Stanislav "Stanko" Sočivica was a Serbian hajduk active in the Ottoman territories in western Balkans. Born in a village close to Bileća, his family owned a farm subject to a harsh Ottoman bey family.
Engraving of Sočivica (1779)
Sočivica's men roasting Turk prisoners.
Painting of Sočivica at the Military Museum (Belgrade).
The Smiljanić family were a Vlach/Morlach family originating from Lika and first mentioned in the 17th century, when the oldest member Petar Smiljanić was a harambaša and capo of the Morlach troops in
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Coat of arms of Smiljanić family
A modern memorial plaque placed on the supposed gravestones of the serdar Ilija Smiljanić located on the Vučjak gorge on the southeastern slopes of Mount Velebit, at the northern slope of Tremzina. The original inscription was in Latin alphabet, and the gravestone was without any inscription until 1975.