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Čakr-paša
Mladen Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Младен Стојановић; died 1885), known as Čakr-paša (Чакр-паша), was a Serb ''hajduk'' (brigand and rebel) leader mostly active in the Ottoman territories of the Pčinja region and in the Kumanovo district, one of the most notable hajduks in the second half of the 19th century. A brigand since his teens, Čakr-paša deserted his guard service at the Serbian–Ottoman border in 1878 and became infamous in the following years for killing Ottoman officials, and also exploiting locals. Having survived the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78), Kumanovo Uprising (1878) and Brsjak Revolt (1880–81), his end came in 1885, after years on the run (and wanted list) from both Ottoman soldiers and gendarmerie, and Serbian border guards, when his comrade slit his throat. After his death there were local stories of him as a fearless, stone-cold and raw individual, and also epic poems holding him a brave and sly hero. Early life Stojanović wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micko Krstić
Micko Krstić-Porečki ( sr-cyr, Мицко Крстић, 1855 – October 29, 1909), known as Vojvoda Micko, was a Serbs in North Macedonia, Macedonian Serb rebel and military leader active in the Poreče region. Origin and early life Krstić was born in Latovo, near Makedonski Brod in the Poreče region, at the time part of the Sanjak of Monastir, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia). His family hailed from nearby Trebino, Makedonski Brod, Trebino. His birth year is mostly given as 1855, and scarcely as 1840. He espoused a Serbs, Serb identity. His teacher in Latovo was Obradović. Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78) and aftermath He volunteered in the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78). He then participated in the Kumanovo Uprising (January 20 — May 20, 1878). After the war, the Serbian military government sent armament and aid to rebels in Kosovo and Macedonia. Christian rebel bands were formed all over the region. Many of those bands, privately funded and aided by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gornji Stajevac
Gornji Stajevac ( sr-cyr, Горњи Стајевац, ) is a village in the municipality of Trgovište, in southeastern Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 160 people. Čakr-paša, one of the most notable hajduk 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 ...s in the 19th century, was born in the village. References Populated places in Pčinja District {{PčinjaRS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kumanovo District (Ottoman)
The Kumanovo district (, ) was a ''kaza'' (district) in the Sanjak of Üsküp (Skopje) of the Ottoman Empire. It was formed in 1867, during the reign of Abdülaziz I. It was dissolved in 1912. The district had 3 divisions: Karadak, Kozjak and Ovče Pole. History The district was established in 1867, during the reign of Abdülaziz I. The Orthodox population was adherent to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the district being ecclesiastically supervised by the churchwarden (''ikonom'') and archpriest Dimitrije Mladenović since 1833. With the Serbian advance into the Kosovo Vilayet during the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78), and atrocities carried out by retreating Ottoman Albanian troops in the region, the Kumanovo Uprising broke out in the districts of Kumanovo, Kriva Palanka and Kratovo. It was organized by leading citizens of the districts, and was fought in the Serbian cause; the rebels sought the annexation of Macedonia to the Principality of Serbia. It was suppres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manastir Prohor Pcinjski
Bitola (; ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba (North Macedonia), Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing with Greece. The city stands at an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea region with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe, and it is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It has been known since the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman period as the "City of Consuls", since many European countries had consulates in Bitola. Bitola, known during the Ottoman Empire as Manastır or Monastir, is one of the oldest cities in North Macedonia. It was founded as Heraclea Lyncestis in the middle of the 4th century BC by Philip II of Macedon. The city was the last capital of the First Bulgarian Empire (1015–1018) and the last capital of Ottoman Rumelia, from 1836 to 1867. According to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Piroćanac
Milan Piroćanac ( sr-cyr, Милан Пироћанац; 7 January 1837 – 1 March 1897) was a Serbian jurist, politician, Prime Minister and the leader and founder of the Serbian Progressive Party (historical), Progressive Party. Early life Milan Nedeljković was born in 1837 in Jagodina. His father Stevan Nedeljković, born in Pirot (hence his byname), was a Serbian Revolution, Revolutionary veteran and ''srez'' chief of Knjaževac. His mother Milica, from the Jagodina ''okrug'', was earlier married to ''vojvoda'' Pavle Cukić. He finished primary school in Jagodina, a gymnasium in Kragujevac and Belgrade. He continued studies in law at the Belgrade Lyceum (1854–56), after which he at the end of 1856 moved to Paris where he finished the Law University in 1860. In 1861 he studied at Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, until returning to Belgrade at the end of 1861. He adopted the name ''Piroćanac'' during his school years. Politics Serbian politician Ilija Garašanin re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sublime Porte
The Sublime Porte, also known as the Ottoman Porte or High Porte ( or ''Babıali''; ), was a synecdoche or metaphor used to refer collectively to the central government of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul. It is particularly referred to the building which housed the office of the Grand Vizier, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of the Interior, and the Supreme Council of Judicial Ordinances. Today it houses the office of the Istanbul governerate. History The name has its origins in the old practice in which the ruler announced his official decisions and judgements at the gate of his palace. This was the practice in the Byzantine Empire and it was also adopted by Ottoman Turk sultans since Orhan I. The palace of the sultan, or the gate leading to it, therefore became known as the "High Gate". This name referred first to a palace in Bursa, Turkey. After the Ottomans had conquered Constantinople, now Istanbul, the gate now known as the Imperial Gate (), leading to the outerm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kriva Palanka
Kriva Palanka ( ) is a town located in the northeastern part of North Macedonia. It has 13,481 inhabitants. The town of Kriva Palanka is the seat of Kriva Palanka Municipality which has 18,059 inhabitants. The town lies near the ''Deve Bair'' national border crossing with Bulgaria; as such, there is nearly constant heavy traffic passing through the main road which bisects the two sides of the town (Deve Bair is considered the main border crossing between North Macedonia and Bulgaria because it links the capitals Skopje with Sofia). Etymology The name of the town derives from the curved riverbed of the river ''Kriva''. The old name of Kriva Palanka was ''Egri Dere'', in Turkish - "Curved River". The Turkish word ''dere'' was later substituted with '' Palanka''. The word Palanka literally means ''town'', a place bigger than a village but smaller than a city. Geography and climate Kriva Palanka has a temperate continental climate with moderately cold winter, warm summer, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Čerkez Ilija
Čerkez Ilija ( sr-cyr, Черкез Илија, "Ilija the Circassian"; died April 1881) was a rebel leader active in Kriva Palanka. He was a teacher by profession. After the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78), the Serbian military government sent armament and aid to rebels in Kosovo and Macedonia. Christian rebel bands were formed all over the region. Many of those bands, privately organized and aided by the government, were established in Serbia and crossed into Ottoman territory. As more of these rebel bands from Serbia appeared, in that way also the Ottoman government, and privately organized Turks and Albanians, became more active, with harassment of Christians on the right side of the Vardar. As a result of this pressure, in the beginning of 1880, some 65 rebel leaders (''glavari''), from almost all provinces in southern Old Serbia and Macedonia, sent an appeal to M. S. Milojević, the former commander of volunteers in the Serbian-Ottoman War (1876–78), asking him to, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banjska Reka
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Banjska may refer to: * Banjska (village), Zvečan, Kosovo **Banjska Monastery * Banjska River, Serbia; a river, a right tributary of the Toplica River *''Banjška planota'' or Banjšice Plateau, a karst plateau in Goriška, Slovenia See also * 2023 Banjska attack The Banjska attack (; ) was an armed assault carried out by Serbs, Serb militants against the Kosovo Police which took place in the village of Banjska (village), Banjska located in North Kosovo on 24 September 2023. Between 23 and 24 September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kičevo
Kičevo ( ; , sq-definite, Kërçova) is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, located in a valley in the south-eastern slopes of Mount Bistra, between the cities of Ohrid and Gostivar. The capital Skopje is 112 km away. The city of Kičevo is the seat of Kičevo Municipality. Name The name of the city in Macedonian and other South Slavic languages is ''Kičevo'' (Кичево). The name of the city in Albanian is ''Kërçovë''. It was originally known as Uskana and was inhabited by the Illyrian tribe of the Penestae. It is presumed that the present name of the town originates from the name of this settlement populated by the Slavic Berziti tribe. In Turkish, the city is known as ''Kırçova''. Kicevo was first mentioned as ''Uskana'' (Ωξάνα in Ancient Greek) in the reign of Perseus, king of Macedon during the Third Macedonian War (171–169 BC). The next written record of the town did not come until 1018, under the name of ''Kitzabis'' (from Kίτζ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poreče
Poreče, Porečie or Porečje or Poreč (), is a region in North Macedonia which includes the Makedonski Brod Municipality, and the western part of the Prilep Municipality Prilep ( ) is a municipality in the south of North Macedonia. ''Prilep'' is also the name of the city where the municipal seat is found. It is located in the Pelagonia Statistical Region. Geography The municipality borders Čaška and Dolneni .... Geography of North Macedonia Makedonski Brod Municipality Prilep Municipality {{Prilep-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
