Vasa Čarapić

Vasa Čarapić Dragon from Avala
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: Siege of Belgrade  †

Vasilije "Vasa" Čarapić, known as the Dragon from Avala (Serbian Cyrillic: Василије 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.

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  Monument near the National Theatre, in Belgrade
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  Grave at Rakovica monastery

See also

• List of Serbian Revolutionaries

References

Literature

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