Bogdan Zimonjić

Bogdan Zimonjić
Богдан Зимоњић
; Bogdan Zimonjić; Богдан Зимоњић
Born	1813; Gareva, Gacko, Bosnia Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	21 January 1909 (aged 95); Pusto polje, Gacko, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Service/branch	Serb revolutionaries in Herzegovina
Rank	Vojvoda

Bogdan Zimonjić, (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Зимоњић; 1813 – 21 January 1909) was a Serbian Orthodox priest, and Voivode (military commander) in two major uprisings against the Ottoman Empire in 19th-century Herzegovina: in 1852–62, and 1875–78.[1]He is mentioned in archival sources along with other Serbian freedom-fighting priests, including Jovica Ilić and his associates Pavle Tvrtković, Mile Vitković, and Stevan Avramović, who rebelled against the occupiers, and another priest, Petko Jagodić of Šamac, who led the next revolt,[2] while history records further armed clashes led by priests Mile Čulibrk, Marko Popović, Vaso Kovačević, and Gaćina.

References

Enciklopedija Jugoslavije (1971: 625).
"Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Obudovac together with movable property and graveyard, the architectural ensemble". Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

Secondary sources

Enciklopedija Jugoslavije 1971. JLZ, Tom 8, Zagreb.

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[1] Enciklopedija Jugoslavije (1971: 625).

[2] "Church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in Obudovac together with movable property and graveyard, the architectural ensemble". Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 1 August 2020.