| Vojin Popović | |
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Vojvoda Popović |
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| Born | 1881 Sjenica |
| Died | 29 November 1916 Kajmakčalan |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Serbia |
| Years of service | 1901-1916† |
| Rank | Voivode (Duke)
second lieutenant |
| Unit | Volunteer unit |
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Vojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk (Sjenica, 9 December 1881 - Kajmakčalan, 29 November 1916), known as Vojvoda Vuk was a Serbian voivode (military commander), that fought for the Macedonian Serb Chetniks (i.e. komiti) in the struggle for Macedonia, and then the national army in the Balkan Wars and World War I.
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Vojin was born on 9 December 1881, in Sjenica, in southwestern Serbia. Shortly after his birth, the family moves to Kragujevac, where Vojin attended school. He chose a career in the military. On 3 November, 1901, he became second lieutenant. He was among the first cheta (bands, 'čete') heading for Old Serbia, i.e. Makedonia (1905).
Reportedly, he was involved in religious persecutions and violent serbianisation in Macedonia, during the Balkan Wars:
At Veles — the first object of Servian pretensions "beyond the frontier" agreed upon by the treaty — we find the same methods employed and the same stages in the process of Serbization. The name of the captain of the legalized band who chased the successor of Archbishop Meletius from Veles on February 4/17 after the usual savage scene, was Voino Popovits, and that of his assistant, Douchane Dimitrievits. An interim, lasting down to the turn of Meletius on March 28/April 10, was employed in seizing the Bulgarian monasteries and churches in the town.[1]
He died during the Battle of Kajmakcalan in World War I.
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