User:CallOfPavle/Živko Pavlović (general)

Živko Pavlović (Serbian Cyrilic Живко Павловић, 1/13 March 1871 — 25 April 1938) was a Serbian army officer, divisional general of the Yugoslav Army, professor, director of the Military Academy, military writer and academician.

He was born in the village of Bašin to his father Gavrilo and mother Ana Petrović. He changed his surname Petrović to his uncle's surname Pavlović, with whom he lived with his stepmother after the death of his parents. After finishing elementary school, Zivko enrolled in the Kragujevac Gymnasium. At that time, a young officer (future vojvoda) Stepa Stepanović worked in the Military Academy, which contributed to Pavlović enrolling in the lower school of the Military Academy in 1892. His classmate was a future Army General and Minister of Army and Navy Petar Pešić

After graduating from the Academy, Živko was a sergeant, and after that he enrolled in the Higher School of the Military Academy on September 1, 1894. In the following period, he underwent all duties from sergeant in the Morava Artillery Regiment, to the commander of the battery. From 1899 to 1892 he was at the General Staff preparations in Belgrade. In 1902 he was sent to Berlin for training. After returning from Berlin, he became an ordained officer of the king and held this duty until 1905. Two years later, he became the adjutant of Prince Djordje, and after that duty he was professor of Aleksandar Karađorđević in the period from 1908 to 1911. From 1910 to 1912, he served as chief of the Operational Department of the Main General Staff and held this position until the beginning of the First Balkan War.

Before the First Balkan War, he was selected among the four closest associates of Putnik and then became the head of the order-making department in the operational department of the Supreme Command and after the end of his service in that position, he was part of the delegation that concluded the Treaty of London. He participated in the siege of Scutari, when he was promoted to general colonel, and later participated in the Battle of Bregalnik. After this victory, The Duke Of Travelurged urged that at his proposal he should be promoted to the rank of general, but he refused.

At the beginning of World War I, Pavlovic led the mobilization of the population. He was a close associate of Radomir Putnik and worked out battle plans with him. After the Serbian campaign, the government dismissed Radomir Putnik, along with Živko Pavlović, his deputy. He came into conflict when planning the Thessaloniki Front with Zivojin Mišić and his plan was not adopted. After his victory at Kajmakčalan, he was removed from his post as commander of the Sumadija Division and sent for treatment for malaria.

After the war, he was promoted to the rank of general in 1919. In the same year he became the director of the Military Academy in Belgrade, and in 1920 he became assistant commander of the First Army District and commander of the Adriatic Divisional District. He retired three years later. At the suggestion of Jovan Cvijić, he was elected a regular member of the Serbian Royal Academy in 1921. He was included in the ranks of the greatest warlords of Serbian and Yugoslav history.

== Младост и школовање = He was born on March 13, 1871 as Živko Petrović in the village of Bašin. This village belonged to the Jasenik district of Smederevo District. His parents were poor farmers, Gavrilo and Ana Petrović. Živko's father Gavrilo was a hajduk in the old area and came to Jasenica from Sjenica. Although Gavrilo Petrović was illiterate, poor and a wage-earner, he participated in both Serbian-Turkish Wars (1876–1878) as a chetnik and commanded a battalion and for exceptional military posture he was awarded the gold and silver medals for bravery. His mother, Ana Petrović (née Starčević) gave birth only to Živko, because she died two years after his birth. After Anna's death, Gavrilo married her close cousin Angela, with whom he had a son and a daughter. He finished elementary school in the village of Cerovac.

Even in elementary school, he stood out with a special clarity, and even helped his teacher, Mateja Đorđević, in teaching, and that is why, according to the customs of the time, they called him "censor". His classmates Zarija Sarčević and Ananija Jevremović said that he loved school very much. Schooling was difficult for Živko from a young age and only the most persistent could endure such difficulties. On the recommendation of teacher Mateja Đorđević, Živko was enrolled in Kragujevac Gymnasium. His stepmother, Anđa, after Gabriel's death, remained on the property with two other children. He was initially assisted by his maternal grandfather, but he also died shortly after. During his education in Kragujevac, he lived with a pharmacist, to whom he was obliged to wash dishes and prepare wood for combustion. In addition to these jobs, he was not freed from any other household chores. During this period, Zivko's uncle Pavle took care of him for some time, bringing him food from the village of Ramaca to Kragujevac. As a sign of gratitude for the great care, Živko changed his birth name Petrović to Uncle Pavlovic. Later, he continued to sign with the surname Pavlović and remained so for the rest of his life. The only connection to his father was a monogram of his name with which he signed on all military documents.

He enrolled in the Lower School of the Military Academy after passing the entrance exam on September 1, 1889, as a cadet of the 22nd class. During that period, the young officer Stepa Stepanović was a professor at the Military Academy, so many cadets decided to enroll in this particular school, including Živko Pavlović. He completed his education as an artillery second lieutenant on September 16, 1892, as the seventh in the rank of fifty cadets. Of the six in front of Živko, only the army retains the better-known name of army general and Minister of Army and Navy Petar Pešić.

Active service
Активна служба Живка Павловића почиње на месту водника у Дринском артиљеријском пуку у периоду од 1892. до 1894. године. Вишу школу војне академије уписао по обављеном пријемном испиту 1. септембра 1894. године, као девети у рангу од четрнаест питомаца. Од 1896. до 1898. био је био водник III брдског дивизиона Моравског артиљеријског пука у Алексинцу. 1898. године био је командир VII батерије III дивизиона Моравског артиљеријског пука у Алексинцу. После проведеног прописаног времена у служби на месту командира батерије, допуштено му је да се пријави за приправника у генералштабној струци. Од 1899. до 1902. се налазио на генералштабној припреми у Команди активне војске у Београду. Након две године припремног рада произведен у чин генералштабног капетана I класе 1901. године. У периоду 1902. године, шест месеци је провео као државни питомац на усавршавању у Берлину. У Берлину проучава дело Карла фон Клаузевица изучавајући немачку доктрину и прецизност у научном приступу изради ратних планова. По повратку у земљу од 19. фебруара 1903. године, био је командант 2 батерије у 17. пешадијском пуку. Од 23. јула 1903. године, помоћник начелника Штаба Тимочке дивизијске области. У периоду од 18. марта 1903. до 31. маја 1905. године био је ордонанс официр краља. 24. априла 1904. поред редовне дужности био је и у Општевојном одељењу Министарства војног. У чин генералштабног мајора унапређен је 6. априла 1904. године. На нову функцију команданта II батаљона VII пешадијског пука постављен по окончању претходне дужности. Још као млади официр Живко Павловић се истакао многим војничким врлинама: дисциплином, уредношћу и одговорношћу. Управо због тих особина именован је у периоду од 14. маја 1906. до 1. јануара 1907. године за ађутанта краљевића Ђорђа.