Milutin “Era” Petrović

Milutin Petrovic was born in Lenovac, Zajecar, Serbia in 1791. He was one of the vojvodas (military commanders) of the Serbian Revolutionary forces in the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, in charge of the Negotin area. His nom de guerre was Era. He and his brother Hajduk Veljko were one of the biggest heroes of the Uprising. He died on February 21, 1861 at the age of 70 in Pozarevac, Serbia where he is interred in the cemetery of the Cathedral Church of Saint Archangels Michael and Gabriel.