Savatije Milošević ( sr-cyr, Саватије Милошевић; 1876 – 1905), known as Vojvoda Savatije, was a Serbian

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and

Chetnik The Chetniks,, ; formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland; and informally colloquially the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationalist m ...

commander.

Life

Early life

Savatije Miličević Milošević (Саватије Миличевић Милошевић) was born in Pavlica, Raška, at the time part of the

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(today

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). At the age of 25, Milošević murdered Pavle Jasnić, a chief of a ''srez'' (municipality) in Raška, because of a

blood feud A feud , also known in more extreme cases as a blood feud, vendetta, faida, clan war, gang war, private war, or mob war, is a long-running argument or fight, often between social groups of people, especially family, families or clans. Feuds begin ...

, and joined the

hajduks A hajduk (, plural of ) is a type of Irregular military, irregular infantry found in Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and parts of Southeast Europe from the late 16th to mid 19th centuries, especially from Hajdú–Bihar Count ...

(brigands) with whom he was active in the Ottoman Empire. He found refuge in

Peć Peja or Peć, ), is the fifth most populous city in Kosovo and serves as the seat of the Peja Municipality and the District of Peja. It is located in the Rugova (region), Rugova region on the eastern section of the Accursed Mountains along the ...

, Kosovo Vilayet, at the house of Albanian kachak Mula Zeka. name="SrejovićGavrilović1983">cite book, author1=Dragoslav Srejović, author2=Slavko Gavrilović, author3=Sima M. Ćirković, title=Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Od Berlinskog kongresa do Ujedinjenja 1878-1918 (2 v.), url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L75BAAAAYAAJ, year=1983, publisher=Srpska književna zadruga, quote=Међутим, по извештајима које је имао српски министар спољних послова, вођа ове четворице био је Саватије Милошевић, хајдук из Србије који је утекао пред потером и нашао склониште у Пећи код Мула Зеке. С обзиром на то ... When the authority started searching for him, he fled to the

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where he befriended the Serbian emigreés Ranko Tajsić and ''prota'' Milan Đurić.

Serbian Chetnik Organization

He participated in the famous battle at Čelopek (April 1905). Together with

Lazar Kujundžić Lazar Kujundžić-Klempa ( sr-cyr, Лазар Кујунџић: 1880 – May 25, 1905) was a Serbian Chetnik Organization, Serbian Chetnik commander (vojvoda) who was active in Old Serbia and Macedonia. Biography He was born in Orahovac, Koso ...

and

Živojin Milovanović Živojin Milovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Живојин Миловановић; January 23, 1884 — May 25, 1905), known by his nickname Žika, was a Serbian soldier, member of the Serbian revolutionary Chetnik Organization that fought in Old Serbia an ...

he turned and went for

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, through

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and Podgora, in order to bypass Ottoman harassing in the

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region. Milovanović, as a Serbian officer, was to establish the headquarters of Western

Povardarje Povardarie () is a geographic region in the central part of North Macedonia, and includes all of the canyons, mountains, and valleys through which the Vardar river flows. The term is used in the names of Diocese of Povardarie of the Macedonian Or ...

. The company was betrayed in

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on May 25, 1905, by local Albanians who had initially promised (see '' besa'') their security, thus they were forced to battle the Ottoman Army and neighbouring Albanian

kachaks Kachaks (, / ''kačaci'') is a term used for the Albanians, Albanian rebels active in the late 19th and early 20th century in northern Albania, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia (region), Macedonia, and later as a term for the militias of Albania ...

. After a long fight, all of these Chetniks died for a cause, and not in vain.

Legacy

A street in the

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neighbourhood of Belgrade bears his name, as well as a street in the town of Raška.

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