Bogoboj Rucovic
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Bogoboj Rucović (1869-1912)[1] was a renowned actor who performed during the glory days of the Serbian stage theatre.
Bogoboj Rucović was born in a Serbian village of Podostrog near Budva[2]in Montenegro to V. Rev. and Mrs. Gavrilo Rucović.
In many ways, Bogoboj Rucović went ahead of his time and brought the avant-garde to the theater stage. As such, he had to come into conflict with the environment in which he created, especially if we add to that his unbridled character and the passion with which he lived. Like many people of great gift and integrity, who came from this area of ours, he remained misunderstood and experienced numerous injustices. One of those injustices was reflected in the fact that he did not know how to materially valorize his hard work in the theater. In addition, he did not enter theatrical anthologies, although he deserved a special place in them.
It is a great pity that he left early (he died at the age of forty-four), as well as that he encountered such a huge misunderstanding. He did not agree to the stagnant circumstances in the theater and he energetically fought against that "frog's head". Of course, it was never easy for people who were destined to make strides. Thus, it was not easy for Bogoboj Rucović to pave the way for a modern Serbian and Yugoslav theater at the beginning of the last century. In that constant struggle, indulged in the passions of the adventure of his bohemian life, he gradually burned down, and in the end - from the life and theater scene - he disappeared silently and was forgotten relatively quickly.
Although it represents a significant name of our cultural past, it is almost completely unknown in its homeland. However, Peko Liješević died on August 1, 1986. in Budva's "Primorske novine" published an article about Bogoboj Gavrilov Rucović, in which he referred to the life and work of this great actor. Memories of him in Budva were especially revived only in 2008, when the drama "Gossip", directed by Ljubiša Ristić, was performed as part of the City Theater theater festival. The central character of this play is the Budva actor Bogoboj Rucović, who has been unjustifiably forgotten for decades.
The lighting of his name, character, and theatrical engagement was significantly contributed by the dramaturge prof. Dr. Darko Antović, who published the scientific work "Bogoboj Rucović - a frame for a portrait of a great forgotten actor" in the Collection of Papers from Science, Culture, and Art entitled "Boka" (No. 26, Herceg-Novi, 2006, 163 - 199).
On the other hand, my uncle Marko Ђ. For years, Ivanović, following the traces of documents from the past, very carefully collected data, historical facts, and memories about the Rucović brotherhood from the village of Podostrog near Budva. He published a part of this collected information in the article "Rucovići on Očinići and in Maini" ("Primorske novine" from 25 November 1989). While preparing for the "creation" of this modest article about another famous Mainjanin and Budvanin, theater actor Bogoboj Rucović, Marko Ivanović selflessly gave me all the collected documentation, for which I am especially grateful.
It should be said that Bogoboj's family Rucović belongs to one of the oldest fraternities in Main. Namely, sometime after the Battle of Kosovo, the ancestors of today's Rucovićs fled from Old Serbia, fleeing from the Turks, to Očinići, near Cetinje. They are indicated here by the toponyms Rucova lokva (in Srednje Očinići) and Rucev brijeg (north-west of Gornji Očinići). These toponyms testify to the Turkish era and remind of the rule of the local Muslim beys Rucevic. Namely, one part of these Ručevićs, who came from Old Serbia to Očinići, converted to Islam and became Turkish beys (the locals paid them tribute), while the other part, in order to preserve the Christian faith, came to Primorje, that is. to Vrh Laza in Main. From this place, the two brothers later moved "a little to the east" in the village of Mažići (from them the famous Krapovići brotherhood was formed there), while the other two settled in the village of Podostrog, of which today's Rucovići. In relation to the Islamized Rucevićs, who stopped at Očinići, there is a difference in the fourth letter of their surname among the main Rucovićs.
Two documents are important for the study of the history and genealogy of the Main Rucovićs, both written by priests from their fraternity. The first is the ancient testament of the priest Šćepan Rucović, written on 7 April 1519 in Podostrog, and the second is only the accompanying explanation of the priest Gavrilo Rucović, given with the publication of the above-mentioned testament. These documents were - by the way - published in the Schematism of the [[Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Boka Kotorska[[, Dubrovnik, and Spič for the year 1886 (Zadar, 1886, pp. 36 and 37).
Prota Gavrilo notes in this schematism that the Rucovićs gave, including him, ten Orthodox priests. Bearing in mind that he was the last priest in his fraternity, the data of priest Sava Nakićenović, from his famous anthropogeographic study "Boka" (Belgrade, 2013, p. 591), that the Rucovićs allegedly had 18 priests is incorrect.
In addition to the mentioned ten clergymen, this respectable Maine fraternity, in the difficult times of the Venetian and Austrian occupation, gave numerous other national champions (Captain Niko Ivov Rucović, mentioned in 1782, as well as others).
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