Damnjan Nedić
Damnjan Nedić also spelled Damjan Nedić (Osečina, Kolubara District, Serbia, 1772 - Čokešina, Municipality of Loznica, Serbia, 1804) is remembered as a heroic figure along with his brother Gligorije Nedić as well as Damnjan Kotešanin and Panta Damnjanović who with their respective companies of hajduk četas fell in the Battle of Čokešina[1] during Karađorđe's Serbia.[2][3]
Legacy[edit]
In Serbian history, he is one of three Nedić brothers, two of whom perished at the Battle of Čokešina on Lazarus Saturday in 1804 to a numerically superior Turkish army when they attacked the Serbian monastery where 300 young haiduks met their fate. German historian Leopold von Ranke called it the Serbian Thermopylae.[4] Later, the surviving brother Mihajlo Nedić who was stationed elsewhere during the Battle of Čokešina was killed in another battle in 1809.
A street in Belgrade is named after the two brothers.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Памте српске Термопиле". Новости. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ Меморијали ослободилачких ратова Србије. Влада Републике Србије, Министарство рада, запошљавања и социјалне политике. 2006. ISBN 9788676860678.
- ^ "Braća Nedić, junaci bitke kod Čokešine".
- ^ СРПСКИ ТЕРМОПИЛИ sgd.org.rs
- ^ Moser, Birgitta Gabriela Hannover (March 2019). Belgrad und Novi Sad: Sehenswürdigkeiten, Kultur, Szene, Umland, Reiseinfos. Trescher Verlag. ISBN 9783897944527.