Vukajlo Božović
Vukajlo Božović | |
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Born | Ibarski Kolašin |
Died | 1926 |
Allegiance | |
Years of service | fl. 1912 |
Rank | vojvoda |
Battles/wars | Balkan Wars |
Vukajlo Božović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукајло Божовић; d. 1926), known as Priest Vukajlo (поп Вукајло) was a Serbian Orthodox priest and revolutionary. Božović participated in the Balkan Wars, as a commander of a detachment in Ibarski Kolašin. He was the father of writer Grigorije Božović.
First Balkan War[]
During the Serbian mobilization of the First Balkan War, the Chetnik detachments of the Serbian 3rd Army included: Medveđa, colon headed by captain , Ljubomir Vulović and (Lisica-Prapaštice-Priština), and colon headed by Božin Simić (Svirci-Novo Brdo-Kačanik); Kuršumlija, under the command of captain and Chetnik vojvoda Vojislav Tankosić and captain (Kuršumlija-Merdare-Malo Kosovo-Štimlje-Crnoljeva-Prizren-Ljuma); Lukovo, under the command of captain Pavle Blažarić (Lukovo-Madljika-Drenica); and Kolašin, under the command of prota Vukajlo Božović.[1] Alongside these detachments, were two smaller ones located at the front of the Ibar Army, the first headed by reserve lieutenant , the second headed by Chetnik vojvoda Živko Gvozdić.[1] The commander of all these detachments was major Alimpije Marjanovic.[1]
See also[]
- List of Chetnik voivodes
- (1870–1917), priest and fighter
- , priest and fighter
- , priest and fighter
- Jovan Grković-Gapon, priest and fighter
- Stevan Dimitrijević, priest and fighter
- Mihailo Petrović, priest and fighter
Annotations[]
- Full name: Vukajlo N. Božović
References[]
Sources[]
- Trifunović, Ilija (1933). Trnotivim stazama (in Serbian). Belgrade.
- Mirko Stefanović (1935). Epopeja Beograda (in Serbian). p. 205.
- Janićije N Popović; Vladimir Bovan (1987). Život srba na Kosovu: 1812-1912. NIRO "Književne novine".
А поп Вукајло Божовић из Колашина чак у Приштину доће за то. А кад од конзула не мо- гаше да добије потврдан одговор, он се са Зафиром Николићем, кафеџијом у Приштини, реши да о томе пише непосредно краљу Милану, ...
- Serbian military personnel of the Balkan Wars
- Serbian military personnel of World War I
- 20th-century Serbian people
- Kosovo Serbs
- North Kosovo
- Chetniks
- Serbian Orthodox clergy
- People from Zubin Potok
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- 20th-century Eastern Orthodox clergy
- Royal Serbian Army soldiers
- 1926 deaths
- Military personnel from Mitrovica, Kosovo