Jovan Albanez
An ethnic Serb,[1] born in the second half of the 17th century[2] in Podgorica,[3] his real name was Mojsije Mitanović (Serbian: Мојсије Митановић,[4][5] Russian: Моисей Митанович[6]).Owing to Rákóczi's War of Independence (1703–1711), the position of Serbian militiamen in the Military Frontier of the Habsburg monarchy was endangered.[5][7] Russian captain Ivan Lukačević and colonel Mikhail Miloradovich (grandfather of Mikhail Miloradovich), both of Serb origin, were sent to Montenegro to deliver documents issued by emperor Peter the Great (and written by diplomat Sava Vladislavich, another Serb in Russian service) on 3 March 1711[8] that called the Balkan Orthodox to rise up against the Ottomans during the Pruth River Campaign.[citation needed] Peter the Great eventually decided to expand this Serb unit and turn it into a separate Serbian regiment.[12] In 1723 Peter the Great sent Albanez to the Pomorišje and Potisje regions of the Military Frontier of the Habsburg monarchy to recruit additional Serbian militiamen.