[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”30px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Struganik” font_size=”36″ font_family=”” font_weight=”400″][vc_column_text]Struganik is a village in Serbia in the municipality of Mionica in the Kolubara district. According to the results of the 2011 census, the settlement had only 204 inhabitants, while according to the 2002 census it had 276 inhabitants. According to the 1991 census, the village had a population of 290.
The village is located in the part of the Kolubara area where the Valjevo mountains replace its tame places and plains. It developed on the tops of kȏsīh which are wide watersheds between the source branches of the rivers Ribnica and Toplica. Struganik lies under the mountain Maljen, and the oldest mention of its name is related to 1737.
Throughout its history, Struganik has been the site of some important events in national history. In the First World War, his most famous resident – Duke Zivojin Misic – commanded a battle whose one of the epicenters was on the territory of the village; he won the battle. During the Second World War, the village was the site of unsuccessful negotiations between Ravna Gora Chetniks and Partisans, which was the prelude to a bloody civil war. Also, here, in the winter of 1941, the Germans tried to capture the leader of the Ravna Gora movement, General Dragoljub Mihailović, but they did not succeed; however, they captured Aleksandar Mišić, another famous villager, Živojin’s son and an important man from Ravna Gora. In both wars, a large number of villagers gave their lives in the Serbian army and in both the most massive resistance movements.
Apart from its history, Struganik is also known for the lithographic stone fields that appear here in powerful deposits. The most famous decorative stone of western Serbia, whose exploitation began in the 18th century, was used in the cladding of numerous famous buildings, among which the most famous is the Vienna State Opera. There is a memorial museum in the village – the birth house of Duke Živojin Mišić, a cultural monument of great importance.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”sidebar-page”][/vc_column][/vc_row]