Branivoje Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Бранивоје Јовановић;
Kisiljevo, near
Požarevac
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, 23 May 1883 - Petraljica, near
Kumanovo
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, 30 May 1905), known by the ''
nom de guerre
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In Ancien régime, ''ancien régime'' Kingdom of France, France it would be adopted by each n ...
'' Brana (Брана), was a Chetnik ''vojvoda'' (commander).
Life
He was born in Kisiljevo, near
Požarevac
Požarevac ( sr-cyr, Пожаревац, ) is a list of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Braničevo District in eastern Serbia. It is located between three rivers: Danube, Great Morava and Mlava and below the hill Čač ...
on 23 May 1883. He graduated from the gymnasium in Belgrade and Šabac and studied military tactics at the
Military Academy in Belgrade before joining the
Serbian Chetnik Organization
The Serbian Revolutionary Organization () or Serbian Chetnik Organization (Српска четничка организација / Srpska četnička organizacija) was a paramilitary revolutionary organization with the aim of liberation of Old Se ...
. He was among the first Chetniks who crossed the border over to the Ottoman territory. He participated in the
Fight on Čelopek. Brana and his compatriots
Bogdan Jugović Hajnc, Novica Leovac, Petar Poptašković, and others were in the village of Petraljica when Turks who had been tipped of their location surrounded them. The Chetniks locked themselves in two houses, which the Turks set aflame. Brana and his band were burnt to death. His remains were excavated the next day and buried by the Petraljica church. The events were recorded in poetry.
See also
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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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanovic-Brana, Borivoje
1905 deaths
People from the Kingdom of Serbia
Serbian military personnel
Chetniks of the Macedonian Struggle
People from Veliko Gradište
1883 births