Hajduk
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A hajduk is a type of peasant irregular infantry found in Central and Southeast Europe from the early 17th to mid 19th centuries. They have reputations ranging from bandits to freedom fighters depending on time, place, and their enemies.
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Notable hajduks
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Bulgarian
- Delyo
- Chavdar Voyvoda
- Indzhe Voyvoda
- Ilyo Voyvoda
- Angel Voyvoda
- Captain Petko Voyvoda
- Panayot Hitov
- Filip Totyu
- Hadzhi Dimitar
- Stefan Karadzha
- Rumena Voyvoda
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Albanian
- Çerçiz Topulli (1889-1915), important figure during the Albanian National Awakening and Albanian national hero
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Romanian
- Iancu Jianu (1787–1842), hajduk in Oltenia, participant of the Wallachian Uprising
- Radu Şapcă (Popa Șapcă, Template:Floruit 1848–64), priest and hajduk in Oltenia, participant in the 1848 Revolutions in Wallachia
- Grigore Pintea (Pintea Viteazul, d. 1703), rebel in the area of Maramureș.
- Şaptecai (Anghel Panait)
- Andrii Popa
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Greek
- Odysseas Androutsos
- Markos Botsaris
- Athanasios Diakos
- Geórgios Karaïskákis
- Antonis Katsantonis
- Theodoros Kolokotronis
- Dimitrios Makris
- Nikitas Stamatelopoulos
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Hungarian
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Ukrainian
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Slovak/Czech/Moravian/Polish
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia
- Starina Novak (1530s–1601), Wallachian-employed guerrilla commander, former peasant in Smederevo
- Ivo Senjanin (d. 1612), Habsburg Croatian uskok
- Mijat Tomić (1610–1656), brigand leader in Ottoman Bosnia
- Petar Mrkonjić (fl. 1645–69), Venetian-employed guerrilla
- Bajo Pivljanin (fl. 1669–85), Venetian-employed guerrilla leader
- Ilija Perajica (fl. 1685), Venetian-employed guerrilla leader
- Ivan Bušić Roša (1745–1783), Venetian-employed guerrilla leader
- Stanislav Sočivica (1715–1776), brigand leader in Ottoman Bosnia
- Andrijica Šimić (1833–1905), rebel in Herzegovina
- Pecija (1826–1875), rebel leader in Bosnian Krajina
- Stanoje Glavaš, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
- Stojan Čupić, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
- Hajduk Veljko, commander in the First Serbian Uprising
- Jovo Stanisavljević Čaruga (1897–1925), outlaw in Slavonia
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See also
- Armenian fedayi, guerillas and irregulars (1880s–1920s)
- Brigandage in southern Italy after 1861, bandits in South Italy (1861-65)
- Bushrangers, bandits in Australia (1790s–1900s)
- Kachaks, Albanian bandits and rebels (1880s–1930)
- Klepht, Ottoman Greek bandits and rebels
- Haidamaka, pro-Cossack paramility (18th century)
- Rapparee, Irish guerillas (1690s)
- Uskoks, Habsburg Croatian irregulars (1520s–1618)
- Zeybeks, Ottoman irregulars (17th to 20th centuries)
- Hajdučka Republika Mijata Tomića, a micronation
- Hayduke, term used by environmental activists
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