caption native_name_lang death_date death_place birth_place allegiance native_name birth_date rank image article_title name
frontier 18th century man from pomorišje , first half of the sr 1764 slavo-serbia , russian empire -lrb- modern day ukraine -rrb- military frontier of the habsburg monarchy habsburg monarchy habsburg monarchy russian empire russian empire Јован Шевић unknown general frontiersman from pomorišje , by martin engelbrecht.jpg jovan Šević
 jovan Šević
jovan Šević

jovan Šević or ivan Šević -lrb- , ; died -rrb- was an 18th-century military officer of serb origin .
he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel in the serb militia forces in the pomorišje region , then in the military frontier of the habsburg monarchy .
when it became obvious that privileges granted to serb militiamen would be reduced or completely revoked after pomorišje and potisje lost their frontier status , Šević left habsburg military service in 1750 and moved to russia .
at the end of 1752 , he led the second wave of colonists who migrated from pomorišje , potisje and slavonia to the russian empire -lrb- modern-day ukraine -rrb- where they settled the newly established administrative region of slavo-serbia at the beginning of 1753 .
to enable him to recruit more of his fellow officers , Šević was promoted to the rank of general by the russian empress , elizabeth .
he commanded a serb hussar regiment consisting of the colonists he brought to russia .
after Šević 's death , slavo-serbia was disestablished , and many of his descendants became notable military officers in the russian imperial army .
over time , all the serb colonists became assimilated .
miloš crnjanski described the migration led by Šević in his most notable work , the novel `` migrations '' -lrb- -rrb- .
