Rovčani
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The Rovčani (
Etymology
The Rovčani owe their name to the region that they inhabit, called Rovca, which is derived from Slavic rov, meaning “dent” or “trench”.[1]
Geography
Rovca borders the historical regions and tribes of the Moračani to the east, the Drobnjaci to the north, the Nikšići to the west, the Bjelopavlići to the southwest, the Piperi to the south, and the Bratonožići to the southeast. Rovca consists of the following villages: Višnje, Velje Duboko, Liješnje, Cerovica, Međuriječje, Mrtvo Duboko, Sreteška Gora, Gornja Rovca, Vlahovići and Trmanje.
History
The region of Rovca is first mentioned in the 1477 defter (tax registry) of the Sanjak of Herzegovina, which had been established in 1470.
In 1768, the Rovčani helped the Bjelopavlići, who were attacked by the Ottomans.
During the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13), the Drobnjaci, Moračani, Rovčani, Uskoci and Pivljani rose against the Ottomans and burnt down villages in Herzegovina.[9] In 1820, after the defeat of the Ottoman army at the Morača river, the Rovčani were incorporated into Montenegro, together with the Moračani.[10]
Rovčani was one of the tribes that supported the
Politics
The Rovčani tribe had historically viewed themselves as Serbs,[14] and in light of Montenegrin independence (2006), Rovca clan chief Nikola Minić said that "If Milo Djukanovic tried to divide Montenegro... we wouldn't live in his country... but remain united in a brotherhood with Serbia."[15]
Anthropology
According to local folklore, recalled by a Bulatović, the Rovca tribe ultimately descend from ban (duke) Ilijan, from
The other part of Rovčani are descendants of knez (duke) Bogdan Lješnjanin, who fled from Čevo due to a blood feud, and firstly settled in the village of Liješnje in the Lješ nahiyah (subdistrict), and then after another blood feud there he settled in what would become Rovca, in the village of Brezno (which today is known as Liješnje). This happened in the first half of the 15th century, before the Ottoman conquest.
All of the Rovca tribe celebrate the
Brotherhoods
- Rovca
- Bulatovići
- Šćepanovići
- Vlahovići
- Srezojevići
- Bogdanovići
Notable people
- Hajduk Veljko Petrović, hero of the First Serbian Uprising; by ancestry
- Momir Bulatović, former Yugoslav politician, President of Montenegro (1990–1998) and Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia (1998–2000); by ancestry
- Pavle Bulatović, former Yugoslav Minister of Interior; by ancestry
- Predrag Bulatović, Montenegrin politician; by ancestry
- Miodrag Bulatović, Serbian and Montenegrin novelist and playwright; by ancestry
- Katarina Bulatović, Montenegrin handball player; by ancestry
- Anđela Bulatović, Montenegrin handball player; by ancestry
- Ivana Bulatović, Montenegrin alpine skier; by ancestry
- Nikola Bulatović, retired Serbian and Montenegrin basketball player; by ancestry
- Veljko Vlahović, Montenegrin communist politician
- Miodrag Vlahović, Montenegrin politician and communist; by ancestry
- Miodrag Vlahović (foreign minister), former Montenegrin ambassador to the U.S.; by ancestry
- Veselin Vlahović, Montenegrin war criminal; by ancestry
- Matija Bećković, famous Serbian writer and poet; by ancestry
- Vlado Šćepanović, retired Montenegrin basketball player; born in Kolašin, by ancestry
- Nebojša Bogavac, retired Montenegrin basketball player; by ancestry
- Dragan Bogavac, Montenegrin football player; by ancestry[citation needed]
- Avdo Međedović, Montenegrin Muslim guslar and oral poet; by ancestry
- Mato Pižurica, Serbian linguist and professor
- Vojislav Šešelj, Bosnian Serb nationalist politician, writer and lawyer; by ancestry[citation needed]
References
- ^ Serb World. Neven Publishing Corporation. 1982. p. 26.
- ^ Elsie 2003, p. 154.
- ^ Belgrade (Serbia). Vojni muzej Jugoslovenske narodne armije (1968). Fourteen centuries of struggle for freedom. The Military Museum. p. xxviii.
- ^ a b c d Barjaktarović 1984, p. 28.
- ^ Marko A. Vujačić (1952). Znameniti crnogorski junaci: po istoriskim podacima, tradiciji i narodnoj pjesmi. Narodna Knjiga. p. 226.
На позив руске царице Катарине, Црногор- ци и Херцеговци устали су на оружје против Турака године 1788« Овај позив радо су прихватили Ровчани и Морачани и опремили су барут и оружје за насту- пајуће догађаје.
- ^ Glasnik Srpskog istorijsko-kulturnog društva "Njegoš". Njegoš. 1994. p. 32.
- ^ Ferdo Čulinović (1954). Državnopravna historija jugoslavenskih zemalja XIX i XX vijeka: knj. Srbija, Crna Gora, Makedonija, Jugoslavija, 1918-1945. Školska knjiga.
- ^ a b Barjaktarović 1984, p. 29.
- ^ Vojislav Korać (1971). Trebinje: Istorijski pregled. Zavičajni muzej. p. 304.
- ^ Morrison 2009, p. 21.
- ^ Banac 1988, p. 285 "The Great National Assembly was held at Podgorica, away from Cetinje and the areas of greatest pro-Petrović sentiment in Old Montenegro. But in the nahije of Katuni (especially in the tribes of Cetinje, Čevo, Bjelice, and Cuce), elsewhere in Old Montenegro, and even in the Brda (Moračani, Rovci, Piperi) and Montenegrin Hercegovina (Nikšići, Rudinjani), the decision was understood as Serbia's annexion of Montenegro. But where the Green half of Montenegro nursed revenge against a burning shame, the Whites in the Brda (notably Bjelopavlići) and beyond (Vasojevići), and in Hercegovina (Drobnjaci, a part of Nikšići, and Grahovljani) celebrated effective Pan-Serbianism.".
- OCLC 29027519, retrieved 12 December 2011,
Posebno je zanimljivo da su se i »zelenaši«,...., nacionalno smatrali Srbima" [it is especially interesting that Greens also ... declared themselves as Serbs]
- ^ Banac 1988, p. 286.
- ^ Morrison 2009, p. 175.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/correspondent/transcripts/861500.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ a b Književnost. Prosveta. 2002. pp. 594–597.
- ^ Mirko Milojković (1985). Legende iz naših krajeva. Srpska književna zadruga. p. 174.
Sources
- ISBN 978-0-8014-9493-2.
- Barjaktarović, Mirko (1984). Rovca (etnološka monografija). Titograd: Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti.
- Elsie, Robert, ed. (2003). "Mariano Bolizza: Report and description of the Sanjak of Shkodra 1614". Early Albania. A Reader of Historical Texts. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag.
- Morrison, Kenneth (2009). Montenegro: A Modern History. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-4416-2897-8.
- Vojislav M. Bulatović; Momir P. Bulatović; Petar J. Marković; Jovan V. Babović; Branko M. Bulatović; Marko V. Bulatović (2004). Rovca: bratstvo Bulatovići : životni put roda mog. M. V. Bulatović. ISBN 978-86-905639-0-6.