Rade Andrović was a Serbian Orthodox priest and legendary hero from the Paštrovići

Paštrovici

The Paštrovići is a coastal clan in Montenegro.- History :The people and land of Paštrovići is mentioned for the first time in 1355, when Serbian emperor Dušan Silni sent his nobleman Nikolica Paštrović in diplomatic mission in Dubrovnik...

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Serb clans

Serb clans is a general term referring to what are known as plemena and bratstva , traditional geo-political units of the Western Balkans that now richly attest social anthropology and family history . The descendants of the clans are divided by regional and lately, national affiliation...

, that is remembered for his failed assassination of the Pasha of Scodra Mahmud Bushatli.

Life

Rade, a Serbian Orthodox priest, hailed from the Paštrovići. In the summer of 1785, the victorious Pasha Mahmud Bushatli crossed into the Paštrovići after his campaign in 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...

. He promised that he would kill the Pasha in his tent in Kastellastvi because he sweared that Paštrovići would not be devastated by the Ottoman Turks. Upon reaching the Pasha's tent, his gun jammed and the Turks slew him. Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša

Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša

Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša , was a Serbian-Montenegrin writer and politician. He is famous for his unique short stories, generally ranked among the masterpieces of Serbian literature in its day...

, for his act, called him The New Obilić, referring to Miloš Obilić

Miloš Obilic

Miloš Obilić was a medieval Serbian knight in the service of Prince Lazar, during the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. He is not mentioned in contemporary sources, but he features prominently in later accounts of the Serbian defeat at the Battle of Kosovo as the legendary assassin of the Ottoman...

's heroic murder of Sultan Mehmed II in his tent during the Battle of Kosovo

Battle of Kosovo

The Battle of Kosovo took place on St. Vitus' Day, June 15, 1389, between the army led by Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, and the invading army of the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Sultan Murad I...

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Sources

• Đorđe V. Gregović, O PAŠTROVIĆIMA