Tanasko Rajić

Atanasije "Tanasko" Rajić
"Tanasko Rajić na topu" by Rihard Puhta, 1862
Birth nameAtanasije Rajić
NicknameTanasko
Born(1754-01-31)31 January 1754
Stragari, Sanjak of Smederevo (modern Serbia)
Died6 June 1815(1815-06-06) (aged 61)
Ljubić, Revolutionary Serbia (modern Serbia)
Allegiance Revolutionary Serbia
Service years1804–1815
Rankbarjaktar (flag-bearer)
kapetan (captain)
vojvoda (commander)
UnitRevolutionary army
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Atanasije Rajić (Serbian: Атанасије Рајић; 1754–1815), known by his nickname Tanasko (Танаско), was a Serbian vojvoda (commander) and revolutionary, the barjaktar (flag-bearer) in the First Serbian Uprising led by Karađorđe against the Ottoman Empire, and a captain in Obrenović's Second Serbian Uprising, during which he died (1815).