Ljubomir "Ljuba" Jezdić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир "Љуба" Јездић; 1 October 1884 — 15 September 1927), known by his ''

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'' Razvigora (Развигора) was a Serbian Chetnik ''

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'' (military commander) in the

Macedonian Struggle The Macedonian Struggle ( bg, Македонска борба; el, Μακεδονικός Αγώνας; mk, Борба за Македонија; sr, Борба за Македонију; tr, Makedonya Mücadelesi) was a series of social, po ...

, and a lawyer.Народна енциклопедија српско-хрватско-словеначка, Београд 1929, књига 2, 159.

Life

Early life

Jezdić was born in

Loznica Loznica ( sr-cyrl, Лозница, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city located in the Mačva District of western Serbia. It lies on the right bank of the Drina river. In 2011 the city had a total population of 19,572, while the administrative ar ...

Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Краљевина Србија, Kraljevina Srbija) was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Princi ...

(Western

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) on 1 October 1884. The Loznica Jezdići live in

Donja Badanja Donja Badanja (Serbian Cyrillic: Доња Бадања, meaning 'a wooden pipe made of a hollowed trunk', often used to direct water on the wheel of a water-mill) is a village in western Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Loznica, in th ...

and

Brnjac Brnjac ( sr, Брњац) is a settlement near the Serbian city of Loznica in the Mačva District The Mačva District ( sr, / , ) is one of eight administrative districts of Šumadija and Western Serbia. It expands in the western parts of Ser ...

. He finished six grades in the

Šabac Šabac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шабац, ) is a city and the administrative centre of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river Sava. , the city p ...

gymnasium, then entered the Serbian Military Academy, but he was forced to cancel his studies before the end of the third year. He then entered the Law School in Belgrade, a period when he became one of the notable nationalistic youth leaders. He was a fellow student with

Dušan Dimitrijević Dušan Dimitrijević ( sr-cyr, Душан Димитријевић; December 9, 1882 – August 6, 1964), known as Vojvoda Dule (Војвода Дуле), was a Serbian Chetnik commander active in Old Serbia during the Macedonian Struggle, al ...

, a future brother-in-arms.

Chetnik action (1903–08)

He had joined the

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and later crossed the Serbian-Ottoman border and entered Old Serbia on 1 February 1905, joining the band ('' cheta'') of ''vojvoda'' Đorđe Ristić. He then made transfer to the band of Rista Starački. When Starački's was wounded in the hand fighting in Drenak and went and vacated in Serbia, Jezdić became the ''vojvoda'' of this unit. He adopted the war name ''Razvigora'', due to the first warm springtime wind, which made the leaves sprout (from ''razvitak'', "sprout" and ''gora'', "forest").Krakov 2009, p. 176 He participated in the great battle with the Ottoman army at Čelopek (16 April 1905). On 28 April 1905, the larger Kragujevac- and Belgrade bands arrived at the

Dubočica Leskovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Лесковац, ) is a city and the administrative center of the Jablanica District in southern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, City of Leskovac has a 124,889 inhabitants. Etymology Leskovac was historically ...

village, led by

Borko Paštrović Borko Paštrović (Борко Паштровић; April 12, 1875—December 18, 1912) was a Serbian Chetnik commander and later a major of artillery in the Serbian Army during the First Balkan War. Life Paštrović was born in Kragujevac, Prin ...

and Aksentije Bacetović respectively.Glas Javnosti, Srpski četnici na početku dvadesetog veka (7)
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5. 3. 2003 Ilija Jovanović,

Lazar Kujundžić Lazar Kujundžić-Klempa ( sr-cyr, Лазар Кујунџић: 1880 – May 25, 1905) was a Serbian Chetnik commander (vojvoda) who was active in Old Serbia and Macedonia. Biography He was born in Orahovac, near Prizren. He graduated from ...

Pavle Mladenović Pavle Mladenović-Jačinski ( sr-cyr, Павле Младеновић; d. June 16, 1905), known as Čiča Pavle (Чича Павле; "Uncle Pavle") and Pavle Jačinski, was a Serbian Chetnik Organization, Serbian Chetnik commander active in Mace ...

and Ljuba Jezdić awaited them with their bands.

Balkan Wars and First World War (1912–18)

He was a sergeant during the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...

, and in the

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he was a band commander, and commander of machine gunners in the Yugoslav volunteer regiment. After he fell sick, he was appointed a military delegate in

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. He lived in

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since 1918, working as a

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, and died there on 15 September 1927.

References

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