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Vanđel Skopljanče
Vanđel Dimitrijević Skopljanče (Skopje, 1875–1915) was a Serbian Chetnik Vojovode (Duke) in Old Serbia from the time of the struggle for Macedonia in the early 20th century. Biography He was born in Skopje in 1875. He was a VMRO comita before 1903 and participated in the Ilinden Uprising. After the founding of the Serbian Chetnik organization in 1903, he joined as Vojvoda and organized a company (ćeta). He was active in Kumanovo and Preševo region from 1903 to 1905. After 1905, he was withdrawn from the field along with six others ( Rista Starački, Jovan Dovezenski, Vladimir Kovačević, Trenko Rujanović, Emilio Milutinović and Jovan Pešić) and stripped of his rank for insubordination by the Serbian Chetnik Organization. In the First Balkan War, he was again deployed in Chetnik detachments, participating in all 1912 battles led by Vojvoda Vuk, and the Volunteer Detachment in the Second Balkan War of 1913. In the First World War, he fought in Chetnik detachments fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanđel Skopljanče
Vanđel Dimitrijević Skopljanče (Skopje, 1875–1915) was a Serbian Chetnik Vojovode (Duke) in Old Serbia from the time of the struggle for Macedonia in the early 20th century. Biography He was born in Skopje in 1875. He was a VMRO comita before 1903 and participated in the Ilinden Uprising. After the founding of the Serbian Chetnik organization in 1903, he joined as Vojvoda and organized a company (ćeta). He was active in Kumanovo and Preševo region from 1903 to 1905. After 1905, he was withdrawn from the field along with six others ( Rista Starački, Jovan Dovezenski, Vladimir Kovačević, Trenko Rujanović, Emilio Milutinović and Jovan Pešić) and stripped of his rank for insubordination by the Serbian Chetnik Organization. In the First Balkan War, he was again deployed in Chetnik detachments, participating in all 1912 battles led by Vojvoda Vuk, and the Volunteer Detachment in the Second Balkan War of 1913. In the First World War, he fought in Chetnik detachments fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skopje
Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; remains of Neolithic settlements have been found within the old Kale Fortress that overlooks the modern city centre. Originally a Paeonian city, Scupi became the capital of Dardania in the second century BC. On the eve of the 1st century AD, the settlement was seized by the Romans and became a military camp. When the Roman Empire was divided into eastern and western halves in 395 AD, Scupi came under Byzantine rule from Constantinople. During much of the early medieval period, the town was contested between the Byzantines and the Bulgarian Empire, whose capital it was between 972 and 992. From 1282, the town was part of the Serbian Empire, and acted as its capital city from 1346 to 1371. In 1392, Skopje was conquered by the Ottoman Turks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumanovo
Kumanovo ( mk, Куманово ; also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the List of municipalities in the Republic of Macedonia by population, largest municipality in the country. Kumanovo lies Above mean sea level, above sea level and is surrounded by the Karadag part of Skopska Crna Gora mountain on its western side, Gradištanska mountain on its southern side, and Mangovica and German mountain on the Eastern side. Skopje International Airport, Skopje airport also serves Kumanovo. It has many historical sites. One of the most important sites is the 4,000-year-old megalithic astronomical observatory of Kokino, located northeast of Kumanovo and discovered in 2001. It is ranked fourth on the list of old observatories by NASA. In 1912, during the First Balkan War, Kingdom of Serbia, Serbian forces won a decisive victory over the Ottomans north of the town. The two-day Battle of Kumanovo ended Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preševo
Preševo ( sr-cyrl, Прешево; sq, Preshevë, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. It is the southernmost town in Central Serbia and largest in the geographical region of Preševo Valley. Preševo is the cultural center of Albanians in Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the town of Preševo had a population of 16,426 people, while the municipality had 59,104 inhabitants. Albanians form the ethnic majority of the municipality, followed by Serbs, Roma and other ethnic groups. History Slavs arrived roughly in the 7th century, when they first migrated to the Balkans, and by the Middle Ages, Preševo was part of the Kingdom of Serbia. According to Stefan Dušan's charter to the monastery of Arhiljevica dated August 1355, ''sevastokrator'' Dejan possessed a large province east of Skopska Crna Gora. It included the old '' župe'' (counties) of Žegligovo and Preševo (modern Kumanovo region with Sredorek, Kozjačija and the larger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rista Starački
Rista Stevanović ( sr-cyr, Риста Стевановић, 1870–1940), known by his ''nom de guerre'', the demonym Starački (Риста Старачки), was a Serbian Chetnik commander. He was among the first Chetniks on the Kozjak together with commanders Jovan Dovezenski, Krsta Preševski, Spasa Garda, Đorđe Skopljanče, Vanđel Skopljanče and Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski. Life Stevanović was born in Starac, near Preševo in the Ottoman Empire (now in Serbia). He was a teacher by profession. After Vasilije Trbić had organized the self-defence of the village of Jablanica, he went on to Starac, which already had 30 organized and loyal fighters, from which he chose Rista Starački as commander. He was among the first Chetniks on the Kozjak together with commanders Jovan Dovezenski, Krsta Preševski, Spasa Garda, Đorđe Skopljanče, Vanđel Skopljanče and Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski. He was later excluded from the Board, due to foreign influence, and became a ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan Dovezenski
Jovan Stanojković ( sr-cyr, Јован Станојковић, 8 April 1873 – 2 May 1935), known by his ''nom de guerre'', the demonym ''Dovezenski'' (Довезенски), was a Serbian Chetnik commander (''vojvoda''), and participant in the Balkan Wars, in the Battle of Kumanovo, and World War I. He was originally a teacher who turned into a guerilla fighter following Bulgarian oppression on Serb people in Macedonia. He rose in ranks and became one of the supreme commanders in Macedonia. Early life He was born on April 8, 1873, in Dovezence near Kumanovo, at the time part of the Kumanovo ''kaza'' of the Sanjak of Üsküp, Ottoman Empire (now R. Macedonia). He belonged to the ''Velčevci'' family. He went to primary school in the nearby village of Murgaš, and in the Gradište Monastery, where they taught in Old Slavonic. By the time of the Serbo-Bulgarian War (1885), he had finished all schools possible in his home region. In 1888, he moved to the Principality of Serbia, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Kovačević (Chetnik)
Vladimir Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Ковачевић; 1871-1905) was a Serbian voivode during the fight to end Ottoman Empire control of Old Serbia and Macedonia. Kovačević was involved in the Fight in Tabanovce against an enemy force that outnumbered his significantly. A Serbian '' Cheta'' in Poreč, with a strength of 27 men, descended at dawn of 27 March 1905 in the village of Tabanovce. The squad carried a load of 101 rifles and 30,000 rounds of ammunition. The leader was Vladimir Kovačević. At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Kovačević's group was ambushed by Turkish troops. From the start of the conflict lieutenant Dragomir Protić was mortally wounded, trying to help another fighter ( Dragomir Vasiljević) escape from the encirclement. Vladimir Kovačević fought bravely throughout the skirmish with the Ottoman Turks. He showed his heroism by throwing several hand grenades at the Turks and their Albanian auxiliaries forcing them to withdraw from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trenko Rujanović
Trenko Rujanović ( sr-cyr, Тренко Рујановић; born c. 1870), known as Vojvoda Trenko (Војвода Тренко), was a Macedonian Serb Chetnik and Bulgarian apostate. Life Rujanović was born in the village of Krapa, in the Poreče region, part of the Ottoman Empire (now R. Macedonia). His father was Jovan Rujanović. In 1895, he participated into the pro-Bulgarian Supreme Macedonian Committee chetas' action. Later he joined the Bulgarian-organized Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) and fought in the Kičevo region. In 1899/1900 he personally sought the Serbian consuls for the establishment of a Serbian revolutionary organization and Serbian armed bands. In 1904, he left IMRO and joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization and established one of the first Serbian bands. He participated in the battle against Stefan Dimitrov at the village of Orešje (April 1905) when the Serbian bands won the battle at ''Oreškim livadama'' against the IMRO. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Milutinović
Emilio Milutinović (Serbian: Емилио Милутиновић; 1870 – after 1919) was a Chetnik voivode in Old Serbia during the struggle for Macedonia. As a subject of Austria-Hungary at the turn of the twentieth century, he was called to serve in the army but later his conscience would not allow him to continue because it went against his patriotic feelings as a Serb. He deserted and fled to Serbia where he entered the Serbian army with the rank of sergeant. From the year 1904, he was a Chetnik in the company of Đorđe Ristić-Skopljance, Vanđel Skopljanče, Rista Starački, and Vojislav Tankosić. Because he had a military education and Chetnik experience at the end of 1905, he was appointed voivode Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ... by the Serbian Chetnik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Chetnik Organization
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Bitola
Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing with Greece. The city stands at an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea region with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe, and it is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It has been known since the Ottoman period as the "City of Consuls", since many European countries had consulates in Bitola. Bitola, known during the Ottoman Empire as Manastır or Monastir, is one of the oldest cities in North Macedonia. It was founded as Heraclea Lyncestis in the middle of the 4th century BC by Philip II of Macedon. The city was the last capital of the First Bulgarian Empire (1015-1018) and the last capital of Ottoman Rumelia, from 1836 to 1867. According to the 2002 census, Bit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
