Radovanje Grove ( / ''Radovanjski lug'') is an oak

forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

located near Radovanje,

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. It is a natural memorial monument that covers . It was first marked during the reign of

Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia Alexander Karađorđević ( sr-cyr, Александар Карађорђевић, Aleksandar Karađorđević; 11 October 1806 – 3 May 1885) was the prince of Serbia between 1842 and 1858 and a member of the House of Karađorđević. Early ...

, and a memorial church dedicated to Karađorđe was built in 1936. It was categorized as Immovable Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance in 1979.Regional Chamber of Commerce Požarevac, prepared by Dr. Novakovic Radmila Kostić, 2005.

History

Returning from exile in

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in 1817,

Karađorđe Petrović Đorđe Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Петровић, ), better known by the sobriquet Karađorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Карађорђе, lit=Black George, ; – ), was a Serbian revolutionary who led the struggle for his country's independ ...

as leader of the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising ( sr, Prvi srpski ustanak, italics=yes, sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; tr, Birinci Sırp Ayaklanması) was an uprising of Serbs in the Sanjak of Smederevo against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1 ...

and

Revolutionary Serbia Revolutionary Serbia ( sr, Устаничка Србија / Ustanička Srbija), or Karađorđe's Serbia ( sr, Карађорђева Србија / Karađorđeva Srbija), refers to the state established by the Serbian revolutionaries in Ottoman S ...

, and his companion

Naum Krnar Naum Krnar ( sr-cyr, Наум Крнар; d. 13 July 1817) was the secretary of Karađorđe, the leader of the First Serbian Uprising. Krnar was an ethnic Greek, hailing from Thessaly. He spoke several languages and worked as a merchant in Belg ...

stayed at a field hut owned by Dragić Vojkić in Radovanje Grove, in the Radovanje village. However, Miloš Obrenović I who had come to an arrangement with the Ottoman

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as leader of the semi-autonomous

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, ordered for Karađorđe and Krnar to be assassinated. Nikola Novaković, a confidant of

Vujica Vulićević Vujica Vulićević also known as Vule Vulićević ( sr-cyr, Вујица Вулићевић; 1773–1828) was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) in the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution, led by ''Grand Leader'' Karađorđe ...

, cut off Karađorđe's head with a

yatagan The yatagan, yataghan or ataghan (from Turkish ''yatağan''), also called varsak, is a type of Ottoman knife or short sabre used from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries. The yatagan was extensively used in Ottoman Turkey and in areas under imm ...

, and killed Krnar with a shotgun. He buried them, both headless in a grave 100

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away from the hut to the stream, and their heads, skinless and stuffed, were sent to

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in order to prove to the Ottomans that the two were dead. The place of the assassination is marked by a large wooden cross with marble slab with text. Memorial church dedicated to Karađorđe was built in the 1936.

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