This is a list of Chetnik voivodes . Voivode (Slavic languages for 'war-leader' / 'war-lord') is a Slavic as well as Romanian title that originally denoted the principal commander of a military force. It derives from the word vojevoda , which in early Slavic meant the bellidux , i.e. the military commander of an area, but it usually had a greater meaning. Among the first modern-day voivodes was Kole Rašić , a late 19th-century Serb revolutionary and guerrilla fighter, who led a cheta of 300 men between Niš and Leskovac in Ottoman areas during the Serbo-Turkish War (1876–1878). The others were Rista Cvetković-Božinče , Čerkez Ilija , Čakr-paša , and Spiro Crne . Jovan Hadži-Vasiljević , who knew Spiro Crne personally, wrote and published his biography, Spiro Crne Golemdžiojski , in 1933.
Commanders of Old Serbia and Macedonia (1903–1912), Balkan Wars
Chetnik commanders in 1908
Nikola Tesla 's honorary Chetnik diploma, awarded to him for many donations and comprehensive assistance throughout the years (1938)
Balkan Wars & World War I
World War II
Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland
In Draža Mihailović's organization forty Chetnik voivodes were recognized, thirty appointed by Birčanin and ten by Dangić, either on Mihailović's proposal or on Ditko Aleksić accord
Draža Mihailović (1893–1946), supreme commander, vojvoda of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army.
Miroslav Trifunović (1894–1945), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda šumadijski (Voivode of Šumadija ).
Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda pocerski (Voivode of Pocerina ).
Nikola Kalabić (1906–1946), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda oplenački (Voivode of Oplenac ).
Dragutin Keserović (1896–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kopaonički (Voivode of Kopaonik ).
Zvonimir Vučković (1916–2004), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda takovski (Voivode of Takovo ).
Predrag Raković (1912–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda ljubićki (Voivode of Ljubić ).
Dušan Smiljanić , Yugoslav captain, vojvoda gružanski (Voivode of Gruža ).
Aleksandar Mihajlović Vili [sr ] (1907–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda avalski (Voivode of Avala ).
Milutin Janković [sr ] (1913–1944), Yugoslav sublieutenant, vojvoda dragačevski (Voivode of Dragačevo ).
Velimir Piletić (1906–1972), Yugoslav major, vojvoda krajinski (Voivode of the Timok Valley ).
Neško Nedić [sr ] , Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda valjevski (Voivode of Valjevo ).
Pero Đukanović [sr ] (1892–1986), vojvoda od Ludmera (Voivode of Ludmer ).
Uroš Drenović (1911–1944), Yugoslav lieutenant, vojvoda in Bosnia.
Petar Baćović (1898–1945), Yugoslav major, vojvoda kalinovički (Voivode of Kalinovik ). Named in July 1942.
Petar Samardžić , vojvoda in Herzegovina.
Savo Kovač [sr ] (1906–1946), vojvoda in Herzegovina. Named by Birčanin in 1942.
Radojica Perišić (1906–1945), Orthodox priest, vojvoda in Golija .
Mirko Marić
Branko Bogunović
Danilo Stanisavljević nicknamed Dane Cicvara (1917-1942) - voivode of Lika and Kordun
Mane Rokvić (d. 1944).
Vlada Novaković
Karl Novak (1905–1975), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda in Slovenia.
Pavle Đurišić (1909–1945), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda durmitorski (Voivode of Durmitor ). Named in December 1941.
Bajo Stanišić (1890–1943), Yugoslav colonel, vojvoda in Montenegro.
Blažo Đukanović (1883–1943), Yugoslav brigadier general, vojvoda in Montenegro.
Milo Rakočević [sr ] (1910–2007), Yugoslav major, vojvoda in Montenegro. Named in July 1944.
Miljan Anđušić (1895–1946), Yugoslav captain, vojvoda Zetski i Skenderijski.
Novak Anđušić (1901–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro. Named by Voivode M. Anđušić in May 1941.
Miloš Radoman (1903–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro.
Blago Ajković (1899–1943), vojvoda in Montenegro. Self-styled.
Vojislav Lukačević (1908–1945), vojvoda in Raška.
Zaharije Ostojić (1907–1945), general command.
Radovan Ivanišević , vojvoda dinarski (Voivode of the Dinara). Named by Birčanin.
Other
Kosta Pećanac (1879–1944), vojvoda of the Pećanac Chetniks . Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), vojvoda of the Dinara Division . Named by King Peter II in 1942.[ 1]
Dobroslav Jevđević (1895–1962), vojvoda of Herzegovina Chetniks. Self-appointed.
Stojan Krstić, commander of the Vardar Chetnik Corps . Named in 1943.
Aleksandar Janković (1921-2019) voivoda of Fruska Gora, Royal Yugoslav Army Air Force pilot, named in 1942 by Kosta Milovanović Pećanac
Ilija Trifunović-Birčanin . Named during the Macedonian Struggle.
Dragoslav Račić (1905–1945), Yugoslav colonel.
Jezdimir Dangić , Yugoslav major.
Dragiša Vasić (1885–1945), Yugoslav reserve officer.
Aćim Babić , vojvoda in East Bosnia. Self-styled.
Yugoslav Wars
By Momčilo Đujić
By Vojislav Šešelj
On 13 May 1993:
On 20 March 1994:
Named after Yugoslav Wars
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