Shote Galica (10 November 1895 – 1 July 1927), born as Qerime Radisheva, was a
Kachak
Kachaks ( sq, kaçak, sr, качаци / ''kačaci'') is a term used for the Albanian bandits active in the late 19th and early 20th century in northern Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia, and later as a term for the militias of Albania ...
Albanian insurgent. She has been declared a
People's Heroine of Albania.
Biography
She was born in Radisheve village of
Drenica
Drenica ( al, Drenicë, Drenica, ), also known as the Drenica Valley, is a hilly region in central Kosovo, covering roughly around of Kosovo's total area (6%). It consists of two municipalities, Drenas and Skenderaj, and several villages in Kli ...
region in
Kosovo
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which was then part of the
Ottoman Empire
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. She was the sister of 6 brothers. She married Azem Galica in 1915. In 1919 Shote took part, in the ''Uprising of Dukagjin'' and in
Junik
Junik ( sq, Junik, sq-definite, Juniku; sr, Јуник, Junik) is a town located in Junik Municipality in the Gjakova District in western Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Junik has 6,053 inhabitants, while the municipality has ...
in 1921–23. In 1925 after the death of her husband,
Azem Galica
Azem Bejta (10 December 1889 – 15 July 1924), commonly known as Azem Galica, was an Albanian nationalist and rebel who fought for the unification of Kosovo with Albania.
Biography
Early life
Azem Bejta was born in the village of Galica in ...
, She took over as a head of his band and fought together with
Bajram Curri
Bajram Curri (16 January 1862 – 29 March 1925) was an Albanian chieftain, politician and activist who struggled for the independence of Albania, later struggling for Kosovo's incorporation into it following the 1913 Treaty of London. He w ...
in
Has of Prizren
Has ( sq-definite, Hasi) is a region in north eastern Albania and south western Kosovo.
Hasi is an ethno-geographic area with well-defined borders, surrounded by river Black Drin to its West and south west in Albania and by the White Drin river ...
and
Lumë
Lumë (also called Lum and Lumi) is a village in the former Shtiqën Municipality, Kukës County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kukës.
It is part of the Lumë region. According to Johann Georg v ...
. She is remembered for having captured a Serb military commander and a number of soldiers at
Çikatova, in July 1927, she withdrew to Albania and spend her final months in
Fushë-Kruja, where she died at the age of 31. Shote Galica was a virtual legend in her time. She is remembered for the saying ''Life without knowledge is like a war without weapons''.
The Albanian people honor Galica for defending the national cause, celebrating her as a marty of the nation.
Family
In July 1924 she took part in the battle for Drenica (''Arbania e Vogël'', Little Albania). In July 1925 after the death of her husband
Azem Galica
Azem Bejta (10 December 1889 – 15 July 1924), commonly known as Azem Galica, was an Albanian nationalist and rebel who fought for the unification of Kosovo with Albania.
Biography
Early life
Azem Bejta was born in the village of Galica in ...
, she continued to fight and lead
Albanian warriors of
Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...
. Along with hundreds of fighters from the former
Kosovo Vilayet in December 1924, interventionist armies fought against
Royal Yugoslav forces.
See also
*
Kachaks
Kachaks ( sq, kaçak, sr, качаци / ''kačaci'') is a term used for the Albanian bandits active in the late 19th and early 20th century in northern Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia, and later as a term for the militias of Albania ...
References
1895 births
1927 deaths
Heroes of Albania
Kosovo Albanians
Military personnel from Skenderaj
20th-century Albanian military personnel
People from Kosovo vilayet
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