Nikola Mandrda (Serbian: Никола Mандрда; Pajkovac, 1780 - Kruševac c. 1860) was one of the most illustrious freedom fighters in both the First and Second Serbian Uprising.[1]The others are Ilija Strelja of the first and Cvetko Popović-Vranovački of the second insurrection, according to historians Milan Đ. Milićević and Mita Rakić[2].

He was a Serbian haiduk from the vilage of Pajkovac[3]in the muncipality of Varvarin who fought valiantly along side of Karađorđe in the First Serbian Uprising in battles against the Turks in Trešnjevica. He held the title of voivode.[4]He also participated in the Second Serbian Uprising, led by Miloš Obrenović.[5] He always found a way of disobeying Miloš during a truce agreement between two warring parites.[6]

His real surname was Pavlović. According to Mateja Nenadović's "Memoirs," describing him as "a very handsome, big, strong, and famous man".[7]He hated the Turks terribly and killed them wherever he met them. Karađorđe respected him very much. The Pavlović family came from the vicinity of Vranje, their Slava is St. Nicholas.

Nikola Mandrda died in Kruševac at an old age, leaving behind his son Dimitrije, about whom little is known.[8]

Sources

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  • Morison, W. A. (2012) [1942]. The Revolt of the Serbs Against the Turks: (1804-1813). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-67606-0.
  • Petrovich, Michael Boro (1976). A history of modern Serbia, 1804-1918. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. ISBN 978-0-15-140950-1.
  • Ranke, Leopold von (1847). History of Servia, and the Servian Revolution: From Original Mss. and Documents. J. Murray.




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  1. ^ cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZsMAAAAIAAJ&q=Nikola+Mandrda | title=Историјски значај српске револуције 1804. године: зборник радова са научног скупа одржаног од 3. до 5. јуна 1980, поводом обележавања 175. годишњице првог српског устанка | date=1983 | publisher=Српска академија наука и уметности
  2. ^ cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZsMAAAAIAAJ&q=Nikola+Mandrda | title=Историјски значај српске револуције 1804. године: зборник радова са научног скупа одржаног од 3. до 5. јуна 1980, поводом обележавања 175. годишњице првог српског устанка | last1=Čubrilović | first1=Vasa | date=1983
  3. ^ "Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika". 1910.
  4. ^ Das königreich Serbien und das Serbenvolk: -2. Bd. Land und bevölkerung. B. Meyer. 1904.
  5. ^ Kanitz, Felix Philipp (1904). "Das königreich Serbien und das Serbenvolk: -2. Bd. Land und bevölkerung".
  6. ^ Jugović, Milutin R. (1984). "Stari fijaker".
  7. ^ "Pajkovac (Varvarin) i Nikola Mandrda - Макроекономија". 25 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Pajkovac (Varvarin) i Nikola Mandrda - Макроекономија". 25 June 2014.