Petar Kacarević Explained

Petar Kacarević
Birth Name:Petar Kacarević
Nickname:
Birth Place:Maleš near Berovo, Kosovo Vilayet (now R. Macedonia)
Death Date:1906
Death Place:Maleš
Allegiance:
Serviceyears:1904–06
Rank:
  • vojvoda
Unit:Maleševo

Petar Kacarević (Serbian: Петар Кацаревић; 1905–06), nicknamed Pera (Пера) and Čiča (чича, "uncle"), was a vojvoda (commander) of the Serbian Chetnik Organization active in the Maleševo region.

Kacarević hailed from Maleš on the Krivi Bor near Berovo. The Kacarević family adhered to the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Veljko Kacarević, an Orthodox priest from Berovo, was a Serbian teacher in the region in the 19th century,[1] and manager of the Serbian schools in the region (fl. 1902).[2] Ilija Kacarević, an alumnus of the Prizren Seminary, was a priest and the deputy of Berovo.[3]

His band fought Bulgarians at Maleš on the 10th, 16th, 20 and 21 November 1905, without casualties. His band of 12 fighters fought with 186 Ottoman soldiers on the hill of Krivo Brdo near Berovo on 12 May 1906, with 10 casualties; the band had been betrayed by Bulgarian Exarchists in Berovo. He died while fighting on the Maleš.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Jeremija M. Pavlović. Maleševo i Maleševci: etnološka ispitivanja. 1929. Štamparija "Sv. Sava", M. Saldekovića. 390.
  2. Book: Vladimir Ćorović. Diplomatska prepiska Kraljevine Srbije: Knjiga prva (1. januar 1902.-1. juna 1903.).. 1933. Drž. štamparija Kraljevine Jugoslavije. 307.
  3. Book: Споменица педесетогодишњице Призренске Богословско-Учитељске Школе, 1871-1921. 1924. Модерна Штампарија Вој. Ненадића. 205.