Piva (tribe)

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Piva (Serbian Cyrillic: Пива, pronounced [pîʋa]) is a historical region in Montenegro, which existed as a Montenegrin tribe also known as Pivljani (Пивљани, pronounced [pîʋʎaːni]). 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

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### Ottoman period

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Piva was a nahiya of the Ottoman Empire, mentioned in the 1476–78 defter.[1] It was earlier mentioned in the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja (c. 1300–10[2]) as one of ten counties in the province of Podgorje,[3] and in the St. Stephen Chrysobull of Serbian king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321).[4] 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

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Under Prince Nicholas I of Montenegro and the Congress of Berlin recognition, in 1878 the Piva together with the Serb Herzegovinian tribes of Banjani, Nikšići, Šaranci, Drobnjaci and a large number of the Rudinjani formed the Old Herzegovina region of the new Montenegrin state.[5][page needed]

During the Second World War, people of the region fought in both the Serbian royalist Chetnik and communist Partisan 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 tribe, who had never before had any problems, and it is because of this Tadić's actions have been condemned.[6]

## Notable people

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* Bajo Pivljanin (d. 1685), Venetian guerilla leader, born in Piva[7]
* Stojan Čupić (1765–1815), Serbian revolutionary, born in Piva[8]
* Arsenije Loma (1778-1815), one of the leaders of the First Serbian Uprising[citation needed]
* Simo and Sćepan Kecojević, soldiers, born in Boričje, Plužine[citation needed]
* Radoman Božović, Prime Minister of Serbia 1991–93, born in Šipačno, Plužine[citation needed]
* Patriarch Makarije Sokolović[citation needed]
* Patriarch Savatije Sokolović[citation needed]
* Lazar Sočica, Military commander[citation needed]
* Patriarch Gerasim[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ Blagojević 1971, pp. 609–610. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBlagojević1971 (help)
2. ^ Živković, T.; Kunčer, D. (2009). Gesta regum Sclavorum, I–II. pp. 362–365.
3. ^ Blagojević 1971, p. 11. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBlagojević1971 (help)
4. ^ Blagojević 1971, p. 377. sfn error: no target: CITEREFBlagojević1971 (help)
5. ^ Ivo Banac (2 February 1988). The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-9493-1.
6. ^ "Najnovije vesti Glas javnosti". Glas Javnosti. 28 July 2008.
7. ^ Djukanovic, Bojka (2023). Historical Dictionary of Montenegro. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 25\. ISBN 9781538139158.
8. ^ Gordanić Balkanski, Ostoja (2004). Renovators of Serbian State, 1804-1839: Reliefs. Historical Museum of Serbia. p. 60\. ISBN 9788682925064. "STOJAN ČUPIĆ (DOBRILOVIĆ) (c. 1765–1815) Born in Piva."

### Sources

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* Кунчер, Драгана (2009). Gesta Regum Sclavorum. Vol. 1\. Београд-Никшић: Историјски институт, Манастир Острог.
* Живковић, Тибор (2009). Gesta Regum Sclavorum. Vol. 2\. Београд-Никшић: Историјски институт, Манастир Острог.
* Svetozar Tomić (1949). Piva i Pivljani. Srpska akademija nauka.
* Milorad Likić; Jovan Plavša (2002). Piva i pivljani nekad i sad. Kulturni centar Karlovačka umetnička radionica.
* Radovan M. Marinković (2002). Pivljani u Čačku. Grafotrade. ISBN 978-86-902669-1-3.
* Srpske porodice i prezimena.

## External links

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* Piva online

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Regions in Montenegro

Northern region|

* Drobnjak (Uskoci, Jezera, Šaranci)
* Zatarje
* Pljevlja
* Piva
* Brda (Morača (Upper and Lower), Vasojevići)
* Polja
* Kolašin (Upper and Lower)
* Southern Sanjak
* Plav and Gusinje
* Bihor (Upper and Lower)
* Vraneš
* Polimlje
* Potarje
* Old Herzegovina

Central region|

* Nikšići (Župa, Trebješani, Golija, Rudine, Ozrinići)
* Banjani
* Grahovo
* Krivošije
* Brda (Piperi, Rovca, Bratonožići, Kuči, Bjelopavlići, Lijeva Rijeka)
* Zeta (Upper and Lower)
* Skenderija
* Malesija [nn] (Hoti, Gruda, Triepshi)
* Old Montenegro (Pješivci, Čevo, Cuce, Bjelice, Njeguši, Cetinje field, Ceklin, Komani, Zagarač, Lješani, Rijeka)

Coastal region|

* Bay of Kotor (Prevlaka, Sutorina, Risan gulf, Tivat gulf, Luštica)
* Grbalj
* Budva riviera (Pobori, Brajići, Maine, Paštrovići)
* Spič
* Crmnica
* Bar
* Valdanos
* Mrkojevići
* Ulcinj riviera
* Skadarska Krajina

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