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Scutari, broke into Kuči and "destroyed" it; the Rovčani housed and protected some of the refugee families. On the request of Russian Empress Catherine, the Montenegrins and Herzegovinians took arms against the Ottomans in 1788. The call was gladly accepted by the Rovčani and Moračani who equipped
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of Katuni (especially in the tribes of
Cetinje, Čevo, Bjelice, and Cuce), elsewhere in Old Montenegro, and even in the Brda (Moračani, Rovci, Piperi) and Montenegrin Hercegovina (Nikšići, Rudinjani), the decision was understood as Serbia's annexion of Montenegro. But where the Green half of
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The Rovčani tribe had historically viewed themselves as Serbs, and in light of
Montenegrin independence (2006), Rovca clan chief Nikola Minić said that "If Milo Djukanovic tried to divide Montenegro... we wouldn't live in his country... but remain united in a brotherhood with Serbia."
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Bjelopavlići to the southwest, the Piperi to the south, and the Bratonožići to the southeast. Rovca consists of the following villages: Višnje, Velje Duboko, Liješnje, Cerovica, Međuriječje, Mrtvo Duboko, Sreteška Gora, Gornja Rovca, Vlahovići and Trmanje.
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gunpowder and weapons for the upcoming events. However, the
Ottomans heard of the intentions, and preemptively struck Morača, the centre of preparation. In 1794, the Kuči and Rovčani were devastated by the Ottomans. In 1796, the Montenegrin army under Metropolitan
616:(subdistrict), and then after another blood feud there he settled in what would become Rovca, in the village of Brezno (which today is known as Liješnje). This happened in the first half of the 15th century, before the Ottoman conquest.
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Montenegro nursed revenge against a burning shame, the Whites in the Brda (notably
Bjelopavlići) and beyond (Vasojevići), and in Hercegovina (Drobnjaci, a part of Nikšići, and Grahovljani) celebrated effective Pan-Serbianism.".
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882:На позив руске царице Катарине, Црногор- ци и Херцеговци устали су на оружје против Турака године 1788« Овај позив радо су прихватили Ровчани и Морачани и опремили су барут и оружје за насту- пајуће догађаје.
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Rodonjin. In 1689, an uprising broke out in Piperi, Rovca, Bjelopavlići, Bratonožići, Kuči and Vasojevići. This uprising broke out at the same time of a similar one in
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Rovca: bratstvo Bulatovići : životni put roda mog
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nationalist politician, writer and lawyer; by ancestry
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Glasnik Srpskog istorijsko-kulturnog društva "Njegoš"
1131:. Titograd: Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti.
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582:. Ilijan had a son, Nikša, who was in conflict with
366:. The historical region that they inhabit is called
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724:, Montenegrin politician and communist; by ancestry
676:, former Yugoslav Minister of Interior; by ancestry
427:The region of Rovca is first mentioned in the 1477
815:. Neven Publishing Corporation. 1982. p. 26.
521:Rovčani was one of the tribes that supported the
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700:, Montenegrin handball player; by ancestry
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736:, Montenegrin war criminal; by ancestry
706:, Montenegrin alpine skier; by ancestry
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844:. The Military Museum. p. xxviii.
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880:. Narodna Knjiga. p. 226.
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1083:Legende iz naših krajeva
910:Ferdo Čulinović (1954).
445:Orthodox Christian Serbs
1156:. London: I.B. Tauris.
942:Vojislav Korać (1971).
493:Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
668:First Serbian Uprising
664:Hajduk Veljko Petrović
508:First Serbian Uprising
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342:region, alongside the
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1274:(Upper and Lower),
1177:. M. V. Bulatović.
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334:) are a historical
33:Part of a series on
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1163:978-1-4416-2897-8
1117:978-0-8014-9493-2
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