Ranko Alimpić

Ranko Alimpić (Nakučani near Šabac, 9 March 1826) - Belgrade, 19 November 1882, was a general of the Serbian army, a minister, commander of the Drina Division and the Drina Corps.

Biography

He was born in Nakučani to father Marko, a farmer, and mother Filipa, born Jerotić from the village of Sinoševac. [1] He finished elementary school in Nakučani and Šabac, and high school in Kragujevac in 1842. In the same year, he entered the military service, where he progressed quickly: from 1845 he was a lieutenant, from 1858 a staff captain, from 1859 a major, from 1862 a colonel and from 1876 a general.

From 1846 to 1852 he studied military science in Berlin and Potsdam. He was a professor (1852–1859) and then head (1859–1860) of the Artillery School in Belgrade.

In the period from 12 August 1860, to February 20, 1861, he was the head of the Podrinje district. [2] In addition, he was the chief of Krajina and the chief of the Požarevac district. He was a member of the Liberal Party and a supporter of Obrenović. His wife Mileva was the daughter of Petar Vukomanović, the brother of Princess Ljubica Obrenović. They had no children.

During the Turkish bombing of Belgrade immediately after the incident at Čukur Fountain, he commanded Serbian forces in the city. From 1873 to 1874, he was the Minister of Construction, then a member of the State Council.

In 1875, he was appointed commander of the forces along the border on the Drina, where he organized volunteers to fight against the Turks in Bosnia and Raška. This work was interrupted by the Serbian government under pressure from foreign powers.

In the Serbian-Turkish war of 1876-1877, he commanded the Drina army and penetrated into Semberija during July 1876. In September, he withdrew from Bosnia to send reinforcements to the Moravian and Ibar armies, which are in a difficult situation due to Turkish pressure on the southern front.

From 1878 to 1880 he was again Minister of Construction. He was in charge of preparing the construction of the Niš-Vranje and Niš-Pirot railways.

He died in Belgrade on 19 November 1882.

His wife Mileva Alimpić wrote the book "Life and work of General Ranko Alimpić: in connection with events from recent Serbian history", Belgrade 1892, 738 pages. The two of them were the founders of the church in Banja Koviljača, destroyed after the Second World War [3] and the church in Nakučani, his birthplace.

In the National Museum in Belgrade, there is a painting "Ranko Alimpić", the work of Stevan Todorović. There is a street called "Ranka Alimpić" in Šabac.

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