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Dušan Mugoša (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Мугоша fl. 7 January 1914 – 8 August 1973), nicknamed Duć (Дућ), was a Yugoslav communist and partisan leader who played a central role in the antifascist resistance during World War II and held various high-ranking party and state positions in Yugoslavia after the war. [1] [2]
Early life
editDušan Mugoša was born in Lješkopolje near Podgorica, into a farming family. His family descended from the Mugoša tribe (pleme), which was of Albanian origin.[3] He completed his lower secondary education in Peć (now Peja) and began his upper secondary education in Prizren, which he had to abandon due to his political activities. During his schooling, Mugoša connected with communists and progressive youth. In 1934, he became a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ). By 1938, he was elected to the KPJ City Committee in Peć, and in 1940, he was elected to the District Committee of the KPJ for Kosovo and Metohija. Due to his revolutionary activities, Mugoša was frequently arrested and persecuted, and after demonstrations in Peć in May 1940, he went underground.[4]
World War II
editAt the outbreak of World War II, Dušan Mugoša actively participated in organizing the uprising in Kosovo and Metohija. In late 1941, following a directive from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KPJ) and an invitation from Miladin Popović, the Secretary of the District Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, he went to Albania. Together with Miladin Popović, Mugoša significantly contributed to the liberation and revolutionary struggle of the Albanian people.[5] He worked on establishing the Communist Party of Albania, the Communist Youth of Albania, and forming combat and sabotage groups to fight against fascist occupiers and their collaborators.[6][7]
In the spring of 1942, the liberation movement in Albania (LANÇ) grew rapidly, necessitating direct contact with the KPJ Central Committee and Commander Josip Broz Tito. This contact aimed to secure the Comintern's recognition of the Albanian Communist Party and to receive necessary advice and instructions from the KPJ. In May 1942, Mugoša set out from Albania to Yugoslavia. Traversing difficult terrain and avoiding enemy forces, he eventually encountered a proletarian brigade near Igman, exhausted from his journey. After 82 days of persistent effort, he reached the Supreme Headquarters and the KPJ Central Committee in western Bosnia.[8]
He spent a month in the liberated territory, learning from the experiences of the National Liberation Movement, the Party's activities, and the functioning of government organs under new conditions. He then returned to Albania with letters from the Comintern and Tito for the Albanian communists. Upon his return, Mugoša participated in the preparations for the First National Conference of the Albanian Communist Party. From April to August 1943, he worked in southern Albania to establish party organizations, partisan detachments, and the Operational Headquarters of the First Zone (Vlora and Gjirokastra). He became the political leader of the First Albanian Brigade upon its formation in mid-August 1943.
After successfully completing his mission, Mugoša returned to Yugoslavia in May 1944, assuming new duties.[9] He participated in forming the First, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Kosovo-Metohija Brigades and the Operational Headquarters for Kosovo and Metohija, where he served as deputy political commissar.
References
edit- ^ Komunist: organ Centralnog komiteta KPJ. Borba. 1949.
Дугим радом и убеђивањем на састанцима с појединцима и с по двојицом-тројицом, другови Миладин Поповић и Душан Мугоша сломили су групашки отпор код већине албанских другова. Они су успели да их убеде како је Партија неопходна радпим масама у њиховој борби за ослобођење од капиталистичке експлоатације и импе- ријалистичког поробљавања. Тај рад довео је до састанка 8 новембра 1941 године, на коме је било присутно преко двадесет ...
- ^ Dokumenti današnjice. Vol. 5. Sedma sila. 1962.
Миладин Поповић и Душан Мугоша најактивније учествовали (они су дошли у Албанију по директиви ЦК КПЈ да своје револуционарно искуство и политичко знање ставе на располагање албанским комунистима), на састанку који је одржан у ...
- ^ Ivanović, Milan M. (1970). Revolucionarni pokret u Podgoričkom (Titogradskom) srezu (in Serbian). Opštinski komitet Saveza komunista.
- ^ Kohl, Christine von (2003). Albanien (in German). C.H.Beck. ISBN 978-3-406-50902-5.
- ^ Đaković 1986, p. 79.
- ^ Dušanka Bojanić; Slavenko Terzić (1997). Islam, Balkan i velike sile (XIV-XX vek): međunarodni naučni skup 11-13. decembar 1996. Istorijski institut SANU. p. 579. ISBN 9788677430108.
- ^ Pavlović, Blagoje K. (1996). Albanizacija Kosova i Metohije. Evropsko slovo. p. 64.
- ^ Moma Marković (1987). Rat i revolucija u Srbiji: Moma Marković. Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod. ISBN 9788613001140.
Y име народа Косова и Метоxиjе, Душан Мугоша,340) као секретар ОК КШ за Космет и Мехмед Хоца,341) испред Обла- сног НОО Косова и Mетоxиjе изразили су жел>у народа Косова и Метоxиjе за присаjemiн>ен>ем Србщи.
- ^ Književnost. Prosveta. 1949. p. 513.
Мехмед Шеху, данас министар унутрашњих послова Н. Р. Албани- јс, тада командант Прве бригаде, послије одласка Душана Мугоша из Албаније, 12 априла 1944, писао је: ,,У почетку, кад си отишао из кру- га ове наше велике ...
Sources
edit- Đaković, Spasoje (1986). Sukobi na Kosovu. Narodna knjiga. ISBN 9788633100854.