Aćim Doljanac (Аћим Дољанац) was a prominent figure in the

First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising (; sr-Cyrl, Први српски устанак; ) was an uprising of Serbs in Orašac (Aranđelovac), Orašac against the Ottoman Empire from 14 February 1804 to 7 October 1813. The uprising began as a local revolt ...

. He took part in several battles, and he also performed actions of another kind, on the direct order of Karadjordje Petrović.

Origin and family

Aćim Doljanac was born in the former village of Doljani, which was located south of Ostruznica, near

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. T ...

. His surname was formed after the name of this settlement. Aćim's son was Radovan Doljančević. The descendants of Acim Doljanac are represented by the Doljančevićs in

Ostružnica Ostružnica ( sr-cyr, Остружница) is a List of Belgrade neighborhoods, suburban settlement of Belgrade, Serbia, in the municipality of Čukarica. It has a population of 4,218 people (2011). Geography Ostružnica is located on the right b ...

. Judging by their specific baptismal feast, St. Ignatius the God-bearer, the further origin of Doljancčević (Doljanci) is from the family of Maleševci.

Activities during the First Serbian Uprising

Aćim Doljanac was a close associate of

Karađorđe Đorđe Petrović (; ; – ), known by the sobriquet Karađorđe (; ), was a Serbian revolutionary leader who led a struggle against the Ottoman Empire during the First Serbian Uprising. He held the title of Grand Vožd of Serbia from 14 ...

. On the leader's order, he set fire to some houses in

Topčider Topčider ( sr-cyr, Топчидер; ) is a forest park and an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is divided between the municipalities of Čukarica, Rakovica and Savski Venac. Being close to downtown, it is one of the m ...

in 1804, during the Serbian-Turkish negotiations in

Zemun Zemun ( sr-cyrl, Земун, ; ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality in the city of Belgrade, Serbia. Zemun was a separate town that was absorbed into Belgrade in 1934. It lies on the right bank of the Danube river, upstream from downtown ...

. The action was supposed to show the officials from the Habsburg monarchy, who mediated in the mentioned negotiations, how the Turks were committing violence against Serbs and burning their houses. Proto

Mateja Nenadović Mateja () is a given name, variant of the Greek given name ''Mathias'' ( Matthew). In Serbian, it's a masculine name, while in Croatian and Slovene, it's a feminine name. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Mateja Andrlić (born 199 ...

left a note about this event in his memoirs: "There were about ten, empty Bulgarian straw-bale houses in Topčider, whose occupants had fled. When we left Ostružnica, we left Aćim Doljanac behind to set these houses ablaze at a certain time before disappearing." This event took place before Easter 1804. At the end of August 1806, Doljanac took part in a company led by Pavle Popović, in an attack on the Turks near Tašmajdan. On that occasion, several Turks from Belgrade were killed, but when the Turkish reinforcements arrived from the Varoš Gate, a couple of Serbian insurgents were killed and several were wounded. Aćim was also among the wounded.Поповић Сретен Л, Путовање по Новој Србији (1878. и 1880), Српска књижевна задруга, коло XLV, књ. 310 – 311, Београд 1950.

References

Serbian soldiers People from the Ottoman Empire {{DEFAULTSORT:Doljanac, Aćim