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Ivan Bušić Roša
Ivan Bušić (1745–1783), nicknamed Roša (from Italian ''rosso'', "red", as in red-haired) was a ''hajduk'' (guerilla fighter) ''harambaša'' (commander) from the Imotski frontier (''Imotska krajina'', in modern Croatia), who served the Republic of Venice against the Ottomans in Dalmatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Life According to his descendant, Bruno Bušić, he was Croat, evident from the poem ''La trnka urekla Hrvata''. He was born in Donji Vinjani around 1745. In the beginning, he was in good relation with Orthodox people, and his first harambaša was Sočivica, an Orthodox. Roša had 33 fighters, one of whom was a Muslim, Mubašir, "who was not a bad man". As a hajduk, he fought against the Ottoman Empire, traveling along Dalmatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to contemporary annals, he persecuted more Orthodox (Serbs) than Turks, because he "couldn't listen or look at them, so he killed many of them". He was killed on April 1, 1783, by a man named Krešić, on I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-haired
Red hair (also known as orange hair and ginger hair) is a hair color found in one to two percent of the human population, appearing with greater frequency (two to six percent) among people of Northern or Northwestern European ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations. It is most common in individuals homozygous for a recessive allele on chromosome 16 that produces an altered version of the MC1R protein. Red hair varies in hue from a deep burgundy or bright copper, or auburn, to burnt orange or red-orange to strawberry blond. Characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin, it is associated with fair skin color, lighter eye color, freckles, and sensitivity to ultraviolet light. Cultural reactions to red hair have been varied. The term "redhead" has been in use since at least 1510. Geographic distribution Modern Northern and Western Europe Red hair is most commonly found at the northern and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
