User:Zoupan/Gligor Sokolović
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Gligor Sokolović (Serbian Cyrillic: Глигор Соколовић[c]; 1872 - 1910) was one of the supreme commanders (Great Voivode) of the Serbian Chetnik Movement, that fought the Ottoman Empire, Bulgarian, and Albanian armed bands during the Macedonian Struggle. He was one of the most famous Chetniks,[1] and the foremost in Western Povardarje.[2]
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Nickname(s) | Gligor Sokolović - Nebregovski |
Born | 1872 Nebregovo, Ottoman Empire (now Dolneni Municipality, R. Macedonia) |
Died | July 30, 1910 Macedonia |
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Years of service | 1896-1910 |
Rank | Great Voivode (Veliki Vojvoda) |
Unit | Western Povardarje |
Battles/wars | Macedonian Serb Struggle |
After murdering a local Ottoman lord, Sokolović went into the woods with some friends and formed a guerilla unit which would target Ottomans. He then joined the Bulgarian revolutionary organizations of SMAC and IMRO,[3] and fought throughout the wider Macedonia region. After the Ottomans' suppress of the Ilinden uprising in 1903, he, like many others, fled to Serbia. He was acquainted with Dr. Gođevac, one of the founders of the Serbian revolutionary organization that sought liberation of Macedonia, and became one of its supreme commanders that would fight in the Prilep region. After hearing of Sokolović' membership in the Serbian organization, the IMRO sentenced him to death in absentia. With the Young Turk revolution, he became a deputy of the National Assembly of the Serbs in Turkey. He was murdered in 1910 by the Ottoman government.