Dragomir Protić or Vojvoda Dragomir (

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, 1877 – Tabanovce,

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, 27 March 1905) was a Serbian ''voivoda'' (military leader) who fought in the struggle to liberate

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from the Turkish yoke. He was killed at the Battle of Tabanovce in 1905 along with all of his men, including the

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of the ''cheta'' Vladimir Kovačević.

Biography

Dragomir Protić was born in

in 1877. He studied in

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and in

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. He graduated from the Military Academy in

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. In the spring of 1905, Lieutenant Protić, along with several non-commissioned officers, was given the task to join up with the troop headed by Vladimir Kovačević and breakthrough to

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to reinforce the Mountain Headquarters with officers' cadre. The aim was to arm

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's base for operations in the Upper

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River Basin. Protić's task included the transfer of a large number of rifles and ammunition to Poreč. After the descent from Kozjak mountain, Protić and his 22 Chetniks were attacked by a unit of the Turkish army near the village of Tabanovce. The next day, Protić and 10 of his men lay dead and two slightly wounded. The Turks lost 60 soldiers in the fight, either dead or wounded. A street in Belgrade, on

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, was named after him.

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Драгомир Протић (Dragomir Protić)
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