- Tican's Rebellion
The Tican's Rebellion (Serbian: "Ticanova buna" or Тицанова буна) was a rebellion of the
Syrmia n peasants against feudal relations in society. The rebellion started in April 1807 on the estate ofRuma of earlKarlo Pejačević (who was also the prefect of Syrmia county) and estate ofIlok of earlOdeskalki . The reason for the rebellion was large increase of feudal tributes and dissatisfaction because of land regulation.Tican's Rebellion included 15,000 peasants from 45 villages and the center of the rebellion was in the village of
Voganj near Ruma. From this village, on April 3, the Syrmian rebels sent a proclamations about rebellion. The leaders of the rebellion wereTeodor Avramović - Voganjac (local "knez" - the head of the village),Andrija Popović (teacher),Pantelija Ostojić andMarko Ognjanović . However, the rebellion was named afterTeodor Avramović - Tican from village of Jazak, one of the leaders of the rebellion, who advocated uncompromised fight against "spahijas" (feudal lords) and church oligarchy.The rebellion was suppressed on April 9 near
Bingula , but its final end was on April 14. The Austrian authorities used troops strong almost as an army to fight against the rebels. The Orthodox priests lead by metropolitanStefan Stratimirović also helped in suppress of the rebellion. After the rebellion was suppressed, the amnesty was proclaimed for most rebels except for Tican, who was sentenced to death by torture on the wheel.However, because of the
Napoleonic Wars and war betweenSerbs and Turks inKarađorđe 'sSerbia , the Austrian authorities were forced to be lenient towards peasant rebels inSyrmia andSlavonia from several rebellions during 1806-1808, thus, in 1810, the authorities forced feudal lords to stop exessive exploatation of their peasants. Memory about Tican, the leader of the rebellion, is kept alive in people's tradition until the present day.Literature
*Dr. Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga treća, Novi Sad, 1990.
*Enciklopedija Jugoslavije, tom 8 (Srbija - Ž), Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod, Zagreb, 1971.
*Mala enciklopedija Prosvete (M-Š), Prosveta, Beograd, 1969.ee also
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History of Serbia
*History of Vojvodina
*Syrmia External links
* [http://home.drenik.net/zexoa/Ru/e-kultura.htm Ruma - history and culture]
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