Vojin Popović


Vojin Popović, known as Vojvoda Vuk was a Serbian voivode, who fought for the Macedonian Serb Chetniks in the Struggle for Macedonia, and then the Serbian national army in the Balkan Wars and World War I.

Life

Vojin was born on 9 December 1881 at Sjenica, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Kragujevac, where Vojin attended school. He chose a career in the military. On 3 November 1901, he became second lieutenant. He was among the first cheta heading for Old Serbia, i.e. Makedonia.
He was killed after being shot through the heart on top of the Staravinski vis near Gruništa, Novaci Municipality in skirmishes after the Battle of Kaymakchalan on 29 November 1916 during the height of World War I. There is a Monument to Vojvoda Vuk in Belgrade.

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