Vasa Čarapić
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Vasa Čarapić
Dragon from Avala |
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Painting by Steva Todorović, 1856-58
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Serbian Cyrillic: Vasilije Čarapić
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| Nickname(s) | Vasa |
| Born | 1768 Beli Potok, in Belgrade, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1806 Belgrade |
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| Years of service | 1788–1806 |
| Rank | Vojvoda |
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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.
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Monument near the National Theatre, in Belgrade
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Grave
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- Barbara Jelavich, History of the Balkans: Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
- Vojna enciklopedija, Beograd, 1970., knjiga prva
- Биографија Васе Чарапића
