Shote Galica (born Qerime Radisheva; 10 November 1895 – 1 July 1927) was a Kachak Albanian insurgent. She has been declared a People's Heroine of Albania.[1][2]
Shote Galica | |
|---|---|
 Azem Galica and Shota Galica | |
| Born | Qerime Halil Radisheva 10 November 1895 |
| Died | 1 July 1927 (aged 31) Fushë-Krujë, Albanian Republic (today Albania) |
| Other names | Shote Galica |
| Spouse | Azem Galica |
| Awards |  Hero of the People |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance |
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| Service | Albanian guerrilla, (Kachak) |
| Years of service | 1915–1927 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles / wars | Balkan Wars Drenica-Dukagjin Uprisings |
Biography
editShe was born in Radisheve village of Drenica region in Kosovo which was then part of the Ottoman Empire. She was the sister of 6 brothers. She married Azem Galica in 1915.[3] In 1919 Shote took part, in the Uprising of Dukagjin and in Junik in 1921–23. In 1925 after the death of her husband, Azem Galica, she took over as a head of his band and fought together with Bajram Curri in Has of Prizren and Lumë. She is remembered for having captured a Serb military commander and a number of soldiers at Çikatova, in July 1927, she withdrew to Albania and spend her final months in Fushë-Kruja, where she died at the age of 31. She is remembered for the saying Life without knowledge is like a war without weapons.[4]
The Albanian people honor Galica for defending the national cause, celebrating her as a martyr of the nation.[citation needed] She is one of the principal subjects of the essay collection No Man's Lands: eight extraordinary women in Balkan history, by the Anglo-Kosovan writers Elizabeth Gowing and Robert Wilton.
Family
editIn July 1924 she took part in the battle for Drenica (Arbania e Vogël, Little Albania). In July 1925 after the death of her husband Azem Galica, she continued to fight and lead Albanian warriors of Kosovo. Along with hundreds of fighters from the former Kosovo Vilayet in December 1924, interventionist armies fought against Royal Yugoslav forces.
See also
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References
edit- ^ Elsie, Robert (2004). Historical Dictionary of Kosova. The Scarecrow Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-8108-5309-4.
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2013). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781780764313.
- ^ Mehmet Bislimi, Shote Galica / Qerime Halili 1895 - 1927 (in Albanian), retrieved 2014-12-12,
Shota e Radisheves, ishte moter e gjashte vellezerve...njohu Azem Galicen, me te cilin u martua ne vitin 1915
- ^ Elsie, Robert (2010-11-15). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810874831.
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