Struganik - birthpace of Field Marshal Živojin Mišić

Village Struganik is located about hundred kilometers away from Belgrade, in the municipality of Mionica in Kolubara district. There is a house where Živojin Mišić was born and where he spent his childhood. After reconstruction in 1987, the house was turned into museum and is protected by Republic of Serbia. It is on a narrow unpaved road, which passes through magnificent nature.

House of Živojin Mišić in Struganik

Živojin Mišić (born 1855 in Struganik, died 1921 in Belgrade) was a Serbian Field Marshal and the most successful Serbian commander who participated in all Serbian wars from 1876 to 1918. He directly commanded the First Serbian army in the Battle of Kolubara and in breach of the Thessaloníki Front he was the Chief of the Supreme Command. At the very beginning of his forty years of service, he was a participant in the Serbian-Turkish wars (1876-1878), as a cadet sergeant, and later as a lieutenant. In those wars, he gained the first experience of war. After the May Coup he was forced to retire with the rank of Colonel General Staff, as he was considered too close to the deposed dynasty Obrenović, but he was reactivated in 1909, during the annexation crisis. Mišić helped General Radomir Putnik to make Serbian war plan in a possible war with Austria-Hungary. During the Battle of Kolubara, Mišić was handed over command of the First army, which was in a very difficult situation. Thanks to his personal efforts and knowledge, the First army became formation capable to fight. For merits and victory in the battle, Mišić was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal on 4th December 1914. Shortly before the end of the war, in June 1918, he replaced the formation place with General Bojović and was appointed chief of the Supreme Command Staff. He commanded the Serbian army in the breach of the Thessaloníki Front in September of the same year. He was awarded the title of an English knight baccalaureate from the English King George V. He is a honorable military commander of the First World War.

Živojin Mišić

In the restored croft of Mišić family, where the famous military leader was born and spent his childhood, dominates large cooperative residential building that belongs to the classical Dinara log cabin, surrounded by all the necessary economic buildings. House of Živojin Mišić is the memorial complex, whose setting is comprised or two parts, historical and ethnological. Within the museum is a thematic exhibition that shows Živojin Mišić in the context of historical events in the late 19th and early 20th century, with a focus on those events where he played an important role and showing why his work is studied in military academies in the world. In the house of the Marshal Mišić are chronologically presented his origin, childhood and schooling, family history of Mišić, his military career in the Balkan wars for independence, the First World War - with special reference to the Battle of Kolubara - then his illness, the last days and finally the recognition and contribution to military Science.