Mihailo Ristić-Džervinac

Mihailo Ristić-Džervinac
Nicknames
  • Uča (slang for "teacher")
  • Džervinac
Bornc. 1854
Died1916
Allegiance
Service years1904–12
ConflictsMacedonian Struggle, Balkan Wars
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Mihailo Ristić-Džervinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Ристић-Џервинац; c. 1854–1916) was a senior Serbian officer, co-conspirator of the May Coup, and chief of the Upper Staff of East Povardarie during the Serbian Chetnik operations in Old Serbia and Macedonia in the beginning of the 20th century.

Life

He hailed from a village near Svrljig. He died in 1916 in Ferryville near Bizerte.

May Coup

He was the one who shot King Alexander and Queen Draga.

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