The Piperi tribe is a Highland clan (Brda) of Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...

. Their land is located in the northeast; between the Morača and Zeta

Zeta River

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 rivers, reaching the northern suburbs of Montenegrin capital Podgorica

Podgorica

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.

History

According to a legend, it was founded by a middle age noble Pipo, who also had four brothers: Vasilije (Vaso), Lazar (Ozro), Kraso, and Mrkota (Oto). Pipo's brothers were forefathers of the Orthodox Serb clans of Vasojevići

Vasojevici

The Vasojevići tribe is the largest Serb clan in Montenegro. It occupies the area between Vjetarnih Lijeva Rijeka in the South and Bihor under Bijelo Polje in the North, Mateševo in the West to Plav in the East. The clan is one of seven "highland clans"...

 and Ozrinići

Ozrinići

Ozrinići is a small town in Montenegro. According to the 2003 census, the town has a population of 2024 people....

, and the Albanian Catholic tribes Krasniqi (also Serb Krasnići) and Hoti

Hoti

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 from Montenegro.

It was first mentioned in the Venice documents at the beginning of the 15th century. During the wars with the Ottoman Turks

Ottoman Turks

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, the Piperi tribe has been regarded as one of the most bellicose tribes in the history of Montenegro. The clan of Piperi had a total of 270 houses, with Serbian Orthodox majority

Serbs of Montenegro

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. The 700 men in arms were commanded by Radoslav Božidarov. They are mentioned as a "Serbian Orthodox clan" in a historial-geographical survey from 1757 and a letter sent by the Clan federation to Russia from 1789.
Piperi was one of the clans that constituted the Montenegrin Greens, a faction that opposed the annexation of Montenegro

Kingdom of Montenegro

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 to Serbia

Kingdom of Serbia

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. During WWII the majority of the tribe supported the Yugoslav Partisans.

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Boljevici

• Alagići
• Aćimići
• Božarići
• Balijaši*
• Banaševići
• Bašanovići*
• Bašovoći
• Boškovići*
• Božovići
• Bracanovići
• Brkovići
• Šujaci
• Dakići
• Dragićevići
• Dragišići
• Đukići
• Đuraševići*
• Đurovići
• Filipovići
• Gegići*
• Gligorovići
• Goričani*
• Grubeljići*
• Ivanovići
• Ivančevići
• Jelenići
• Jovanovići
• Jovovići
• Kaluđerovići*
• Lakočevići
• Lalići*
• Ljumovići
• Makočevići
• Maudići
• Markovići
• Matkovići
• Mijovići
• Miličkovići
• Milunovići
• Nikolići
• Novakovići
• Otovići
• Olevići
• Pajići
• Petrovići
• Piletići
• Popovići
• Pulevići
• Radevići
• Radonjići
• Radovanovići
• Radunovići*
• Rajkovići
• Ravnolazni*
• Ristovići
• Savovići
• Simovići
• Stanići*
• Stojanovići
• Todorovići
• Šćepanovići
• Šušovići
• Vučinići
• Vujovići*
• Vukanovići
• Vukotići
• Vukovići
• Vuletići*
• Vuljevići*
• Vulikići
• Vušutovići*
• Ćetkovići

People descending from the Piperi clan

• Savić Božović, Montenegrin hero
• Balša Brković
  Balša Brkovic
  Balša Brković is a Montenegrin writer, essayist and theatre critic....
  
  , Montenegrin writer and columnist
• Jevrem Brković
  Jevrem Brkovic
  Jevrem Brković is a Montenegrin writer , historian and a cultural activist...
  
  , Montenegrin writer
• Arso Jovanović
  Arso Jovanovic
  Arso R. Jovanović was a Yugoslav partisan and the foremost military commander to participate in the People's Liberation Struggle in Yugoslavia .Educated through the Yugoslav Royal Army academies, General Jovanović was one...
  
  , World War II commander
• Blažo Jovanović
  Blažo Jovanovic
  Blažo Jovanović was the first President of the People's Assembly of Montenegro. He was also the speaker of the Parliament of the People's Republic of Montenegro from 1954 to 1963....
  
  , Yugoslav communist and president of Montenegro
• Radosav Ljumovic, poet and writer
• Savić Marković Štedimlija
  Savic Markovic Štedimlija
  Savić Marković Štedimlija was a Montenegrin-Croatian nationalist publicist and writer, best known for his revisionist theories on the origins of the Montenegrin people...
  
  , pro-Croatia
  Croatia
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  n Montenegrin ideologist and Ustasha regime collaborator
• Vukašin Marković, Montenegrin communist
• Jole Piletić, Montenegrin chieftain
• Predrag Piper, Serbian Slavicist
  Slavistics
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• Vukić Pulević, Montenegrin biologist
  Biologist
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   and university professor
• Branka Šćepanović, folk singer
  Folk Singer
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• Milutin Vučinić
  Milutin Vucinic
  Milutin Mijajlov Vučinić was a Montenegrin soldier and politician.-Biography:...
  
  , Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Montenegro in Exile
  Prime Minister of Montenegro
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