Rista Stevanović ( sr-cyr, Риста Стевановић, 1870–1940), known by his ''
nom de guerre
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individua ...
'', the demonym Starački (Риста Старачки), was a
Serbian Chetnik commander. He was among the first Chetniks on the
Kozjak together with commanders
Jovan Dovezenski
Jovan Stanojković ( sr-cyr, Јован Станојковић, 8 April 1873 – 2 May 1935), known by his ''nom de guerre'', the demonym ''Dovezenski'' (Довезенски), was a Serbian Chetnik commander (''vojvoda''), and participant in the ...
,
Krsta Preševski,
Spasa Garda
Spasa Pavlović ( sr-cyr, Спаса Павловић; ca. 1880 – November 7, 1912), known as Spasa Garda (Спаса Гарда, "Spasa the Guard") or Zmaj (Змај, "the Dragon"), was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia during the Macedo ...
,
Đorđe Skopljanče
Đorđe Ristić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ристић; 6 August 1881 — 1911), known as Đorđe Skopljanče (Ђорђе Скопљанче), was a Serbian Chetnik commander who fought in Old Serbia and Macedonia.
Life
Ristić was born in İpek, ...
,
Vanđel Skopljanče
Vanđel Dimitrijević Skopljanče (Skopje, 1875–1915) was a Serbian Chetnik Vojovode (Duke) in Old Serbia from the time of the struggle for Macedonia in the early 20th century.
Biography
He was born in Skopje in 1875. He was a VMRO comita be ...
and
Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski
Ilija Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Јовановић, 1878–1913), known as Vojvoda Pčinjski, and by his ''nom de guerre'' Časlav, was a Chetnik commander active between 1904 and 1912, and a member of the Black Hand.http://www.novosti.rs/% ...
.
Life
Stevanović was born in
Starac, near
Preševo
Preševo ( sr-cyrl, Прешево; sq, Preshevë, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pčinja District of southern Serbia. It is the southernmost town in Central Serbia and largest in the geographical region of Preševo Valley.
Preševo ...
in the Ottoman Empire (now in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
).
[ ] 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 t ...
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
Jovan Stanojković ( sr-cyr, Јован Станојковић, 8 April 1873 – 2 May 1935), known by his ''nom de guerre'', the demonym ''Dovezenski'' (Довезенски), was a Serbian Chetnik commander (''vojvoda''), and participant in the ...
,
Krsta Preševski,
Spasa Garda
Spasa Pavlović ( sr-cyr, Спаса Павловић; ca. 1880 – November 7, 1912), known as Spasa Garda (Спаса Гарда, "Spasa the Guard") or Zmaj (Змај, "the Dragon"), was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia during the Macedo ...
,
Đorđe Skopljanče
Đorđe Ristić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ристић; 6 August 1881 — 1911), known as Đorđe Skopljanče (Ђорђе Скопљанче), was a Serbian Chetnik commander who fought in Old Serbia and Macedonia.
Life
Ristić was born in İpek, ...
,
Vanđel Skopljanče
Vanđel Dimitrijević Skopljanče (Skopje, 1875–1915) was a Serbian Chetnik Vojovode (Duke) in Old Serbia from the time of the struggle for Macedonia in the early 20th century.
Biography
He was born in Skopje in 1875. He was a VMRO comita be ...
and
Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski
Ilija Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Илија Јовановић, 1878–1913), known as Vojvoda Pčinjski, and by his ''nom de guerre'' Časlav, was a Chetnik commander active between 1904 and 1912, and a member of the Black Hand.http://www.novosti.rs/% ...
.
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 ...
, Jovan Pešić, Vladimir Kovačević and Trenko Rujanović
Trenko Rujanović ( sr-cyr, Тренко Рујановић; born c. 1870), known as Vojvoda Trenko (Војвода Тренко), was a Macedonian Serb Chetnik and Bulgarian apostate.
Life
Rujanović was born in the village of Krapa, in the Po ...
.[ 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. VoivodeAlso spelled "voievod", "woiwode", "voivod", "voyvode", "vojvoda", or "woiwod" () ( Old Slavic, literally "war-leader" or "war-lord") is a Slavic as well as Romanian title that originally denoted the prin ...
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1870 births
1940 deaths