Krsto Popović

Krsto Popović
Krsto Popović
Nickname(s)	Krsto Zrnov
Born	13 September 1881; Lipa, Cetinje, Montenegro
Died	14 March 1947 (aged 65); Grahovo, PR Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Allegiance	Principality of Montenegro; Kingdom of Montenegro; Italian governorate of Montenegro
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1912–1947
Rank	Brigadier General
Unit	Greens; Lovćen Brigade
Battles / wars	First Balkan War Siege of Scutari; ; Second Balkan War Battle of Bregalnica; ; World War I Battle of Mojkovac (POW); ; Christmas Uprising; World War II;
Awards	Obilić Medal
; Secretary of the National Assembly of Principality of Montenegro
	In office; 8 November 1906 – 29 September 1907 Serving with Milutin Tatar
Monarch	Nicholas I
President of the Popular Assembly	Labud Gojnić
Vice president of the Popular Assembly	Miroslav Nikolić
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Himself; Filip M. Protić
	In office; 29 September 1907 – 14 October 1908 Serving with Filip M. Protić
Monarch	Nicholas I
President of the Popular Assembly	Labud Gojnić
Vice president of the Popular Assembly	Miroslav Nikolić
Preceded by	Himself ; Milutin Tatar
Succeeded by	Sava Dragović ; Dušan Petrović
; Secretary of the National Assembly of Kingdom of Montenegro
	In office; 12 December 1915 – 4 January 1916 Serving with J. Popović
Monarch	Nicholas I
President of the Popular Assembly	Milo Dožić
Vice president of the Popular Assembly	Petar Plamenac
Preceded by	Kosta Popović ; Mita Pavićević
Succeeded by	Position abolished
; Leader of the Greens of Kingdom of Montenegro
	In office; 1 January 1919 – May 1945 Serving with Jovan Plamenac and Novica Cerović
	In office; May 1945 – 14 March 1947
; Commander-in-chief of the Army of the Greens of Kingdom of Montenegro
	In office; 1 January – 7 January 1919
; Leader of the Montenegrin Federalist Party
	In office; 1923–1945 Serving with Sekula Drljević and Mihailo Ivanović
President	Sekula Drljević
; Chief of the General Staff of the Kingdom of Montenegro-in Exile Army
	In office; 1921–1922
Preceded by	Đuro Jovović
Succeeded by	Position abolished

Krsto Popović (Cyrillic: Крсто Поповић; 13 September 1881 – 14 March 1947) was an officer of the Montenegrin Army who fought in the Balkan Wars and in the First World War.

Dissatisfied with the Podgorica Assembly of 1918 which merged Serbia and Montenegro into what would become Yugoslavia, he became one of the leaders of the 1919 Christmas Uprising on the side of the Greens who supported the newly dethroned King Nikola of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty and who favored a confederation of Yugoslavia that still gave Montenegro a form of independence in skirmishes against the Whites who favored King Alexander of the Karađorđević dynasty and complete annexation of Montenegro into Yugoslavia.

After the uprising failed, Popović emigrated to Italy, but returned in June 1919 to start guerrilla warfare. He eventually laid down arms after the death of King Nikola in 1921 and he was eventually pardoned by King Alexander after proclaiming allegiance to him. He lived out his remaining years in Yugoslavia relatively peacefully until the Second World War when he formed the Lovćen Brigade. For this, he was labelled a collaborator by the new Communist government and in 1947 he was killed in an ambush by agents of the OZNA.