Micko Krstić
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Vojvoda Micko
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| Nickname(s) | Porečki |
| Born | ca. 1855 Latovo, Sanjak of Monastir, Ottoman Empire (now Makedonski Brod, R. Macedonia) |
| Died | October 29, 1909 Ižište, Monastir, Ottoman Empire |
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| Years of service | 1876–81, 1904–09 |
| Rank | vojvoda, harambaša |
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Micko Krstić-Porečki (Serbian Cyrillic: Мицко Крстић, 1855 – October 29, 1909), known as Vojvoda Micko, was a Serbian rebel leader in the Poreče region.
Krstić was born in Latovo, near Makedonski Brod in the Poreče region, at the time part of the Sanjak of Monastir, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Macedonia). His family hailed from nearby Trebino. His birth year is mostly given as ca. 1855, and scarcely as ca. 1840. He espoused a Serb identity. His teacher in Latovo was Obradović.
He volunteered in the Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78). He then participated in the Kumanovo Uprising (January 20 — May 20, 1878).
After the war, the Serbian military government sent armament and aid to rebels in Kosovo and Macedonia. Christian rebel bands were formed all over the region. Many of those bands, privately funded and aided by the government, were established in Serbia and crossed into Ottoman territory. In that way, Micko Krstić formed a rebel band in 1879 in Niš, with the help of Nikola Rašić and the military government in Vranje.
Micko's bands received weapons and ammunition in Vranje. It crossed the border and came into conflict with Ottomans in around Kriva Palanka, where many of his fighters were killed. With only one comrade, Micko went to Poreče and joined the band of Stevan Petrović–Porečanin, established in the same year.
On 14 October 1880, an uprising broke out in Poreče, known as the Brsjak Revolt. Micko was one of the leaders, along with Ilija Delija, Rista Kostadinović, and Anđelko Tanasević. This uprising would span little more than a year.
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