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on 15 December 1801 and taken the rule of the sanjak). As a response to the executions, the
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249:Lenovac
150:vojvoda
106:Negotin
85:Zaječar
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81:Lenovac
500:Legacy
432:Serbia
379:Orašac
332:Dubona
319:hajduk
308:Easter
260:nahija
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212:Hajduk
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59:, 1852
530:comic
428:Turks
414:With
387:Katić
328:jatak
300:Vidin
396:četa
313:kolo
156:Unit
138:Rank
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78:1780
75:Born
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290:'s
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