Legendary Serb military leader Vojvoda Putnik honored in Belgrade

Wednesday marked 100 years since the death of Serbia's legendary late 19th and early 20th century military leader, Vojvoda (voivode) Radomir Putnik.

The anniversary was marked with a ceremony at the monument dedicated to Vojvoda Putnik located in the New Belgrade Cemetery.

Wreaths were laid today by members of Putnik's family, representatives of the Ministry of Defense, Minister of Labor, Social, and Veteran Affairs Aleksandar Vulin, Belgrade City Manager Goran Vesic, and others.

"Vojvoda Radomir Putnik was the most prominent part of a victorious and immensely brave generation. He modernized the Serbian Army, introduced rules from the modern world of the time, but most importantly, preserved its freedom-loving spirit, and the unwavering desire to fight for freedom," Vulin told reporters after the ceremony.

"Unfortunately, he ended his life (in 1917) ill,...