To mark the great anniversary—150 years since the uprising against the Turks in Herzegovina, known in history textbooks as the “Nevesinje Rifle,” the Museum of Herzegovina in Trebinje has opened an exhibition titled “From the Nevesinje Rifle to the Salonika Front.”
The exhibition is dedicated to the legendary hajduk commander Pero Tunguz, a folk hero and a symbol of Serb resistance in Herzegovina, spanning from the Ottoman period to the Great War.
The author of the exhibition, Nataša Gligorić, great-granddaughter of Tunguz and secretary of the Association of Nevesinje Natives in Belgrade, told reporters that the exhibition follows the most important events in Serb history from the second half of the 19th to the early 20th century.
“We have covered the Nevesinje Rifle, the Ulog Uprising, the so-called Second Nevesinje Rifle in 1882 against the Austro-Hungarian occupation, and the First World War—all through the biography of hajduk commander Pero Tunguz, a famed hero,” said Gligorić.
Miroslav Marković, Head of the Consular Office of Serbia in Trebinje, stated that the 150th anniversary of the Nevesinje Rifle—the uprising of the Serb people against Ottoman rule—is the most significant anniversary jointly commemorated by Republika Srpska and Serbia, and that this exhibition is an integral part of the events organized in its honor.
Source: RTRS
