Trenko Rujanović

Trenko Rujanović
Vojvoda Trenko
Nickname(s)	"Vojvoda Trenko"
Born	c. 1870 Krapa, Ottoman Empire (now Makedonski Brod, R. Macedonia)
Died	after 1910
Allegiance	Supreme Macedonian Committee (1895–1907) Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (1897–1904) Serbian Chetnik Organization (1904–1910) and Serbian Army
Years of service	1895–1910
Unit	Krapa band
Battles / wars	Macedonian Struggle

Trenko Rujanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Тренко Рујановић; born c. 1870), known as Vojvoda Trenko (Војвода Тренко), was a Macedonian Serb Chetnik and Bulgarian apostate.

Life

Rujanović was born in the village of Krapa, in the Poreče region, part of the Ottoman Empire (now R. Macedonia). His father was Jovan Rujanović.

In 1895, he participated into the pro-Bulgarian Supreme Macedonian Committee chetas' action. Later he joined the Bulgarian-organized Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) and fought in the Kičevo region.^[1] In 1899/1900 he personally sought the Serbian consuls for the establishment of a Serbian revolutionary organization and Serbian armed bands.

In 1904, he left IMRO and joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization and established one of the first Serbian bands.^[2] He participated in the battle against Stefan Dimitrov at the village of Orešje (April 1905) when the Serbian bands won the battle at Oreškim livadama against the IMRO. Also, he participated in the battle at Kurtov kamen (1907).^[3][4][5] After the Young Turk Revolution (1908), he left his weapon until further Young Turk pressing, reactivating his band in 1910.^[6][7]

Gallery

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  Chetniks during the Hurriyet (1908). Rujanović standing in the centre.

See also

• Tasa Konević
• List of Chetnik voivodes

References

1. Николов, Борис Й. Вътрешна македоно-одринска революционна организация. Войводи и ръководители (1893–1934). Биографично-библиографски справочник. София, 2001, стр. 146.
2. "Хр. Силянов, Освободителните борби в Македония, II - 23".
3. Društvo "Sveti Sava" (2009). "BRATSTVO XIII" (PDF) (in Serbian). Belgrade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. Krakov 1930, 208-210
5. Ј. Хаџи Васиљевић, Јован Бабунски о себи, Споменица Јована Бабунског, Београд 1921, 15-20;
6. Георгиев, Величко, Стайко Трифонов. Гръцката и сръбската пропаганди в Македония. Краят на XIX — началото на ХХ век, София, Македонски научен институт, 1995, стр. 481.
7. Дебърски глас, година 2, брой 6, 10 май 1910, стр. 4.

Sources

• Krakov, Stanislav (1990) [1930]. Plamen četništva (in Serbian). Belgrade: Hipnos.
• Trbić, Vasilije (1996). Memoari: 1898-1912 (in Serbian). Kultura. ISBN 9788678010132.