Dane Stojanović
Dane Stojanović | |
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 Dane Stojanović with other commanders in Bitola, 1908. He is seen standing in the centre, with a light hat. | |
| Born | Krapa, Makedonski Brod, Prilep kaza, Ottoman Empire (now R. Macedonia) |
| Died | Yugoslavia |
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| Years of service | 1904–13 |
| Rank | Voivode (Vojvoda) |
| Battles/wars | Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars |
Danilo "Dane" Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дане Стојановић, fl. 1904–18) was a Serbian Chetnik commander in Old Serbia and Macedonia (1904–08), who also participated in the Balkan Wars (1912–13). He was also known as Dane Krapče.
Life[edit]
Stojanović was born in Krapa, a village in the Makedonski Brod municipality, at the time part of the Prilep kaza of the Ottoman Empire (now Makedonski Brod, R. Macedonia). He joined the cheta (band) of Gligor Sokolović. Upon the murder of Sokolović by Turks on July 30, 1910, Stojanović succeeded as the band's commander. He participated in the Balkan Wars. In the First Balkan War, he was at the front of the Chetnik detachments and fought at Kumanovo and Bitola.
See also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Društvo "Sveti Sava" (2009). "BRATSTVO XIII" (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-05-04.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Trbić, Vasilije (1996). Memoari: 1898-1912 (in Serbian). Kultura. ISBN 9788678010132.
