Ljubomir "Ljuba" Jezdić (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир "Љуба" Јездић; 1 October 1884 — 15 September 1927), known by his nom de guerre Razvigora (Развигора[1]) was a Serbian Chetnik voivode (military commander) in the Macedonian Struggle, and a lawyer.[2][3]
Ljuba Jezdić–Razvigora | |
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 Ljuba Jezdić in civilian clothing | |
| Nickname(s) | "Razvigora" |
| Born | 1 October 1884 Loznica, Kingdom of Serbia (now Serbia) |
| Died | 15 September 1927 (aged 42) Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
| Allegiance |  Serbian Chetnik Organization (1903–12) and  Serbian Army (1912–18) |
| Years of service | 1903–1918 |
| Battles/wars | Macedonian Struggle |
Life edit
Early life edit
Jezdić was born in Loznica, Kingdom of Serbia (Western Serbia) on 1 October 1884.[3] The Loznica Jezdići live in Donja Badanja[4] and Brnjac.[5] He finished six grades in the Šabac gymnasium, then entered the Serbian Military Academy, but he was forced to cancel his studies before the end of the third year.[3] He then entered the Law School in Belgrade, a period when he became one of the notable nationalistic youth leaders.[3] He was a fellow student with Dušan Dimitrijević, a future brother-in-arms.[6]
Chetnik action (1903–08) edit
He had joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization and later crossed the Serbian-Ottoman border and entered Old Serbia on 1 February 1905, joining the band (cheta) of vojvoda Đorđe Ristić.[3] He then made transfer to the band of Rista Starački. When Starački's was wounded in the hand fighting in Drenak and went and vacated in Serbia, Jezdić became the vojvoda of this unit.[3] He adopted the war name Razvigora, due to the first warm springtime wind, which made the leaves sprout (from razvitak, "sprout" and gora, "forest").[7] He participated in the great battle with the Ottoman army at Čelopek (16 April 1905).
On 28 April 1905, the larger Kragujevac- and Belgrade bands arrived at the Dubočica village, led by Borko Paštrović and Aksentije Bacetović respectively.[8] Ilija Jovanović, Lazar Kujundžić, Pavle Mladenović and Ljuba Jezdić awaited them with their bands.[8]
Balkan Wars and First World War (1912–18) edit
He was a sergeant during the Balkan Wars, and in the First World War he was a band commander, and commander of machine gunners in the Yugoslav volunteer regiment. After he fell sick, he was appointed a military delegate in Tunisia. He lived in Belgrade since 1918, working as a lawyer, and died there on 15 September 1927.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Đurić & Mijović 1993, p. 97
- ^ МАТИЦА СРПСКА, СРПСКИ БИОГРАФСКИ РЕЧНИК, Азбучник, IV том, И - Ка Archived 2012-03-15 at the Wayback Machine, p. 35
- ^ a b c d e f Народна енциклопедија српско-хрватско-словеначка, Београд 1929, књига 2, 159.
- ^ "Порекло презимена, село Доња Бадања (Лозница)". 2014-04-16./
- ^ "Порекло презимена, село Брњац (Лозница)". 2014-04-06./
- ^ Glas Javnosti, Srpski četnici na početku dvadesetog veka (5), Prvi gorski štabovi, 3. 3. 2003
- ^ Krakov 2009, p. 176
За њима су стизали и остали другови. Међу првим Љуба Нешић, Љуба Јездић правник и бивши питомац Војне Академије и Љуба Јовановић-Чупа, који су прешли са Ђорђем Скопљанцем. Рањен у руку на Дренку, Ђорђе се вратио у Србију, а Љуба Јездић је његову чету повео. По првом топлом пролетњем ветру, под којим се лишће развија понео је ново, војводско име Развогора.
- ^ a b Glas Javnosti, Srpski četnici na početku dvadesetog veka (7), Ubistvo popa Taška, 5. 3. 2003
Sources edit
- Krakov, Stanislav (1990) [1930], Plamen četništva (in Serbian), Belgrade: Hipnos
- Đurić, Veljko Đ.; Mijović, Miličko (1993). Ilustrovana istorija četničkog pokreta. pp. 92–114.