Stanislav "Stanko" Radović Sočivica (born 1715) was a merchant and hajduk

Hajduk

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(rebel), who served the Republic of Venice

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 and fought the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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 in the Balkans

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. He held the rank of harambaša, or capo principale. Stanko has attained legendary status in the Imotski

Imotski

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 and Cetina

Cetina

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-regions of Croatia

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.

Life

He was born in ca 1715, in Simijova

Simijova

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, a place in Bileća

Bileca

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, near Trebinje

Trebinje

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, in the Herzegovina

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 region, then in the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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. His father was Vuk Sočivica. In his youth, there was an infamous Turkish family, the Umetalčić, which headed from Žegulja (Berkovići

Berkovici

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) to Vranjska (nearby), to collect Haraç

Haraç

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 (tax). Stanko meets the brothers and tricks them, killing them and taking all the money. In retaliation, the Ottomans slay 70 people. The next day, Stanko and his people leave for Dalmatia, and Stanko's father died on the way. They arrived in Proložac

Proložac

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 or Prolog

Mali Prolog

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 (Imotski

Imotski

Imotski , is a small town situated on the northern side of Biokovo massif, Dalmatian hinterland, Croatia. The town was first mentioned as Imotski for the first time in the 10th century and it was held by the Turks from the fall of Bosnia until 1717 when it was captured by the Venetians. The town...

), which at the time was under the Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice

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, and buys land to build a house on (Ciciljani house) and goods, with the Ottoman money. As the Ottoman closed in on him, and destroyed his house, he joined the rebel bands (hajduks) in 1745, serving Venice against the Ottoman Empire. Sočivica mainly fought in Dalmatia and the border regions of the sanjaks of Herzegovina, Bosnia and Montenegro

Montenegro

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. In 1766, he fought in Prolog

Prolog

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 and Livanj region, during the time of Ahmet-beg II Firdus.

His life was the subject of a book by Dalmatian writer Ivan Lovrić

Ivan Lovrić

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(1776).