Kosta Vojinović
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Vojvoda Kosta Vojinović Kosovac |
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Kosta Vojinović in Chetnik gear.
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| Nickname(s) | Kosovac |
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May 13, 1891 Smederevo, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Died | December 23, 1917 (aged 26) Grgure, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Allegiance |  |
| Years of service | 1912–17 |
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| Relations | Jovan Vojinović (father) |
Kosta Vojinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Коста Војиновић, 13 May 1891 – 23 December 1917), known by his nickname Kosovac (Косовац), was a Serbian soldier who fought in the Balkan Wars, World War I, most notably commanding the suppression of the Bulgarian Toplica insurrection.
Vojinović was born in Smederevo, Kingdom of Serbia, to parents who had fled from the Vučitrn area in Kosovo, due to Albanian zulum (oppression), the region at the time being part of the Ottoman Empire. He came from a respected family, his father Jovan having finished military school in Russia and upon returned to Serbia he worked as a state clerk of the general tax administration, and later was the president of a municipality in Kosovska Mitrovica up until World War I. His mother Sofija died while he was young, and he did never accept his step-mother, he thus mostly lived with his mother's family, mostly at his uncle Panta Grujić, a Serbian army officer (who was a commander of the Morava Division in World War I, given many awards and rank of general). He had heard stories of Serbian history and wars from his father and uncle while growing up.
He began primary school in Smederevo, continuing in Belgrade until the sixth grade of gymnasium, when his father's employment at an Austrian firm in Belgrade made it possible for Kosta to continue his education in the Vienna University of Business. With an economics degree and flawless German, he returned to Serbia, to Vranje, where his father worked at the time. Kosta established a commercial business with his brother-in-law Dušan Kalčić.
In Vranje, he befriended numerous Serb guerillas who had their base in the town. From there, the guerillas crossed the Serbian-Ottoman border into Macedonia where they fought for the liberation of the Serb people. The Central Board of the Serbian Chetnik Organization in Vranje was active at that time, which led affairs regarding Macedonia, and thereby Chetnik armed action. Some of the most notable fighters active at the time included Jovan Babunski, Jovan Dovezenski, Vasilije Trbić, Pavle Mladenović, Vojislav Tankosić, Savatije Milošević, Doksim Mihailović, Đorđe Skopljanče, Vojin Popović, and others. His day-to-day traveling work gave him time to undetectedly enter Serb villages and contact Chetniks from whom he received information on battles and successes. His career was ended in 1911 when he was called up for military training.
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