Milivoje Stojanović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Миливоје Стојановић; 18 September 1873 – 4 December 1914) was a Serbian military commander who served 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 during the

Serbian Campaign The Serbian campaign was a series of military expeditions launched in 1914 and 1915 by the Central Powers against the Kingdom of Serbia during the First World War. The first campaign began after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July ...

(part of the larger Balkans Campaign) during

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. After his death in the

Battle of Kolubara The Battle of Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубарска битка, german: Schlacht an der Kolubara) was fought between Austria-Hungary and Kingdom of Serbia, Serbia in November and December 1914, during the Serbian Campaign of World War I. It ...

, Serbian composer Stanislav Binički composed the

March on the Drina The ''March to the Drina'' ( sr-Cyr, Марш на Дрину, ) is a Serbian patriotic march which was composed by Stanislav Binički during World War I. Binički dedicated it to his favourite commander in the Serbian Army, Col. Milivoje Stojan ...

in his honour.

Career

Stojanović graduated from the military academy with the 22nd class and became an infantry lieutenant in 1892. After the conquest of Rajčanski rid, as a key ground for victory in the

Battle of Bregalnica The Battle of Bregalnica was fought between the Kingdom of Bulgaria army and the Kingdom of Serbia during the Second Balkan War The Second Balkan War was a conflict which broke out when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with its share of the spoils of th ...

, the commander of the First Army, Crown Prince Alexander I, was so delighted with the performance of the XII Regiment that he personally approached Stojanović (who commanded the unit), congratulated him, and removed the

Order of Karađorđe's Star The Order of Karađorđe's Star ( sr, Orden Karađorđeve zvezde, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Орден Карађорђеве звезде) is Serbia's highest civilian and military decoration. It originated in the Kingdom of Serbia, and was initial ...

(with swords) from his chest and personally stuck it on the chest of Stojanović.

Death and legacy

In the First World War in 1914, his Second Iron Regiment took part in the

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, in its very center, on

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. He also distinguished himself as the commander of the Iron Regiment in the

. During the Battle of Kolubara, he contracted pneumonia. Seeing that his men were dying, Stojanović, although seriously ill, personally led the regiment in a new assault, and on that occasion Kremenica was conquered and Stojanović was killed. The

was composed in his honour. A comic book publisher dedicated to the First World War called ''Linije fronta'' (Front Lines) published the comic book ''Gvozdeni'' (Iron) dedicated to Stojanović and his death during the Battle of Kolubara. In the film ''

King Petar of Serbia ''King Petar of Serbia'' ( sr, Краљ Петар I) is a 2018 Serbian language, Serbian war film directed by Petar Ristovski, starring Lazar Ristovski and Radovan Vujović. The screenplay is based on Milovan Vitezović's 1994 novel ''King Petar ...

'', Stojanović is played by actor Dragan Boža Marjanović.IMDB: King Petar the First (2018) Full Cast & Crew
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stojanovic, Milivoje 1873 births 1914 deaths Military personnel from Požarevac People from the Principality of Serbia People from the Kingdom of Serbia Serbian soldiers Royal Serbian Army soldiers Serbian military personnel of the Balkan Wars Serbian military personnel of World War I Serbian military personnel killed in World War I