Petar Kacarević

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

Petar Kacarević
Petar Kacarević in 1906
Birth name	Petar Kacarević
Nickname(s)	Pera[1] (diminutive) Čiča ("Uncle")
Born	Maleš near Berovo, Kosovo Vilayet (now R. Macedonia)
Died	1906 Maleš
Allegiance	Serbian Chetnik Organization (1904–06)
Years of service	1904–06
Rank	vojvoda
Unit	Maleševo

Kacarević hailed from Maleš on the Krivi Bor near Berovo.[2] 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,[3] and manager of the Serbian schools in the region (fl. 1902).[4] Ilija Kacarević, an alumnus of the Prizren Seminary, was a priest and the deputy of Berovo.[5]

His band fought Bulgarians at Maleš on the 10th, 16th, 20 and 21 November 1905, without casualties.[6] 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.[1] He died while fighting on the Maleš.

References

1. Đurić & Mijović 1993, p. 46.
2. Ivanić 1910, p. 522.
3. Jeremija M. Pavlović (1929). Maleševo i Maleševci: etnološka ispitivanja. Štamparija "Sv. Sava", M. Saldekovića. p. 390.
4. Vladimir Ćorović (1933). Diplomatska prepiska Kraljevine Srbije: Knjiga prva (1. januar 1902.-1. juna 1903.). Drž. štamparija Kraljevine Jugoslavije. p. 307.
5. Споменица педесетогодишњице Призренске Богословско-Учитељске Школе, 1871-1921. Модерна Штампарија Вој. Ненадића. 1924. p. 205.
6. Dedijer, Anić & Samardžić 2006, p. 533.

Sources

• Blažarić, Pavle (2006). Božica Mladenović (ed.). Memoari (in Serbian). Institut za srpsku kulturu.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Dedijer, Vladimir; Anić, Života; Samardžić, Radovan (2006). Dokumenti o spoljnoj politici Kraljevine Srbije: sv. 2 15. SANU, Odeljenje istorijskih nauka. ISBN 9788670254169.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Đurić, Veljko Đ.; Mijović, Miličko (1993). Ilustrovana istorija četničkog pokreta (in Serbian). Narodna knj.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Ivanić, Ivan (1910). Maćedonija i maćedondži. 2. Štampa Savića i Komp.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)