| Hajduk Pecija Petar Popović Петар Поповић |
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| Nickname | Pecija (Пеција) |
| Born | 1826 Krupa na Uni, Ottoman Empire (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Died | August 29, 1875 Belgrade, Principality of Serbia |
| Allegiance | Serbia |
| Service/branch | Revolutionaries |
| Rank | Vojvoda |
Petar Popović, known as Pecija (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Поповић 'Пеција'; 1826 — 1875) was a Serbian hajduk; a voivode (military commander) in two major uprisings against the Ottoman Empire.
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Petar Popović was born in the village of Bušević, in Krupa na Uni (modern Bosnia and Herzegovina), in 1826. His father's name was Petar, his mother's Ilinka. He spent the greater part of his life in Kostajnica. He was an autodidact, apart from Serbian he also spoke Turkish. As an opponent to the Ottoman state, Petar, at 22 years of age (1848), joins the hajduks and actively, for the rest of his life, fight the Ottomans.
In autumn 1858, together with harambaša Petar Garača from Strigova, he leads an uprising in Knešpolje, and builds a moat in front of Kostajnica, known as "Pecijin šanac". Common folk join the hajduks, and by chance, a violent battle ensures between the Turks and revolutionaries (Serbian rebels) at the moat. After long and fierce battles, the Ottomans manage to push the rebels over the Una river into Kostajnica, where a large part gives themselves up to the Austrians. Pecija and Garača, with some 300 rebels, didn't capitulate, but went over the bridge back to the Ottomans and pushed them back, forcing the Ottomans to escape into Pastirevo.
After the Kostajnica Uprising, the Ottomans captured Pecija twice. In Istanbul he was convicted to death, to be served in his region, as it "was there he had done the most evil". On the way to his birthplace, he escaped, and made it to Kragujevac, where he stayed and was appointed guard at the town foundry. He stayed in Kragujevac until the uprising in Bosanska Krajina (1875), when he immediately joined the revolt and fought in Gašnica on August 28. Pecija once again proved to be one of the most capable leaders as he forced the Ottomans into flight. However, shortly afterwards, according to folk telling due to treason by a Ilija Čolanović, the Ottomans surprised the rebels and after a lengthy and violent fight destroyed the hajduk band, with some fleeing to Prosar, and only some 50 remaining with Pecija to continue the fight on the Sava banks.
Pecija and his rebels managed to seize a boat and cross the river, but without protection, most of the men die from Ottoman gunfire. Only Pecija and two men remain alive, and Pecija, restless and courageous as he was, instead of escaping, he goes out in the open and shouts "Hey, Turks, just to let you know, you did not kill Pecija, he is still alive, and he will soon avenge you". A bullet struck him in the head and he died instantly, on the night of August 29, 1875. Pecija, together with Kormanoš and other heroes were buried in the village of Jablanac, under Jasenovac. 10 years after his death, his remains were relocated and properly stored in the Moštanica monastery, at the foot of Kozara near Kozarska Dubica.