetry () is a form of epic poetry created by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. The main cycles were composed by unknown Serb authors between the 14th and 19th centuries. They are largely concerned with historical events and personages. The instrument accompanying the epic poetry is the ''gusle''. Serbian epic poetry helped in developing the Serbian national consciousness. The cycles of Prince Marko, the Hajduks and Uskoks inspired the Serbs to restore freedom and their heroic past. The Hajduks in particular, are seen as an integral part of national identity; in stories, the hajduks were heroes: they had played the role of the Serbian elite during Ottoman rule, they had defended the Serbs against Ottoman oppression, and prepared for the national liberation and contributed to it in the Serbian Revolution. History The earliest surviving record of an epic poem related to Serbian epic poetry is a ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Births
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French '' Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Serbian People
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vukosav Puhalović
Vukosav Puhalović ( sr-cyr, Вукосав Пухаловић; 1665–69) was a Serb ''hajduk'' commander active in the Ottoman territories of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia during the Venetian–Ottoman war (1645–69). The hajduks, Ottoman subjects, crossed into Venetian territory from where they "jumped into" Ottoman territory. These guerilla forces closely cooperated and were recruited by the Republic of Venice to defend the Venetian–Ottoman frontier during the war. He was a comrade of acclaimed Bajo Pivljanin. Puhalović was among the most notable hajduk leaders during the Cretan War. In early April 1669 Pivljanin and Puhalović took great loot in Herzegovina. The next month Puhalović raided Ottoman territory crossing Konavle, and returned with five heads and eleven captured Ottoman noblemen from Novi. In December 1669 Antonio Priuli brought from Perast to Venice hajduk leaders including Pivljanin, Grujica Žeravica, Puhalović and ''buljubaša'' Milošević. Earlier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grujica Žeravica
Grujica Žeravica ( sr-cyr, Грујица Жеравица; 1665–69) was a Serb ''hajduk'' commander active in the Ottoman territories of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia during the Venetian–Ottoman war (1645–69). The hajduks, Ottoman subjects, crossed into Venetian territory from where they "jumped into" Ottoman territory. These guerilla forces closely cooperated and were recruited by the Republic of Venice to defend the Venetian–Ottoman frontier during the war. He was a comrade of acclaimed Bajo Pivljanin. Žeravica hailed from Banjani, in the Sanjak of Herzegovina (now in western Montenegro). A 1665 appeal of hajduk leaders to Venice was signed by Bajo Pivljanin and Grujica Žeravica. In December 1669 Antonio Priuli brought from Perast to Venice hajduk leaders including Pivljanin, Žeravica, Vukosav Puhalović and ''buljubaša'' Milošević. Earlier, in June, the Venetian ''provveditore'' issued the termination of the "chiefs that protect the Kotor area", the first th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petronije Selaković
Petronije Selaković ( sr-cyr, Петроније Селаковић; fl. April 1648) was a Serbian Orthodox monk of the Krka monastery who led a Morlach army during the Cretan War (1645–69) against the Ottoman Empire. His army came as far as the Sava river (April 1648). See also * Petar Jagodić * Matija Žabetić * Ilija Nanić *Morlachs * Morlachs (Venetian irregulars) *Vuk Mandušić (fl. 1648), military commander in Venetian service *Stojan Janković (1636–1687), Morlach leader * Stanislav Sočivica, Venetian rebel * Sinobad *Cvijan Šarić *Bajo Pivljanin * Grujica Žeravica * Vukosav Puhalović * Ilija Smiljanić *Petar Smiljanić Petar (, sr-Cyrl, Петар) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mon ... *Vuk Močivuna *Juraj Vranić *Tadije Vranić References * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selakovic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinobad
Sinobad ( sr-cyr, Синобад) was a Serb family of Kninska Krajina ("Knin Krajina"), part of the so-called "Morlachs", a community in the Dalmatian hinterland that fought for the Republic of Venice against the Ottoman Empire. The Sinobad family moved to Venetian Dalmatia from Herzegovina in the second half of the 17th century. Members *Petar Sinobad (fl. 1654–d. 1684), hajduk **Mitar Sinobad (fl. 1654–d. 1684), Venetian soldier **Filip Sinobad (fl. 1691–d. 1694), hajduk barjaktar and serdar of Kninska Krajina (1691–94) **Jovan Sinobad (fl. 1691–d. 1715), Venetian knight (''cavalieri di San Marco'', 1696) Descendants *Siniša Sinobad, Yugoslav pilot See also *Morlachs * Morlachs (Venetian irregulars) *Vuk Mandušić (fl. 1648), military commander in Venetian service *Stojan Janković (1636–1687), Morlach leader * Stanislav Sočivica, Venetian rebel *Cvijan Šarić *Petronije Selaković *Bajo Pivljanin * Grujica Žeravica * Vukosav Puhalović * Ilija Smiljanić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Sočivica
Stanislav "Stanko" Sočivica ( 1715 – 1777) was a Serbian ''hajduk'' (brigand) active in the Ottoman territories in western Balkans (sanjaks of Herzegovina, Bosnia and Montenegro). Born in a village close to Bileća, his family owned a farm subject to a harsh Ottoman bey family. After murdering the beys and taking their collected taxes, the family subsequently relocated to Venetian Dalmatia from where Sočivica and his brothers began their brigandage. After decades of brigandage, and the capture of his wife and children, he retired to the Habsburg monarchy, where he was appointed commander of the Pandurs by Emperor Joseph II himself, in 1775. Life Origin and early life Sočivica was born in 1715 in the village of Simijova northwest of Bileća in the Sanjak of Herzegovina (Ottoman Empire). Ivan Lovrić ( 1756–77) wrote the biography of Sočivica, while his life story was mentioned by Alberto Fortis (1741–1803), based on Sočivica's own narrative. He was of normal statur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stojan Janković
Stojan Janković Mitrović ( sr-cyr, Стојан Јанковић Митровић; also known as ''Stoian Jancovich Mitrovich'', ''Stoian Mitrovich'', ''Stoiano Mitrovich''; about 1636 – 23 August 1687) was the commander of the Morlachs (Venetian irregulars), Morlach troops in the service of the Republic of Venice, from 1669 until his death in 1687. He participated in the Cretan War (1645–1669), Cretan and Great Turkish War, as the supreme commander of the Venetian Morlach troops, of which he is enumerated in Croatian and Serbian epic poetry. He was one of the best-known uskok/hajduk leaders of Dalmatia. Life Origin Stojan was born in ca. 1636, somewhere in the mountainous Bukovica, Dalmatia, Bukovica region in northern Dalmatia, modern-day Croatia, presumably in the village of Žegar, Croatia, Žegar, or Zelengrad. The village itself lied above the Žegar field, from where the population had long "jumped into" (i.e. guerilla warfare) the Dinara, the Venetian-Ottoman borde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todor Kladić
Todor ( Bulgarian, Macedonian, and ) is a Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian given name, a local rendering of the name Theodore. The Hungarian form of the name is rendered similarly as ''Tódor''. It is one of the most common names in Bulgarian villages. As a form of the name Theodore, ''Todor'' also ultimately comes from the Greek Θεόδωρος (''Theodoros''), signifying "gift of god", from θεός (''theos'') "god" and δῶρον (''doron'') "gift". Slavic equivalents bearing a similar meaning are '' Bozhidar'' and ''Bogdan''. The name Todd is similar too but has different meaning. The Bulgarian diminutives of ''Todor'' are Тошко (''Toshko''), Тошо (''Tosho'') and Тоше (''Toshe'') and the Macedonian diminutive is Тоше (''Toše'') and Тодорче (''Todorče''). Notable people *Todor Aleksandrov (1881–1924), Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer, politician and teacher * Todor Batkov (born 1958), Bulgarian football club president *Todor Burmov (1834– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vid Žeravica
__NOTOC__ Vid or VID may refer to: In linguistics * VID, the Sanskrit root of Vidya, meaning "to know" and related to "veda". * "vid", Eye dialect spelling of "with" * Vid (given name), Slavic given name In mythology * Vid or Svetovid (Svantovid), a Slavic god that is the origin of various Slavic toponyms * Víd, one of the Élivágar rivers in Norse mythology In geography * Vid (river), a river in Bulgaria also known as Vit * Vid, Croatia, a small settlement and archeological site near Metković * Vid, Hungary, a village near Veszprém In science * Vienna Institute of Demography, a research institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital * VID Specialized University, a higher education and research institution in Norway. In technology * Voltage Identification Digital, a digital specification for output voltages * Logitech Vid, a VoIP service based on SightSpeed * VLAN Identifier, a data field in IEEE 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
