Raka Levajac
Raka Levajac (1777–1833 Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Рако Левајац) was a Serbian ''Vojvoda'', a military commander of Serbian Revolutionary forces during both First Serbian Uprising and Second Serbian Uprising, the armed insurrections of the Serbian population against the Ottoman Empire. Raka Levajac was remarkably close to both uprising leaders, Miloš Obrenović, Obrenović and Karađorđe, Karadjordje, before falling out of grace with each of them. A celebrated leader at a time he died in poverty after losing status and fortune. Early life Raka Levajac was born in 1777 in Leva Reka, Vranje, Leva, he had two brothers Panta and Radosav, little is known of his father who died when he was young; his mother Jelenka remarried and Raka and his two brothers followed her to the village of Gornja Gorevnica, Gornje Gorevnica at the beginning of 1800. Raka started working with Nikola Lunjevica a merchant and cattle trader. Lunjevica played a significant role i ...
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Leva Reka, Vranje
Leva Reka is a village in the municipality of Vranje, Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree .... According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 80 people.Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. References Populated places in Pčinja District {{VranjeRS-geo-stub ...
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