Đorđe Skopljanče

Đorđe Ristić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Ристић; August 6, 1881—1911), known as Đorđe Skopljanče (Ђорђе Скопљанче), was a Serbian Chetnik commander who fought in Old Serbia and Macedonia.

Đorđe Ristić–Skopljanče
"Vojvoda Đorđe Ristić Skopljanče", postcard
Nickname(s)	"Vojvoda Đorđe Skopljanče"
Born	August 6, 1881 Peć, Ottoman Empire (now Serbia)
Died	1911 (aged 30) Niš, Kingdom of Serbia (now Serbia)
Allegiance	Serbian Chetnik Organization (1904–1910)
Years of service	1904–1910
Battles/wars	Macedonian Struggle

Life

Ristić was born in İpek (Peć), Sanjak of Peć, Ottoman Empire (now Serbia) into a Serb family. He finished high school in Skoplje, hence his nickname Skopljanče (a demonym). He then enrolled in the non-commissioned officer school in Belgrade in 1904, and with the rank of sergeant (narednik) he joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization and immediately crossed the Serbian-Ottoman border. Due to his bravery, he gained the title of vojvoda (duke) the same year. He participated in the battles on Guglin, Petralica and Čelopek in that year. His designated area was the Kumanovo region where he constantly clashed with Bulgarian vojvode Krsto Konjushki. He died in 1911 as a result of the extreme conditions he faced during guerilla fighting in the open outdoors under bad weather. He was buried in Niš, where the Narodna Odbrana erected a monument in his honour, in 1913.

See also

• List of Chetnik voivodes

Sources

• Krakov, Stanislav (1990) [1930]. Plamen četništva (in Serbian). Belgrade: Hipnos.
• Trbić, Vasilije (1996). Memoari: 1898-1912 (in Serbian). Kultura.
• P. Pešić, Četnički pokret u Kraljevini Srbiji 1903-1918, Krgujevac 2007, 385
• P. D. S., Jerinić, Vojvode iz četničke akcije u Staroj Srbiji i Maćedoniji 1903-1912, Dobrovoljački glasnik, br. 32, Beograd 2008, 32