Shaban Polluzha
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Shaban Polluzha
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| Born | 1871 Drenica, Ottoman Empire (modern day Kosovo) |
| Died | 21 February 1945 Tërstenik, Drenica, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (modern day Kosovo) |
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Tërstenik, Drenica , Kosovo
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| Unit | Vulnetari from Drenica region |
| Battles/wars | World War II in Yugoslavia |
| Awards | Hero of Kosovo [1] |
Shaban Kastrati (1871 – 21 February 1945), known as Shaban Polluzha, was a Kosovo Albanian military leader active during World War II.
Early life
He was the son of Mustafë Rexhep Kastrati from the village of Polluzha, in the Drenica region (now central Kosovo[a]). During World War I he fought with the Entente[clarification needed] against Bulgaria and Austria.[citation needed] In 1921 he was elected a deputy of Drenica.[citation needed]
World War II
In 1941 he was interned by the Italians.[2]
Thousands of Vulnetari together with gendarmerie commanded by Bislim Bajgora and Shaban Polluzha attacked Ibarski Kolašin on 30 September 1941, killing 150 Serb civilians.[3] This region was attacked by Vulnetari from Drenica and Methohija Podgor, and their brutal attacks on the villages of Ibarski Kolašin lasted until 10 October 1941.[4] This attack on Ibarski Kolašin was so violent that the Germans referred to it as the "bloody wave".[5]
Polluzha later[when?] joined the Yugoslav Partisans because of promises of self-determination in Kosovo, and fought to expel the Germans, believing Kosovo would reunite with Albania afterwards.[2] Once realizing he had been deceived, he refused orders to send his men to Syrmia to drive out the retreating Germans, instead, staying in Drenica. The Yugoslav Partisans then attacked him encountering strong resistance for two to three months.[2] He was eventually killed during battle in the village of Tërstenik in 1945.[2]
Legacy
In 2012 he was posthumously awarded as Hero of Kosovo by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi.
References
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Notes and references
Notes:
| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states. |
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- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015
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- 1871 births
- 1945 deaths
- Kosovo Albanians
- Albanian soldiers
- Albanian people executed by firing squad
- Glogovac
- Albanian military personnel of World War II
- Albanian military personnel of World War I
- People executed by Yugoslavia
- 20th-century Albanian military personnel
- Albanian nationalists
- People from Glogovac
- Heroes of Kosovo
