Rudolf Maister

Rudolf Maister
Rudolf Maister in 1919
Nickname(s)Vojanov
Born(1874-03-29)March 29, 1874
Kamnik, Duchy of Carniola, Austria-Hungary
(now Kamnik, Slovenia)
DiedJuly 26, 1934(1934-07-26) (aged 60)
Unec, Yugoslavia
(now Unec, Slovenia)
Allegiance
Years of service1890–1923
RankDivisional general
Commands heldSlovenian army
Commander of Maribor
Battles/warsWorld War I
Austro-Slovene conflict in Carinthia
AwardsSignum laudis
Order of White Eagle
Order of Star of Karađorđe
Order of Saint Sava
Other workPoet and self-taught painter

Rudolf Maister (pen name: Vojanov; 29 March 1874 – 26 July 1934) was a Slovene military officer, poet and political activist. The soldiers who fought under Maister's command in northern Slovenia became known as "Maister's fighters" (Slovene: Maistrovi borci). Maister was also an accomplished poet and self-taught painter.


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