Boško Mitrović ( sr-cyr, Бошко Митровић, 1903–15), known by the ''

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'' Virjanac (Вирјанац) or Virčanac (Вирчанац), was a Serbian Chetnik commander.

Early life

He was from

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, in

Poreče Poreče, Porečie or Porečje or Poreč ( mk, Порече, Поречие, Поречје or Poreč), is a region in North Macedonia which includes the Makedonski Brod Municipality, and the western part of the Prilep Municipality Prilep ( mk ...

, at the time part of the Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now

Makedonski Brod Makedonski Brod ( mk, Македонски Брод ; meaning "Macedonian Ford") is a small town in the central part of North Macedonia, on the south-eastern part of Suva Gora, western Karadžica and south-western Dautica mountains. The town is ...

, R. Macedonia).

Serbian Chetnik Organization

The Prilep group, led by Boško, descended into Prilep crossing Prisat and Pletvar on the Crna Reka. His monthly pay by the Serbian government in 1909 was 60 dinars. In 1911, it was 3 lira.

Balkan Wars

In 1913 he participated in the suppression of the Ohrid-Debar uprising, a joint Bulgarian-Albanian uprising in Western Macedonia against the new Serbian government.

First World War

During the First World War, he was part of

Jovan Babunski Jovan Stojković ( sr-cyr, Јован Стојковић; 25 December 1878 – 17 February 1920), known as Jovan Babunski (Јован Бабунски), was a Serbian Chetnik commander ( sr, vojvoda, војвода) during the Macedonian ...

's band. The band left Azot and entered the Klepe mountain region, where they were informed of a Bulgarian band that hid in a mill in Skačinci. Boško died during the attack.

Annotations

*According to state documents his full name was ''Boško Mitrović''. Vasilije Trbić, his fellow fighter, wrote his name in his memoirs as ''Boško Virjanac'' (Бошко Вирјанац), while contemporary Ivan Ivanić spelled it ''Virčanac'' (Бошко Вирчанац). His name is also spelled as mk, Бошко Виријанец/Boško Virijanec, bg, Бошко Вирянец/Boshko Viryanets

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