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

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which was then part of the

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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 in 1921–23. In 1925 after the death of her husband,

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, She took over as a head of his band and fought together with Bajram Curri in Has of Prizren and

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. 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

, she continued to fight and lead Albanian warriors of

. Along with hundreds of fighters from the former Kosovo Vilayet in December 1924, interventionist armies fought against Royal Yugoslav forces.

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1895 births 1927 deaths Heroes of Albania Kosovo Albanians Military personnel from Skenderaj 20th-century Albanian military personnel People from Kosovo vilayet {{Albania-bio-stub

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