Pecija

Petar Popović Pecija
Portrait
Birth namePetar Popović (Петар Поповић)
NicknamePecija (Пеција)
Born1826
Gornji Bušević, Bosnia Eyalet, Ottoman Empire
Died29 August 1875 (aged 49)
Jasenovac region, Slavonian Military Frontier, Austria-Hungary
Buried
Moštanica monastery
Service years1848–78
Rankvojvoda (commander)
Memorialsoutside Moštanica

Petar Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Поповић; 1826 – 29 August 1875), known as Pecija (Пеција), was a Serb hajduk (brigand) and rebel leader in two uprisings against the Ottoman Empire in the Bosanska Krajina region, one in 1858, and one in 1875.

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