Petar Kacarević
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Petar Kacarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Кацаревић; fl. 1905–06), nicknamed Pera (Пера) and Čiča (чича, "uncle"), was a vojvoda (commander) of the Serbian Chetnik Organization active in the Maleševo region.
Kacarević hailed from Maleš on the Krivi Bor near Berovo. The Kacarević family adhered to the Serbian Orthodox Church. Veljko Kacarević, an Orthodox priest from Berovo, was a Serbian teacher in the region in the 19th century, and manager of the Serbian schools in the region (fl. 1902). Ilija Kacarević, an alumni of the Prizren Seminary, was a priest and the deputy of Berovo.
His band fought Bulgarians at Maleš on the 10th, 16th, 20th and 21st November 1905, without casualties. His band of 12 fighters fought with 186 Ottoman soldiers on the hill of Krivo Brdo near Berovo on 12 May 1906, with 10 casualties; the band had been betrayed by Bulgarian Exarchists in Berovo. He died while fighting on the Maleš.