Vasa Čarapić

Vasa Čarapić Dragon from Avala
Painting by Steva Todorović, 1856-58
Native name	Serbian Cyrillic: Vasilije Čarapić
Nickname(s)	Vasa
Born	1768 Beli Potok, in Belgrade, Ottoman Empire
Died	1806 Belgrade
Allegiance	Habsburg Monarchy Serbian Revolution
Years of service	1788–1806
Rank	Vojvoda
Battles/wars	Koča's frontier rebellion First Serbian Uprising: Belgrade †

Vasilije "Vasa" Čarapić, known as the Dragon from Avala (Serbian Cyrillic: Васа Чарапић, Змај од Авале; 1768–1806) was a Serbian voivode (military commander) that participated in the First Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution against the Ottoman Empire.

Vasa was born in 1768, in the village of Beli Potok, under the Avala mountain.

Legacy

In Belgrade there is a monument to Vasa Čarapić at the spot where he was killed in front of the National Theatre, and nearby is the street (Улица Васе Чарапића) that was named after him.

Monument near the National Theatre, in Belgrade
Grave

References

Literature

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vasa Čarapić.

Barbara Jelavich, History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Vojna enciklopedija, Beograd, 1970., knjiga prva
Биографија Васе Чарапића

Serbian Revolutionaries (1804–1817)

Đorđe Petrović-Karađorđe Stojan Abraš Uzun-Mirko Apostolović Ilija Barjaktarović Anta Bogićević Mina Bimbaša Mica Brka-Krajević Đura Brničanin Pavle Cukić Milosav Čamdžija Vasa Čarapić Ilija Čarapić Stojan Čupić Sava Dedobarac Aćim Doljanac Milić Drinčić Dimitrije Đorđević Hrista Đorđević Todor-Toša Đorđević Stanoje Glavaš Jovan Gligorijević-Zeka Buljubaša Hadži-Prodan Gligorijević Milovan Grbović Nikola Grbović Radovan Grbović Peter Ichko Jovan Jančić-Sarajlija Jakov Jakšić Stojan Karadžić Vasilije-Šujo Karadžić Janko Katić Ivan Knežević-Knez Ivo Radojko Kojadinović Vreta Kolarac Cincar-Marko Kostić Naum Krnar Marko Krstić Dimitrije Kujundžić Kosta Kujundžić Jovan Kursula Milosav Lapovac Luka Lazarević Raka Levajac Arsenije Loma Paulj Matejić Teodosije Maričević Sima Marković Jovan Mićić Nikola Milićević-Lunjevica Tomo Milinović Đorđe Milovanović-Guzonja Mladen Milovanović Lazar Mutap-Čačanin Prota Mateja Nenadović Sima Nenadović Jakov Nenadović Petar Nikolajević-Moler Dositije Novaković Petar Novaković-Čardaklija Đorđe Obradović-Ćurčija Jovan Obrenović Miloš Obrenović Giorgakis Olympios Dragan Papazoglu Dimitrije Parezan Janko Popović Pavle Popović Milutin-Era Petrović Jovan Petrović Kovač Ilija Petrović Strelja Veljko Petrović-Hajduk Veljko Radič Petrović Cincar-Janko Popović Mileta Radojković Mihailo Radović Tanasko Rajić Old Rashko Antonije Ristić-Pljakić Ćira Rošavi Mihailo Ružičić Milutin Savić-Garašanin Čolak-Anta Simeonović Jovan Simić Bobovac Stevan Sinđelić Nikola Smiljanić Hadži-Melentije Stevanović Stevan-Steva Stevanović Miloš Stojićević Pocerac Milenko Stojković Đorđe Šagić Petronije Šišo Marko Štitarac Petar Teodorović-Dobrnjac Marko Todorović Miloje Todorović Kara Petar Trešnjevičanin Đorđe Zagla Milosav Zdravković-Resavac Vuča Žikić Nikola Ziković Marko Vasić-Karamarko Nina Vasiljević Petko Vasiljević Konda Bimbaša Toma Vučić Perišić Dušan-Đuša Vulićević Vujica Vulićević

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