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Marko Miljanov Popović (, ; 25 April 1833 – 2 February 1901) was a Montenegrin general, clan chief and writer. He entered the service of Danilo I, the first secular Prince of Montenegro in the modern era, and led his armed Kuči clan against the Ottoman Empire in the wars of 1861-1862 and 1876-1878, distinguishing himself as an able military leader. He had unified his clan with Montenegro in 1874. There was later a rift between Miljanov and Prince Nikola I. He was also an accomplished writer who gained repute for his descriptions of Montenegrin society. ==Biography== Marko was born on April 25 (St. Mark's Day), 1833, and was given the name "Marko" by his father Miljan Jankov Popović. His mother was Borika, born in Oraovo. He was baptized by priest Spasoje Jokov Popović. The village of Medun was located in the Kuči tribe (in present-day Podgorica municipality, Montenegro), which at the time was independent from the Ottoman Empire as well as the direct rule of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Like his fellow highlanders, he took part in ''hajdučija'' (guerilla fighting) against the Ottoman Empire in the region. In 1856, he came to the Montenegrin capital Cetinje and entered the service of Prince Danilo in his guards unit called ''perjanici''. For his bravery and successes in raids on Ottoman territory and as a man of confidence, he was awarded in 1862 the position of judge and head of Bratonožići clan. For his work on unification of Kuči with Montenegro in 1874, he had a price set on his head by the Turks. The same year saw his appointment to the Montenegrin Senate (from 1879 transformed into a State Council). In the 1876-78 war against the Turks, he victoriously commanded Montenegrin forces in the Battle of Fundina. In 1879 the Montenegrin forces he commanded were defeated by the Ottoman irregulars in the Battle of Novšiće. After a fierce disagreement with Prince Nikola in 1882, he had to leave the State Council and decided to retire from public life to his native Medun. Although he was 50 years old, Marko Miljanov, who was illiterate like the most of his countrymen, decided to learn to write. Though much younger than Petar II Petrović Njegoš, Marko Miljanov was closer to the people by virtue of his lack of learning, and thus he expressed more directly and in less altered form what he found among the people. He states explicitly that man is governed by higher powers of good and evil: ''This is not permitted by nature, this is not permitted by the blood which contains some divine force which rules over man's good will and bad.'' Putting quotations aside, Miljanov is lost in admiration for the good, for humanity and reason as the higher imperatives over man. He explained his urge in a foreword to the lost manuscript of his epic songs with the words: ''Dear Serb brother, if you had the chance to see the heroes that I have seen, your heart would give you no peace until you have responded to the heroes who die merrily for their own and rights of all of us.'' He died at Herceg Novi in 1901. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marko Miljanov」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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