Piva (
Serbian Cyrillic: Пива, ) is a historical region in
Montenegro, which existed as a
tribe also known as Pivljani (Пивљани, ). It is situated in the northwestern highlands of Montenegro, bordering
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The
Piva River flows through the region. The regional center is the town of
Plužine.
History
Ottoman period
Piva was a ''nahiya'' of the
Ottoman Empire, mentioned in the 1476–78 ''
defter
A ''defter'' (plural: ''defterler'') was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire.
Description
The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household ...
''. It was earlier mentioned in the ''
Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja'' (c. 1300–10) as one of ten counties in the province of Podgorje, and in the
St. Stephen Chrysobull of Serbian king
Stefan Milutin
Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Stefan Milutin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Милутин, Stefan Milutin), was the King of Serbia between 1282&nd ...
(r. 1282–1321). It was part of
Sanjak of Herzegovina during Ottoman rule.
The
Serbian Orthodox Piva Monastery has stood in Piva since the 16th century. It has produced four Patriarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Modern
Under Prince
Nicholas I of Montenegro and the
Congress of Berlin recognition, in 1878 the Piva together with the Serb Herzegovinian tribes of
Banjani
Banjani ( sr-cyrl, Бањани) was a tribe of Old Herzegovina, and historical region in western Montenegro. Its territory comprises , west of Nikšić, in the centre between Nikšić and Bileća, from the top of Njegoš mountain to the Trebi ...
,
Nikšići,
Šaranci,
Drobnjaci and a large number of the
Rudinjani formed the Old Herzegovina region of the new Montenegrin state.
During the
Second World War, people of the region fought in both the Serbian royalist
Chetnik
The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...
and communist
Partisan
Partisan may refer to:
Military
* Partisan (weapon), a pole weapon
* Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line
Films
* ''Partisan'' (film), a 2015 Australian film
* ''Hell River'', a 1974 Yugoslavian film also know ...
resistance movements, which fought against each other.
The tribe has since the arrest of
Radovan Karadžić, the wartime
Bosnian Serb president and member of the neighbourly Drobnjak tribe of Petnjica (from which the Serbian language reformer
Vuk Karadžić also descends), petitioned for Tadić's excommunication from the tribe because of Karadžić's arrest. The arrest is seen as directly bad behavior against the Serbian people and from the Piva against the
Drobnjak Drobnjak may refer to:
* Drobnjak, Montenegro, a region in Montenegro and tribe
or:
* Anto Drobnjak, Montenegrin football player
* Branislav Drobnjak, Montenegrin football player
* Dragiša Drobnjak, Slovenian basketball player
* Predrag Drobn ...
tribe, who had never before had any problems, and it is because of this Tadić's actions have been condemned.
Notable people
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Bajo Pivljanin (d. 1685), Venetian guerilla leader, born in Piva
*
Stojan Čupić (1765–1815), Serbian revolutionary, born in Piva
*
Arsenije Loma
Arsenije Loma ( sr-cyr, Арсеније Лома; 1768–1815) was a Serbian ''voivode'' (military commander) in the First and Second Serbian Uprising of the Serbian Revolution (1804–1817). He was appointed by Karađorđe to command Kačer in ...
(1778-1815), one of the leaders of the
First Serbian Uprising
*
Simo and Sćepan Kecojević, soldiers, born in Boričje, Plužine
*
Radoman Božović, Prime Minister of Serbia 1991–93, born in Šipačno, Plužine
*
Ljubomir Tadić
Ljubomir "Ljuba" Tadić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир "Љуба" Тадић; 14 May 1925 – 31 December 2013) was a Serbian academic and politician.
He was born in Smriječno village near Plužine, then in the Kingdom Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. H ...
, Yugoslav and Serbian academic, born in Plužine area
*
Jovan Cvijić, Serbian academic, by distant paternal ancestry
*patriarch
Makarije Sokolović
*partiarch
Savatije Sokolović
*vojvoda
Lazar Sočica
Lazar Sočica ( sr-cyr, Лазар Сочица; 1838 – 1910) was Piva chieftain, Montenegrin vojvoda, military commander and political leader, from the Old Herzegovina region.
Lazar's father Risto died in 1848, and his mother then remarried ...
*
Blagoje Adžić
Blagoje Adžić ( sr-Cyrl, Благоје Аџић, (); 2 September 1932 – 1 March 2012) was a Serbian colonel general who served as an acting Minister of Defence of the Yugoslavia government.
Biography
Adžić was born into a Serb family in ...
, Yugoslav general
*patriarch
Antonije
*patriarch
Gerasim
*
Spasoje Tadić
*
Radoje Dakić Radoje (Cyrillic script: Радоје) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to:
*Radoje Domanović (1873–1908), writer
*Radoje Đerić (born 1991), rower
*Radoje Knežević (1901–1981), politician
*Radoje Kontić (born 1937) ...
*
Obren Blagojević Obren ( Cyrillic script: Обрен) is a Serbian masculine given name. It may refer to:
*Obren Joksimović (born 1954), politician
*Obren Petrović, politician
*Obren Pjevović (1919–1991), songwriter and composer
*Obren Ćorović (born 1983) ca ...
*
Jovan Vuković
*
Aleksandar Tijanić, by paternal ancestry
*
Vidoje Žarković
*
Milka Tadić, by paternal ancestry
*
Ivan Kecojević
Ivan Kecojević (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Иван Кецојевић, born 10 April 1988) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a central defender.
Club career Early career
Born in Bar, he started playing in his hometown club FK Mornar. He made ...
, by paternal ancestry
*
Dragan Mićanović, by paternal ancestry
*
Momčilo Bajagić Momcilo or Momčilo (Cyrillic script: Момчило) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It is often found in Serbia and Montenegro. It may refer to:
*Momčilo Bajagić, Serbian rock musician
* Momčilo Bošković (born 1951), retired Serb ...
, by distant paternal ancestry
*
Bojan Dubljević
*
Jelena Dubljević
Jelena Dubljević (born May 7, 1987) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Botaş SK. She is also part of the Montenegrin national team. She competed in the 2011 Eurobasket tournament with Montenegro. In 2016, Dubljević signed w ...
*
Stefan Cicmil, by paternal ancestry
*
Milan Gutović, by paternal ancestry
*
Boris Tadić, by paternal ancestry
*
Ognjen Tadić, by paternal ancestry
*
Novica Tadić
Novica Tadić ( Smriječno, Plužine, 17 July 1949 – Belgrade, 23 January 2011) was a Serbian poet.
Biography
He was born in a small village in Montenegro and spent most of his life in Belgrade.
His work was supported by many United States poe ...
References
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External links
Piva online
{{Geographical regions of Montenegro
Tribes of Montenegro
Plužine Municipality