Lepenica (region)

Lepenica (Serbian: Лепеница) is a historical subregion (or microregion) in Šumadija in central Serbia. It was a knežina (administrative unit) in Revolutionary Serbia. It includes villages in the Mladenovac and Mionica municipalities.

History

In the late Ottoman period, Lepenica was a knežina (Christian self-governing village groups) belonging to the Kragujevac nahiya.[1]

During the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13), the Lepenica area was organized into a knežina (administrative unit) of Revolutionary Serbia, belonging to the Kragujevac nahija. The Kragujevac nahiya had included three[2] or four[1] knežina (Christian self-governing village groups) prior to 1804, the Lower Gruža, the Upper Gruža, Lepenica, and Jasenica; with the uprising, the Gruža knežina was organized as one.

The Lepenica men under the command of Đuka participated in the Battles of Batočina and Jagodina (March–April 1804).[3] During the siege of Čačak (1815), Pavle Cukić crossed Krčmar in Lepenica on his way to the Požarevac nahija, rallying people.[4]

Among the most notable participants in the Serbian Revolution that hailed from Lepenica or were active there are:

  • Đuka (fl. 1804–), obor-knez of Lepenica, from Jagnjilo.[5]
  • Dimitrije Parezan (1780–1813), kapetan of Lepenica, from Brzan, fell at Deligrad.[5]
  • Stevan Filipović (fl. 1804–), secretary, from Jagnjilo.
  • Pavle Cukić (1778–1817), vojvoda of Lepenica (–1812), from Krčmar.
  • Miloš Saranovac, vojvoda of Lepenica (1812–).

References

  1. ^ a b Đorđević 1921, p. 517.
  2. ^ Popović 2020, p. 1.
  3. ^ Novaković 1904, p. 139.
  4. ^ Nenadović 1903, p. 386.
  5. ^ a b Jokić & Milićević 1891, p. 46.

Sources

  • Andrejić, Živojin (1979). Rača i okolina: prilog za istoriju Lepenice. Svetlost.
  • Đorđević, Tihomir R. (1921). "Кнежине у Србији за време прве владе Кнеза Милоша". Српски књижевни гласник, нова серија. 4: 508–518, 600–611.
  • Jokić, Petar; Milićević, M. Đ. (1891) [1852]. "Imena Srba". Споменик. У Државној штампарији Краљевне Србије: 46–56.
  • Nenadović, Konstantin N. (1903) [1883]. Живот и дела великог Ђорђа Петровића Кара-Ђорђа [Life and Deeds of Great Đorđe Petrović Kara-Đorđe]. Vol. I (2 ed.). Belgrade: Штампа Савића и Комп. – via Archive.org.
  • Novaković, Stojan (1904). Устанак на дахије 1804. Штампано у Државној штампарији – via Archive.org.
  • Popović, Radomir (2020), Гружа у Хаџи-Продановој буни [Gruža in Hadži-Prodan's rebellion] (PDF), Српски научни центар – центар за етнолошко-антрополошка и мултидисциплинарна истраживања Срба

Further reading

  • Радивојевић, Тodor (1911). "Лепеница: Антропогеографска испитивања". СЕЗб VII, Насеља српских земаља. 7.

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