Hajduk Veljko

Veljko Petrović
Вељко Петровић
Portrait of Hajduk Veljko by Uroš Knežević, 1852
Nickname(s)Hajduk Veljko
Хајдук Вељко
Born1780
Lenovac, near Zaječar, Ottoman Empire (present-day Serbia)
Died1813 (aged 33)
Negotin, Revolutionary Serbia
Allegiance Revolutionary Serbia
Years of service1803–1813
Rankbuljukbašica, buljubaša, vojvoda
UnitStanoje Glavaš's unit (1804)
Vulićević's Unit (1804–1807)
Timok Valley forces
Battles/warsFirst Serbian Uprising

Veljko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Петровић, Serbian pronunciation: [ʋěːʎko pětroʋitɕ]; c. 1780 – 1813), known simply as Hajduk Veljko (Хајдук Вељко, [xǎjduːk v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ]), was one of the vojvodas (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, in charge of the Negotin area. He was one of the most prominent leaders of the uprising.[1]

  1. ^ Vojska, Vol. 13, Issue 622–630 (2004)

    Хајдук Вељко, без сумње, један је од највећих јунака Првог српског устанка. Рођен у Леновцу код Зајечара, још од детињства био ...


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