Nickname(s) "Razvigora" Battles/wars Macedonian Struggle | Years of service 1903–1918 Name Ljuba Jezdic | |
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Died September 15, 1927 (aged 42)
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Serbia) Allegiance Serbian Chetnik Organization (1903–12) and Serbian Army (1912–18) | ||
Ljubomir "Ljuba" Jezdic (Serbian Cyrillic: Љubomir "Љuba" Јezdiћ; October 1, 1884 — September 15, 1927), known by his nom de guerre Razvigora (Razvigora) was a Serbian Chetnik voivode (military commander) in the Macedonian Struggle, and a lawyer.
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Early life
Jezdic was born in Loznica, Kingdom of Serbia (western Serbia) on October 1, 1884. The Loznica Jezdici live in Donja Badanja and Brnjac. He finished six grades in the Sabac gymnasium, then entered the Serbian Military Academy, but he was forced to cancel his studies before the end of the third year. He then entered the Law School in Belgrade, a period when he became one of the notable nationalistic youth leaders. He was a fellow student with Dusan Dimitrijevic, a future brother-in-arms.
Chetnik action (1903–08)
He had joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization and later crossed the Serbian-Ottoman border and entered Old Serbia on February 1, 1905, joining the band (cheta) of vojvoda Dorde Ristic. He then made transfer to the band of Rista Staracki. When Staracki's was wounded in the hand fighting in Drenak and went and vacated in Serbia, Jezdic became the vojvoda of this unit. He adopted the war name Razvigora, due to the first warm springtime wind, which made the leaves sprout (from razvitak, "sprout" and gora, "forest"). He participated in the great battle with the Ottoman army at Celopek (April 16, 1905).
On 28 April 1905, the larger Kragujevac- and Belgrade bands arrived at the Dubocica village, led by Borko Pastrovic and Aksentije Bacetovic respectively. Ilija Jovanovic, Lazar Kujundzic, Pavle Mladenovic and Ljuba Jezdic awaited them with their bands.
Balkan Wars and First World War (1912–18)
He was a sergeant during the Balkan Wars, and in the First World War he was a band commander, and commander of machine gunners in the Yugoslav volunteer regiment. After he fell sick, he was appointed a military delegate in Tunisia. He lived in Belgrade since 1918, working as a lawyer, and died there on September 15, 1927.