s Anto Bogićević
and Hadži-Prodan Gligorijević. Then,
Mojsije
Zečević, prior of Đurđevi Stupovi Monastery, had the leading role among
Orthodox
people of Budimlja. He was one of the
closest allies of
Petar I
(Cetinjski)
and
Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, archbishops
and political leaders of Montenegro. Since the First Serbian Uprising until its
final liberation, fights against Turks were constant, especially during the
second part of the 19th century. Famous battles occurred from 1825, until 1862,
but the most important one was Rudes battle on 7 April 1862, in which the
Serbian and Montenegrin rebels won. Berane was finally liberated from Turks in
1912.
During the second World War,
there was a terrible civil war, between Partisans (communists) and Chetniks (nationalists). During the communists'
reprisals in 1944 and 1945 around 4,000 people were killed. From July 1949 to March 1992, Berane
was known as Ivangrad as a tribute to Ivan Milutinović. In 1992, its
original name was restored
