Draft:Teodor Bojinović

Teodor Bojinvić (Serbian Cyrillic: Тeодор Бојиновић; Dobrić, Serbia, Ottoman Empire, c. 1755 - Zvornik, Karađorđe's Serbia, 1813) was one of the first revolutionaries from Jadar (Serbia) who successfully engaged the Ottoman troops in the First Serbian Uprising.

Biography
Teodor Bojinović was born in the Jadar (Serbia), in the village of Gornji Dobrić, in 1780. In 1804, Đorđe Ćurčija placed him as a Boluk-bashi (an Ottoman officer rank equivalent to captain) over the right side of the Jadar (Serbia) and sent him to Lesnica (Trgovište), where he expelled the Turks across the Drina and encamped in the village of Ranitovac. He fought bravely but had to retreat in front of a larger Turkish army. After commander Đorđe Ćurčija's death, he was the most prominent man in the Serbian military in Jadar region. When a truce with the Turks took place, he wasn't active; he stayed at home. During the battles in the Šabac Nahiye (then under Ottoman occupation), he went with several men across Cer and began fighting the Turks. But since his wife and house were in Jadar, a rumour began to spread that he had come as a Turkish spy. Hearing this, Teodor promised that he will either die in the first battle or catch a Turk alive. In the first battle, he kills a Turk. Others rushed at him to cut off his head, and he fired a rifle at a Turk's head, knocked him unconscious to the ground and tied him up. But while he was doing this, another Turk pulled out a rifle and wounded him in the hip. And so his men brought before their leader Jakov Nenadović both wounded Todor and a bound Turk. Afterwards, he spent some time convalescing in a hospital monastery Radovašnica from the hip wound that left him slightly lame. When Jakov Nenadović rebelled against Jadar and Radjevina again in 1807, he appointed Anta Bogićević voivode (duke), ignoring the heroism of Teodor Bojinović. In 1808, the followers of Bojinović demanded before the Governing State Council that the leadership of the right side of the Jadar district be given to Teodor Bojinović, at least a lower rank of captain. Since Anta Bogićević was a duke and a man of wealth, he was able to sway the vote of the Governing State Council and Jakob Nenadović in his favour. Also, they had Teodor Bojinović incarcerated and sentenced on old, alleged charges of espionage. Bojinović's life was spared by the intervention of Vuk Karadžić who reminded the military tribunal that Bojinović's reputation as a decorated veteran of Koča's frontier rebellion in 1788 and volunteer in the First Serbian Uprising ought to be taken into account. Also, Bojinović former soldiers who served in his unit came to his support. The authorities had no choice but to set Bojinović free. Then, Bojinović, disenchanted, left the military and became engaged in agriculture on a rented farm for the next four years. When the Turks took control of Serbia once again in 1813, they came after him, captured him and took him to Zvornik where he was hanged without a trial in 1813.

Teodor Bojinović is included among the heroes of the Serbian Revolution in history texts.