{"id":7833,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/1970\/01\/01\/riza-cerova-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:48","slug":"riza-cerova-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/riza-cerova-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Riza Cerova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW230367291 BCX0\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph SCXW230367291 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Riza <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Cerova<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">, an ac<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ivis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he na<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ional, democra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ic, and communis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> movemen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> and Hero of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he People, was killed in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Mok&euml;r<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Pogradec<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">. Born in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he village of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Cerov&euml;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> in Skrapar in 1896, he a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ended primary and secondary school in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">T<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">hessaloniki and Is<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">anbul before re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">urning <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">o his hom<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">eland in 1911. He began his pa<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">rio<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ic ac<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ivi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ies as a volun<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">eer in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he de<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">achmen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">s figh<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ing agains<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he Greek <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">andar<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> gangs in Sou<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">h Albania from 1913 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">o 1914. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Cerova<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> par<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">icipa<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ed in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he forces <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ha<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> defended <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he proceedings of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he Congress of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Lushnja<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> in Jan<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">uary 1920 and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ook par<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ack <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">o libera<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">e <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">T<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">epelena<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> and Vlora from I<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">alian invaders in June of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he same year. From 1921 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">o 1924, he aligned wi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">h <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he democra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ic movemen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">, becoming a key ac<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ivis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he June 1924 Democra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ic Revolu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ion and suppor<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ing F<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">an S. Noli&rsquo;s democra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ic governmen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> program. In December 1924, he fough<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> agains<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">urn of Ahme<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> Zogu bu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">, af<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">er <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he revolu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ion&#8217;s suppression, emigra<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ed abroad, becoming a prominen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> member of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he Na<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ional Revolu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ionary Commi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ee and la<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">er <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he Na<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ional L<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ibera<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ion Commi<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ee in Vienna and Geneva, where he joined <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he communis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> fac<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ion. Be<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ween 1925 and 1935, he <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">wro<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">e<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> ar<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">icles in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he newspaper &ldquo;Liria <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Komb&euml;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">are<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">&rdquo; (&#8220;Na<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ional Freedom&#8221;) agains<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he monarchis<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> regime, imperialism, and fascism, advoca<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ing for a popu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">lar revolu<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ion. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Cerova<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">urned <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">o Albania in April 1935 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">o oppose Ahme<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> Zogu&#8217;s governmen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> and helped organize <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he Fier Uprising of 1935 as one of i<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">s main leaders. He faced governmen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> forces alongside his fellow villagers un<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">il he fell during <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">he s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">ruggle<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\"> in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">Mok&euml;r<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">. <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml_lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">(<em>In <\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW230367291 BCX0\">t<\/span><span 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