Gligor Sokolović
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Gligor Sokolović
was a Macedonian Serb Chetnik with the rank of Veliki Vojvoda (Great voivode). He was a deputy of the Serbian National Assembly in Skopje. Both Sokolovic and Jovan Babunski were highly respected voivodes of Serbs that fought against Bulgarians, Turks and Albanians in Ottoman Macedonia.
) and grew up without education. After he killed a Ottoman Turk Ali-Aga he decided to move to Bulgaria. Here he joined to a četa of pro-Bulgarian Supreme Macedonian Committee. Later Sokolović joined another organization, also domianated by Bulgarians - the IMRO, and in 1895 became a part of the Stoyan Pavlov's detachment in Kratovo. With the outbreak of Ilinden Uprising in 1903, Gligor was part of a detachment of other known Bulgarian revolutionaries from the Macedonia region; Sotir Atanasov, Atanas Murdzhev, Krastyu Lazarov, Dimitar Ganchev
, Nicola Pushkarev and others. After the failure of the uprising he moved to Serbia, where he switched to the Serbian chetniks, after spending time in Belgrade, where he met with Dr. Gođevca, an ideologist of the movement and other Chetniks. He returned to Prilep where he organized a četa of the Serbian Chetniks who fought the Bulgarians, successfully defeating them at Prilep
, Kičevo
, Veles, Porec
. In the summer of 1906, the IMRO was attacked by the Chetniks
at Krapa.
He was killed on July 30, 1910, by a Turkish terrorist close to IMRO circles.
His eldest son, Andon, was a Serbian volunteer during First Balkan War
(World War I
).
Sokolovic
Sokolović is mostly a Bosniak surname, found among Serbs. It derives from the word sokol meaning "falcon" and literally means "descendant of falcon"....
was a Macedonian Serb Chetnik with the rank of Veliki Vojvoda (Great voivode). He was a deputy of the Serbian National Assembly in Skopje. Both Sokolovic and Jovan Babunski were highly respected voivodes of Serbs that fought against Bulgarians, Turks and Albanians in Ottoman Macedonia.
Life
He was born in 1870 in Nebregovo (part of DolneniDolneni municipality
Dolneni is a municipality in central Republic of Macedonia. Dolneni is also the name of the village where the municipal seat is found. The municipality is part of the Pelagonia Statistical Region.-Geography:...
) and grew up without education. After he killed a Ottoman Turk Ali-Aga he decided to move to Bulgaria. Here he joined to a četa of pro-Bulgarian Supreme Macedonian Committee. Later Sokolović joined another organization, also domianated by Bulgarians - the IMRO, and in 1895 became a part of the Stoyan Pavlov's detachment in Kratovo. With the outbreak of Ilinden Uprising in 1903, Gligor was part of a detachment of other known Bulgarian revolutionaries from the Macedonia region; Sotir Atanasov, Atanas Murdzhev, Krastyu Lazarov, Dimitar Ganchev
Dimitar Ganchev
Dimitar Ganchev was a Bulgarian revolutionary and a member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization .Dimitar Ganchev was born in 1875 in the town of Ruse, Northern Bulgaria. After he graduated from the high-school in Ruse, he studied natural sciences at the University of...
, Nicola Pushkarev and others. After the failure of the uprising he moved to Serbia, where he switched to the Serbian chetniks, after spending time in Belgrade, where he met with Dr. Gođevca, an ideologist of the movement and other Chetniks. He returned to Prilep where he organized a četa of the Serbian Chetniks who fought the Bulgarians, successfully defeating them at Prilep
Prilep
Prilep is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 citizens. Prilep is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko.-Name:...
, Kičevo
Kicevo
Kičevo is a city in the western part of the Republic of 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.-Population:The municipality...
, Veles, Porec
Porec
Poreč is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th century Euphrasian Basilica, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997....
. In the summer of 1906, the IMRO was attacked by the Chetniks
Chetniks
Chetniks, or the Chetnik movement , were Serbian nationalist and royalist paramilitary organizations from the first half of the 20th century. The Chetniks were formed as a Serbian resistance against the Ottoman Empire in 1904, and participated in the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II...
at Krapa.
He was killed on July 30, 1910, by a Turkish terrorist close to IMRO circles.
His eldest son, Andon, was a Serbian volunteer during First Balkan War
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War, which lasted from October 1912 to May 1913, pitted the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire. The combined armies of the Balkan states overcame the numerically inferior and strategically disadvantaged Ottoman armies and achieved rapid success...
(World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
).
External links
- Aleksa Kodža Jovanović, Vojvoda Gligor Sokolović, 1910