"Veljko Petrović" redirects here. For other uses, see Veljko Petrović (poet).
Serbian military commander
Veljko Petrović Вељко Петровић
Portrait of Hajduk Veljko by Uroš Knežević, 1852
Nickname(s)
Hajduk Veljko Хајдук Вељко
Born
1780 Lenovac, near Zaječar, Ottoman Empire (present-day Serbia)
Died
1813 (aged 33) Negotin, Revolutionary Serbia
Allegiance
Revolutionary Serbia
Years of service
1803–1813
Rank
buljukbašica, buljubaša, vojvoda
Unit
Stanoje Glavaš's unit (1804) Vulićević's Unit (1804–1807) Timok Valley forces
Battles/wars
First Serbian Uprising
Veljko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Петровић, Serbian pronunciation:[ʋěːʎkopětroʋitɕ]; c. 1780 – 1813), known simply as Hajduk Veljko (Хајдук Вељко, [xǎjduːk v̞ɛ̌ːʎkɔ]), was one of the vojvodas (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, in charge of the Negotin area. He was one of the most prominent leaders of the uprising.[1]
^Vojska, Vol. 13, Issue 622–630 (2004)
Хајдук Вељко, без сумње, један је од највећих јунака Првог српског устанка. Рођен у Леновцу код Зајечара, још од детињства био ...
Veljko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Петровић, Serbian pronunciation: [ʋěːʎko pětroʋitɕ]; c. 1780 – 1813), known simply as HajdukVeljko (Хајдук Вељко...
HNK Hajduk Split; Serbian football teams Hajduk Kula, FK Hajduk Beograd, FK HajdukVeljko and Hajduk Lion; the Macedonian football team FK Hajduk - Vratnica;...
Veljko (Cyrillic script: Вељко) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to: FK HajdukVeljko, Serbian football club based in Negotin...
OFK Grbalj in the Montenegrin First League. He last played with FK HajdukVeljko in the Serbian League East. In September 2018 he became the director...
Serbian revolutionaries that had been active hajduks prior to the Revolution, were Stanoje Glavaš, Hajduk-Veljko, Stojan Čupić, Lazar Dobrić, and others....
then-fortified town. Eventually, a Turkish gunman sighted HajdukVeljko and shot his cannon. Veljko was hit in the chest by a cannonball and died immediately...
Lazarevac Memorial Church Mačkov Kamen complex Despot Stefan Memorial HajdukVeljko's Powder Magazine Early Byzantine Tomb Skull Tower Niš concentration...
parallel uprising of 1821. Olympios married Čučuk Stana, the widow of HajdukVeljko, who had arrived from Serbia to participate in the Greek War of Independence...
Global Information
Revolutionary Serbia