Stojan Čupić
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| Nickname(s) | "the Dragon of Noćaj" |
| Born | ca. 1765 Piva, Sanjak of Herzegovina (modern Montenegro) |
| Died | 1815 Zvornik, Sanjak of Zvornik (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Allegiance |
 Serbian Revolutionaries (1804–15) |
| Years of service | 1804–15 |
| Rank | vojvoda (general) |
| Unit | Mačva |
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Stojan Čupić (pronounced [stɔ̌jan tʃûpitɕ], Serbian Cyrillic: Стојан Чупић; ca. 1765–1815) was a Serbian revolutionary general (vojvoda), one of the most important commanders of the First Serbian Uprising. He was active in the Mačva region.
Born in Piva, in the Sanjak of Herzegovina (now in Montenegro), his original surname was Dobrilović (Добриловић). He was brought up in Salaš Crnobarski (at that time known as Ali-Agin Salaš) in Mačva in the Sanjak of Smederevo (now in Serbia), where he was schooled. He lived with his grandfather, Todor "Toda", his parents being dead. His grandfather was a chieftain in his home village, but moved for an unknown reason to Serbia, leaving his sons back home. The sons died, so Stojan and his three older sisters went to live with grandfather Toda. Strahinja Čupić, a rich man without children from Salaš Noćajski, adopted Stojan when he was a boy, and brought him up "as though he was of his own blood". His adoptive father found a girl for him, and he married, so that he could inherit. Stojan worked in trade.
Stojan Čupić first met Karađorđe, a pig trader and Austrian veteran, somewhere in the Valjevo nahija in 1804. In 1805, Stojan began assembling his own band (among whom were Zeka Buljubaša), which closed off roads in Mačva by the Drina river, and dug trenches from Zasavica to the Sava – from where he attacked Turks crossing the Drina. He quickly became a local hero, feared by the Turks.
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