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Serbian Hajduk
The Serbian hajduks ( sr, хајдуци / ''hajduci'') were brigands ( bandits) and guerrilla freedom fighters ( rebels) throughout Ottoman-held Balkans, mainly in Serbia, organized into bands headed by a '' harambaša'' ("bandit leader"), who descended from the mountains and forests and robbed and attacked the Ottomans. They were often aided by foreign powers, such as the Republic of Venice and Habsburg monarchy, during greater conflicts. The hajduks are seen as part of the Serbian national identity. In stories, the hajduks were described as 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. The Chetniks also saw themselves as hajduks, freedom fighters. The hajduk movement is known as hajdučija (хајдучија) or hajdukovanje (хајдуковање). Ranks included ''buljubaša'' and '' harambaša'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buljubaša
Boluk-bashi ( tr, bölükbaşı) was an Ottoman officer rank equivalent to captain (see Military of the Ottoman Empire). The holder was in command of a ''bölük'', a sub-division of a regiment. It was higher than ''oda-bashi'' (lieutenant). __NOTOC__ Serbian hajduks It was adopted by the Serbian hajduks and into the Serbian Revolutionary Army as ''buljubaša'' ( sr-cyr, буљубаша) or ''buljukbaša'' (). People such as Janko Gagić, Arsenije Loma, Konda Bimbaša, Zeka Buljubaša, Veljko Petrović and Petar Dobrnjac had the rank of ''buljubaša'' in the prelude and during the Serbian Revolution. Notable people *Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher *Zerrin Bölükbaşı, Turkish sculptor *Iliaș Colceag ( 1710–1743), Moldavian *Abdul Bölükbaşı ( 1821), Tripolitsa *Yahya bey Dukagjini (1498–1582), Albanian See also *Bölükbaşı (surname) *Buljubašić Buljubašić is a Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian surname derived from the Ottoman military rank Boluk-ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grocka
Grocka ( sr-cyr, Гроцка, ) or Grocka na Dunavu ( sr-cyr, Гроцка на Дунаву, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has 83,906 inhabitants. Location and geography The municipality is located east of Belgrade, in the northern part of Šumadija region, with the northern section being part of the Podunavlje macro-region in the valley of the Danube, while the southern section is located around the valley of the Ralja River, which is a tributary to the Velika Morava's arm of Jezava. With an altitude of 71 meters above sea level, the town of Grocka is one of the lowest parts of Belgrade. Other rivers in the municipality are Bolečica and Gročica ( sr-cyr, Грочица). Being polluted, in March 2019 the environmentalists described both rivers as "less of a watercourses, more of a sewage watersheds". History The municipality of Grocka became part of the wider Belgrade City area in 1955. In 1957 with the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraćin
Paraćin ( sr-Cyrl, Параћин, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. It is located in the valley of the Velika Morava river, north of Kruševac and southeast of Kragujevac. In 2011 the town had a population of 25,104. It also had a civil airport. History There is a Neolithic archaeological site in the village of Drenovac. 8th century BC Basarabi pottery was found with the depiction of domestic cock. The Roman fort at Momčilov Grad produced a great number of coins of Byzantine Emperor Justinian (525–565). A medieval town of Petrus was granted by Emperor Dušan to the local župan Vukoslav. Petrus was a center of , one of the spiritual centers of Medieval Serbia. It comprised 14 monasteries and churches, all from the 14th century, along the rivers Crnica and Grza. As of 2017 several of the monasteries are being restored while there are plans to restore the town of Petrus, too, and to establish a touristic complex which would enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosta Dimitrijević , a Hindu caste
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Kosta may refer to: * Kosta, Estonia, a village in Vihula Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia * Kosta, Greece a community in Greece * Kosta, Sweden, a village in Sweden * Coastal Andhra, region in India * Kosta Glasbruk, a glassworks in Sweden * Constantine (name), a shortened form common in Bulgaria and Greece (Kostandino) * Kosta (given name), Serbian masculine given name * Kosta (architectural feature), in Hindu temples See also * * Costa (other) * Costas (other) * Koshta Koshta (also spelt as Koshti) are a Hindu caste found in the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh. Origin Koshta claim to be descendants of Markandeya Rishi.Encyclopaedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kragujevac
Kragujevac ( sr-Cyrl, Крагујевац, ) is the fourth largest city in Serbia and the administrative centre of the Šumadija District. It is the historical centre of the geographical region of Šumadija in central Serbia, and is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River. , the city proper has a population of 150,835, while its administrative area comprises a total of 179,417 inhabitants. Kragujevac was the first capital of modern Serbia and the first constitution in the Balkans, the Sretenje Constitution, was proclaimed in the city in 1838. A unit of the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service was located there in World War I. During the Second World War, Kragujevac was the site of a massacre by the Nazis in which 2,778 Serb men and boys were killed. Modern Kragujevac is known for its large munitions (Zastava Arms) and automobile (FCA Srbija) industries, as well as its status as an education centre housing the University of Kragujevac, one of the region's largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mlatišuma
Staniša Marković ( sr-cyr, Станиша Марковић; 1664–1740), known as Mlatišuma (Млатишума), was a Habsburg Serbian '' obor-kapetan'' of Kragujevac. He had joined the Austrians in the Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18, and after the victorious war and occupation of central Serbia (the Kingdom of Serbia) he was given the rank of ''obor-kapetan'', governing Kragujevac, and commanding the Serbian Militia (1718–39) alongside Vuk Isaković. In peace-time, he was sent to what is today Montenegro to incite an anti-Ottoman rebellion; a short-lived uprising broke out in which his personal unit participated. In 1734–35 he founded the Drača Monastery in Kragujevac. When the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) broke out, Serbs were mobilized and Mlatišuma led forces in numerous campaigns. He is regarded as a hero and enumerated in Serbian epic poetry. Early life According to Sima Milutinović Sarajlija, Staniša Marković was born in a village below the O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crna Bara (Bogatić)
Crna Bara ( Serbian meaning "Black Pond") may refer to: * Crna Bara (Čoka), a village in the municipality of Aleksinac, Serbia * Crna Bara (Bogatić), a village in the municipality of Bogatić, Serbia * Crna Bara (Aleksinac), a village in the municipality of Aleksinac, Serbia * Crna Bara (Vlasotince), a village in the municipality of Vlasotince, Serbia {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vuk Isaković
Vuk Isaković ( sr-cyr, Вук Исаковић; fl. 1696-1759) was a Serb military commander in Austrian service during the Austrian-Ottoman Wars. He was the inspiration for the main character, Vuk Isakovič (Вук Исакович), in the ''Seobe'' (novel by Miloš Crnjanski). Vuk's family originated from Sredska, Kosovo, then under Ottoman rule. His brother was Trifun Isaković, also a commander. In the novel ''Seobe'', Vuk's brother is a merchant named ''Aranđel'', who has an affair with Vuk's wife ''Dafina''. The Serbs established a Hajduk army that supported the Austrians. The army was divided into 18 companies, in four groups. In this period, the most notable obor-kapetans were Vuk Isaković from Crna Bara, Mlatišuma from Kragujevac and Kosta Dimitrijević from Paraćin. With his brother Trifun he commanded the Hajduks who devastated Lešnica. After the war he had the rank of ''captain''. His brother became ''major'' in Syrmia, then lieutenant colonel of the Petrovara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hutovo
Hutovo is a village in the municipality of Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H .... Demographics According to the 2013 census, its population was 201. References Populated places in Neum {{HerzegovinaNeretvaCanton-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popovo Field
Popovo field ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Popovo polje, Попово поље, , ) is a ''polje'' (karstic field) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in a southernmost region of the country, near the Adriatic coast. Its size is . Popovo polje is one of the largest ''polje'' (karstic plains) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the world, famous for its karstic phenomenons and features, and particularly the Trebišnjica river, which flows through the polje as the largest sinking river (also ''losing stream'', or ''influent stream'') in the world, as well as the Vjetrenica cave system, located to the west/south-western parts of the valley. History The Nikolić noble family and Sanković noble family held Popovo polje in the late Middle Ages. The Vojnović noble family hailed from Popovo polje. The Zavala Monastery was first mentioned in the 16th century. At the end of Ottoman rule in Herzegovina, the Muslibegović family had properties in Popovo polje. The Zavala Monastery is located h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mostar
Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is situated on the Neretva River and is the fifth-largest city in the country. Mostar was named after the bridge keepers (''mostari'') who in the medieval times guarded the Stari Most (Old Bridge) over the Neretva. The Old Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, built by the Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ottomans in the 16th century, is one of Bosnia and Herzegovina's most visited landmarks, and is considered an exemplary piece of Islamic architecture in the Balkans. History Ancient and medieval history Human settlements on the river Neretva, between Mount Hum (Mostar), Mount Hum and the Velež Mountain, have existed since prehistory, as witnessed by discoveries of fortified enceintes and cemeteries. Evidence of Roman people, Roman occupation wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
