Rudolf Maister - Definition

Rudolf Maister-Vojanov (March 29, 1874 - July 26,1934) was a Slovene colonel in the Austro-Hungarian army. In 1918, towards the end of World War I, he organized local volunteers and took control of the city of Maribor and the surrounding region of Lower Styria, thus securing it for the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

He was also an accomplished poet. His campaigners for the so-called northern border are known as Maister's fighters (Slovene Maistrovi borci).