Vojin Popović
| Vojin Popović | |
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 Vojvoda Popović | |
| Born |
1881 Sjenica, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died |
29 November 1916 Kajmakčalan |
| Allegiance |
.svg.png){kind=small} Kingdom of Serbia |
| Years of service | 1901-1916† |
| Rank |
Voivode (Duke) second lieutenant |
| Unit |
 Volunteer unit |
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Vojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk (Serbian: Војин Поповић, војвода Вук; 9 December 1881 – 29 November 1916) was a Serbian voivode (military commander), who fought for the Macedonian Serb Chetniks (i.e. komiti) in the Struggle for Macedonia, and then the national army in the Balkan Wars and World War I.
Life
Monument, in Belgrade
Vojin was born on 9 December 1881 at Sjenica, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day southwestern Serbia). Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Kragujevac, where Vojin attended school. He chose a career in the military. On 3 November 1901, he became second lieutenant. He was among the first cheta (bands, 'čete') heading for Old Serbia, i.e. Makedonia (1905). He died at Grunište on 29 November 1916 during World War I. There is a Monument to Vojvoda Vuk in Belgrade.
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References
- Anonymous, "One eyewitness of the Vojvoda Vuk`s death speaks about his last minutes", Politika, 25 October 1936.
- Anonymous, „The monument to Vojvoda Vuk – Vojin Popović was unveiled in Belgrade“, Belgrade municipal newspapers, no. 10, October 1936, 780-781
- Danilo Šarenac, Tradition of the irregular troops: the monument to Vojvoda Vuk in Belgrade, in: The Collection Premises of the Memory, 2, Department for the History of Art at the Faculty of Philosophy, the University of Belgrade, Belgrade 2013, 49-65
Sources
- Трифуновић, Илија (December 1998) [1939]. "КЛОНУ РУКА У ВОЈВОДЕ ВУКА". Srpsko nasleđe (in Serbian). НИП „ГЛАС“.
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With the outbreak of the First Balkan War (1912), the organization was put under the supervision of the Serbian Army (see Chetniks in the Balkan Wars) | |
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