List of Chetnik voivodes explained

This is a list of Chetnik voivodes. sla|Voivode|term1=war-leader|term2=war-lord is a Slavic as well as Romanian title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force. It derives from the word Slavic languages: vojevoda, which in early Slavic meant the Latin: bellidux, i.e. the military commander of an area, but it usually had a greater meaning. Among the first modern-day voivodes was Kole Rašić, a late 19th-century Serb revolutionary and guerrilla fighter, who led a cheta of 300 men between Niš and Leskovac in Ottoman areas during the Serbo-Turkish War (1876–1878). The others were Rista Cvetković-Božinče, Čerkez Ilija, Čakr-paša, and Spiro Crne. Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević, who knew Spiro Crne personally, wrote and published his biography, Spiro Crne Golemdžiojski, in 1933.

Commanders of Old Serbia and Macedonia (1903–1912), Balkan Wars

• Kosta Milovanović-Pećanac (1904)
• Jovan Stojković-Babunski (1905)
• Vojislav Tankosić-Voja (1905)
• Lazar Kujundžić-Klempa (1905)
• Pavle Mladenović-Čiča (1905)
• Ljuba Jezdić-Razvigora (1905)
• Aksentije Bacetović-Baceta (1905)
• Savatije Milošević (1905)
• Borko Paštrović (1905)
• Doksim Mihailović (1905)
• Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski (1905)
• Mihailo Ristić-Džervinac
• Jovan Dovezenski
• Vojin Popović-Vuk
• Svetozar Ranković-Toza
• Trajko Mitrović-Koporan Čauš
• Jovan Cvetković-Dolgač
• Zafir Premčević
• Stojan Simonović-Koruba
• Krsta Kovačević-Trgoviški
• Trenko Rujanović
• Spasa Pavlović-Garda
• Rista Cvetković-Božinče
• Đorđe Cvetković
• Janićije Mićić
• Petko Ilić
• Rade Radivojević-Dušan
• Dragoljub Nikolić
• Rista Starački
• Jovan Pešić
• Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin
• Đorđe Ristić-Skopljanče
• Anđelko Stanković (Chetnik)
• Vladimir Kovačević
• Jovan Grković-Gapon
• Vanđel Dimitrijević-Skopljanče
• Aleksandar Blagojević-Kočanski
• Dragisa M. Kovacevic
• Dušan Dimitrijević-Dule
• Stevan Nedić-Ćela
• Todor Krstić-Algunjski
• Branivoje Jovanović-Brana
• Milan Vasić
• Milan Vidojević
• Pavle Blažarić
• Aleksa Komnenić-Hercegovac
• Sreten Rajković-Rudnički
• Panta Radosavljević
• Veličko Domorovski
• Rista Maksimovic-Giljance
• Vukajlo Božović-Prota
• Milivoje Dinić
• Tasa Donić-Smederevac
• Milutin Babović-Telegraph
• Petar Mitrozić
• Milutin Ivanović
• Vasilije Trbić
• Vojvoda Dragomir is Dragomir Protić
• Bogdan Jugović Hajnc
• Radoje Pantić
• Milorad Pavićević
• Milosav Jelić
• Dušan Jezdić
• Nikola Skadarac (1908)
• Petar Koćura (1908)
• Micko Krstić
• Andjelko Krstić
• Bogdan Radenković
• Jovan Naumović-Vojvoda Osogovski
• Jovan Ćirković
• Luka Ćelović
• Milorad Gođevac
• Nikola Spasić
• Ljubomir Kovačević
• Vasa Jovanović
• Vlada Voskar
• Sreten Vukosavljević
• Petar Kacarević
• Živko Gvozdić
• Vukajlo Božović
• Dejan Popović Jekić
• Ljubomir Vulović
• Ljuba Čupa
• Dane Stojanović
• Tasa Konević
• Trenko Rujanović
• Boško Virjanac
• Mihailo "Mikajle" Josifović
• Sava Petrović-Grmija
• Velimir Prelić
• Simo Kecojević
• Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević
• Toma Smiljanić-Bradina
• Stevan Simić
• Mihailo Petrović (Chetnik)
• Velimir Karić
• Alimpije Marjanovic
• Emilio Milutinović
• Dragoljub Džilić-Stric
• Vidosav Marjanović
• Strašimir Miletić
• Jovan Arandjelovic (Chetnik)
• Dušan Kalčić
• Žika Rafailović
• Denko Čuma
• Dragoljub Urošević-Podrinac
• Smail Smajo Ferovic
• Mara Kuckova
• David Dimitrijevic (Chetnik)
• Nikola Jankovic-Kosovski
• Blagoja Kusic
• Arandjel Bojkovic

Balkan Wars & World War I

• Milija and Pavle Bakić
• Stanislav Krakov
• Uroš Kostić-Rudinac
• Ilija Trifunović (1916; fighting in Old Serbia during German, Austrian and Bulgarian occupation)
• Vojin Popović (1916)
• Kosta Vojinović (1916)
• Puniša Račić (1916)
• Mustafa Golubić
• Milivoje M. Naumović

World War II

Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland

• Draža Mihailović (1893–1946), supreme commander, vojvoda of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army.
• Miroslav Trifunović (1894–1945), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda šumadijski (Voivode of Šumadija).
• Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda pocerski (Voivode of Pocerina).
• Nikola Kalabić (1906–1946), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda oplenački (Voivode of Oplenac).
• Dragutin Keserović (1896–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kopaonički (Voivode of Kopaonik).
• Zvonimir Vučković (1916–2004), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda takovski (Voivode of Takovo).
• Predrag Raković (1912–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda ljubićki (Voivode of Ljubić).
• Dušan Smiljanić, Yugoslav captain, vojvoda gružanski (Voivode of Gruža).
• (1907–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda avalski (Voivode of Avala).
• (1913–1944), Yugoslav sublieutenant, vojvoda dragačevski (Voivode of Dragačevo).
• Velimir Piletić (1906–1972), Yugoslav major, vojvoda krajinski (Voivode of the Timok Valley).
• , Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda valjevski (Voivode of Valjevo).
• (1892–1986), vojvoda od Ludmera (Voivode of Ludmer).
• Uroš Drenović (1911–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda in Bosnia.
• Petar Baćović (1898–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kalinovički (Voivode of Kalinovik). Named in July 1942.
• Petar Samardžić, vojvoda in Herzegovina.
• (1906–1946), vojvoda in Herzegovina. Named by Birčanin in 1942.
• Radojica Perišić (1906–1945), Orthodox priest, vojvoda in Golija.
• Mirko Marić
• Branko Bogunović
• Danilo Stanisavljević nicknamed Dane Cicvara (1917-1942) - voivode of Lika and Kordun
• Mane Rokvić (d. 1944).
• Vlada Novaković
• Karl Novak (1905–1975), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda in Slovenia.
• Pavle Đurišić (1909–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda durmitorski (Voivode of Durmitor). Named in December 1941.
• Bajo Stanišić (1890–1943), Yugoslav colonel, vojvoda in Montenegro.
• Blažo Đukanović (1883–1943), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda in Montenegro.
• (1910–2007), Yugoslav major, vojvoda in Montenegro. Named in July 1944.
• Miljan Anđušić (1895–1946), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda Zetski i Skenderijski.
• Novak Anđušić (1901–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro. Named by Voivode M. Anđušić in May 1941.
• Miloš Radoman (1903–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro.
• Blago Ajković (1899–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro. Self-styled.
• Vojislav Lukačević (1908–1945), vojvoda in Raška.
• Zaharije Ostojić (1907–1945), general command.
• Radovan Ivanišević, vojvoda dinarski (Voivode of the Dinara). Named by Birčanin.

Other

• Kosta Pećanac (1879–1944), vojvoda of the Pećanac Chetniks. Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
• Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), vojvoda of the Dinara Division. Named by King Peter II in 1942.^[1]
• Dobroslav Jevđević (1895–1962), vojvoda of Herzegovina Chetniks. Self-appointed.
• Stojan Krstić, commander of the Vardar Chetnik Corps. Named in 1943.
• Aleksandar Janković (1921-2019) voivoda of Fruska Gora, Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force pilot, named in 1942 by Kosta Milovanović Pećanac
• Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin. Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
• Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav colonel.
• Jezdimir Dangić, Yugoslav major.
• Dragiša Vasić (1885–1945), Yugoslav reserve officer.
• Aćim Babić, vojvoda in East Bosnia. Self-styled.

Yugoslav Wars

By Momčilo Đujić

• Vojislav Šešelj - named by Momčilo Đujić on June 28, 1989^[2]
• Rade Čubrilo - named by Momčilo Đujić in 1993^[3]

By Vojislav Šešelj

On 13 May 1993:

• Zdravko Abramović
• Branislav Vakić.^[4]
• Srećko Radovanović.
• Slavko Crnić
• Nedeljko Vidaković.
• Slavko Aleksić (b. 1956), VRS commander of New Sarajevo Detachment.
• "Manda" (1963–2002), VRS commander of the Majevica Lions.
• Miroslav Vuković "Ćele".
• Milika Dačević "Čeko".
• Tomislav Nikolić, SRS politician.
• Milan Lančužanin "Kameni".
• Zoran Dražilović "Čiča".
• Jovo Ostojić.
• Ljubiša Petković.
• Todor Lazić.
• (b. 1956), SRS RS politician.
• Dragan Cvetković.
• Branislav Gavrilović "Brne", Šešelj's bodyguard.

On 20 March 1994:

• Vasilije Vidović "Vaske", Šešelj's bodyguard.
• (1961–1998), VRS commander of the Bileća Volunteers.
• Nikola Poplašen, politician.
• Mujo Bunjaku alias Oliver Denis Baret (d. 1994), Šešelj's bodyguard.
• Rade Čubrilo, commander of TO Medak.
• Miodrag Tripković.

Named after Yugoslav Wars

• Miodrag Božović - named by Milo Rakočević in 2007^[5]
• Andrija Mandić, Montenegrin Serb politician. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007^[5]
• Uroš Šušterič, World War II veteran. Named by Milo Rakočević in 2007.

External links

• News: Sešelj: Četničke vojvode oko Sarajeva bile štarešine VRS . . 2008-02-27 . Beta . 2010-11-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315095459/http://www.pressonline.co.rs/sr/vesti/vesti_dana/story/30912 . 2012-03-15 .
• News: Gligorijević. Jovana. 2009. Vojvode po zanimanju: Đujić i uveoci. Vreme. 970.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Momčilo Đujić has died . 2009-02-19 . 2011-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727023046/http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/1999/09/13/srpski/H99091202.shtm . live .
2. Web site: The Prosecutor of the Tirubal Against Vojislav Seselj . 2017-06-28 . 2004-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20041205032816/https://www.un.org/icty/indictment/english/ses-ii030115e.htm . live .
3. Web site: Title of voivode only for military service. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219095839/http://www.danas.rs/20070420/hronika3.html. February 19, 2012.
4. Web site: Wednesday, 27 February 2008 Transcript from Šešelj ICTY case . 28 June 2017 . 7 April 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080407024336/http://www.un.org/icty/transe67/080227IT.htm . live .
5. http://nwbih.com/news.cgi?ref1=1048 New voivodes with moral affinity