Branivoje Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Бранивоје Јовановић; Kisiljevo, near

Požarevac Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čačalica (208m). As of 2011, ...

, 23 May 1883 - Petraljica, near

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, 30 May 1905), known by the ''

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'' Brana (Брана), was a Chetnik ''vojvoda'' (commander).

Life

He was born in Kisiljevo, near

on 23 May 1883. He graduated from the gymnasium in Belgrade and Šabac and studied military tactics at the

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in Belgrade before joining the

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. He was among the first Chetniks who crossed the border over to the Ottoman territory. He participated in the

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. Brana and his compatriots

Bogdan Jugović Hajnc Bogdan Jugović Hajnc (1882, in Valjevo – 30 May 1905, in Petraljica, near Kumanovo) was a commissioned officer in the Serbian Army and a Chetnik commander known as Vojvoda Bogdan. Bogdan Jugović Hajnc was a son of a Polish medical officer who ...

, Novica Leovac, Petar Poptašković, and others were in the village of Petraljica when Turks who had been tipped of their location surrounded them. The Chetniks locked themselves in two houses, which the Turks set aflame. Brana and his band were burnt to death. His remains were excavated the next day and buried by the Petraljica church. The events were recorded in poetry.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanovic-Brana, Borivoje 1905 deaths People from the Kingdom of Serbia Serbian military personnel Chetniks of the Macedonian Struggle People from Veliko Gradište 1883 births