Rista Stevanović ( sr-cyr, Риста Стевановић, 1870–1940), known by his ''
nom de guerre
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In Ancien régime, ''ancien régime'' Kingdom of France, France it would be adopted by each n ...
'', 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
Đorđe Ristić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ристић; 6 August 1881 — 1911), known as Đorđe Skopljanče (Ђорђе Скопљанче), was a Serbian Chetnik Organization, Serbian Chetnik commander who fought in Old Serbia and Macedonia (region ...
,
Vanđel Skopljanče and
Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski.
Life
Stevanović was born in
Starac, near
Preševo
Preševo ( sr-Cyrl, Прешево, ; , ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. As of the 2022 census, the municipality has a population of 33,449 inhabitants. It is the southernmost town in Central Serbia a ...
in the Ottoman Empire (now in
Serbia
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[ ] He was a teacher by profession.
After
Vasilije Trbić
Vasilije Trbić ( sr-Cyrl, Василије Трбић; 1881 – 1962) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Macedonia who became a politician in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, first representing the People's Radical Party (NRS) in ...
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
Đorđe Ristić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ристић; 6 August 1881 — 1911), known as Đorđe Skopljanče (Ђорђе Скопљанче), was a Serbian Chetnik Organization, Serbian Chetnik commander who fought in Old Serbia and Macedonia (region ...
,
Vanđel Skopljanče and
Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski.
He was later excluded from the Board, due to foreign influence, and became a night-watch of the Committee in Belgrade.
[ Others that had been excluded for various reasons of insubordination were Jovan Dovezenski, Vanđel Skopljanče, ]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 s ...
, Jovan Pešić
Jovan Pešić (24 October 1866 in Bukovac, Novi Sad, Bukovac, Austrian Empire - 4 January 1936 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) was a Serbian warrior artist who fought for the liberation of Old Serbia and North Macedonia, Macedonia at the turn ...
, Vladimir Kovačević and Trenko Rujanović.[ He left the night-watch and then travelled to Ristovac, Pirot and Kragujevac.][ It was unlikely that an unemployed could travel that much, so the police soon noticed him.][ In 1908, he was a member of the Congress as a secretary of priest Novak Ristović.][ In 1924, he, Janko Pešić and Danilo Dimitrijević opened a shoe factory in Vranje.]
See also
* List of Chetnik voivodes
This is a list of Chetnik voivodes. is a Slavic as well as Romanian title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force. It derives from the word , which in early Slavic meant the , i.e. the military commander of an area, b ...
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Serbian military leaders
20th-century Serbian people
People from Preševo
1870 births
1940 deaths
People from the Ottoman Empire