Kamenica (Gornji Milanovac)

Kamenica
Каменица
Village
Church of Kamenica (Gornji Milanovac)
Kamenica
Coordinates: 44°04′00″N 20°39′00″E / 44.0667°N 20.6500°E / 44.0667; 20.6500
Country Serbia
DistrictMoravica District
MunicipalityGornji Milanovac
Population
 (2002)
 • Total
37
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Kamenica (Serbian: Каменица), formerly known as Kamenica Rudnička, is a village in the municipality of Gornji Milanovac, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 37 people.[1]

The village was active in the Serbian Revolution, being organized into the knežina (administrative unit) of Kačer during the First Serbian Uprising (1804–13). Among revolutionaries from the village were Antonije Ristić-Pljakić (1781–1832), vojvoda (general) of Karanovac and Karađorđe's son-in-law; Pavle Ristić, Antonije's brother; Mirko Milovanović and Radivoje, knez (mayor) of Rudnik; Milisav, buljubaša (captain); Rista arambaša (hajduk leader); Pavle Slepčević; Sima Milosavljević-Paštramac (1776–1836), buljubaša and barjaktar (flag-bearer) of Antonije.[2]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
  2. ^ Pavlović, Dragoljub M. (1990). "Учесници српских үстанака од 1804. до 1815. године из Рудничке и Пожешке нахије" [Participants aux insurrections serbes de 1804 et 1815 nés dans les nahies de Rudnik et de Požega] (PDF). Зборник радова Народног музеја у Чачку. XX: 115–131.