Jovan Albanez

Jovan Albanez
Native name Јован Албанез
Born second half of the 17th century
Podgorica
Died c. 1732
Russian Empire
Allegiance Russian Empire Russian Empire
Rank Colonel[1]
Commands held Serb Hussar Regiment
Battles/wars Pruth River Campaign

Jovan Albanez (Serbian: Јован Албанез) or Ivan Albanez (second half of the 17th century – c. 1732)[2] was a military officer of Montenegrin Serb origin[3] who led the first group of colonists from the Military Frontier of the Habsburg Monarchy to the Russian Empire in the first half of the 18th century. Albanez and his kin originally came from Podgorica,[4] Venetian Albania, hence the sobriquet "Albanez" which became his surname.

Establishment of Serb Hussar Regiment

Main article: Serb Hussar Regiment

Owing to Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711), the position of Serbian militiamen in the Military Frontier of the Habsburg Monarchy was endangered. In 1704 the first Serbian attempts were made to offer their services to Imperial Russia in the latter's struggle against the Ottomans. Before the beginning of the Russo-Turkish War (1710–11) Russian Emperor Peter the Great invited Serbian militiamen and Serbs in general to join the Russian forces. During this period, a small group of Serbs, including Jovan Albanez, who emigrated to Russia from Austria. A small Serb unit commanded by then-Captain[3] Albanez distinguished itself in the Pruth River Campaign (1710–11),[4] so Peter the Great decided to expand this unit and turn it into a separate Serbian Hussar Regiment.[5]

In 1723 Peter the Great sent Albanez to the Pomorišje and Potisje regions of the Military Frontier of the Habsburg Monarchy to recruit additional Serbian militiamen.[6] The invitation letter carried by Albanez was signed by Peter the Great on 23 October 1723.[7] Every military men who emigrated to Russia with his wife and children would be granted arable land, while those who emigrated with larger numbers of people were promised additional privileges.

Albanez was quite successful with recruitment.[8] On 5 May 1724, Albanez reported from Serbia that he had recruited ten officers, including one colonel.[7] According to some sources, 459 Serbs emigrated to Russia in 1724, and 600 in 1725. A detailed list of the military unit commanded by Albanez was made in 1726.[7] They formed a small military unit commanded by Albaniez and referred to as the Serb Command. In 1727 Albanez was appointed the first commander of the newly established Serb Hussar Regiment.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Зборник Матице српске за историју. Матица. 2007. p. 23.
  2. ↑ Лесковац, Младен; Forišković, Aleksandar; Popov, Čedomir (2004). Српски биографски речник: А-Б. I. Будућност. p. 7. ISBN 978-86-83651-49-8.
  3. 1 2 Petrović, Mihailo (1941). Đerdapski ribolovi u prošlosti i u sadašnjosti. Izd. Zadužbine Mikh. R. Radivojeviča. p. 11. У Молдави над Прутом је у руској* војсци учествовао и капетан Јован Албанез, по Орфелину родом Србин из Подгорице.24) Он је командовао над једним омањим оделењем војника, које су сви у армији називали малоруским ...
  4. 1 2 Király, Béla K.; Rothenberg, Gunther Erich (1979). Special Topics and Generalizations on the 18th and 19th Centuries. Brooklyn College Press. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-930888-04-6.
  5. ↑ Дашић, Миомир (2005). Сеоба срба у Руско царство половином 18. века. Српско-украjинско друштво. p. 76.
  6. 1 2 Cerović, Ljubivoje (2002). Srbi u Ukrajini. Muzej Vojvodine. p. 30.
  7. 1 2 3 Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Srbi u XVIII veku (2 v.). Srpska književna zadruga. 1986. pp. 234, 235.
  8. ↑ Matkovski, Aleksandar (1985). Makedonskiot polk vo Ukraina. Misla. p. 164. За остварување на оваа цел Јован „Албанез" бил испратен во Унгарија да врбува граничари и имал доста успех
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