Mitar Tarabic

Mitar Tarabic (1829-1899), an illiterate peasant from a small Serbian village called Kremna, had experienced prophetic visions. Being a religious person and having a local Serbian orthodox priest for a godfather, he told this priest about his episodes of seeing into the future. The priest, Zaharije Zaharic (1836-1918), wrote down everything in a small notebook, which was damaged by fire in 1943 when his family house was destroyed by the occupying Bulgarian army. This text is now in the possession of the family of Zaharic's great-grandson, Mr. Dejan Malenkovic.

All of his prophecies were correct in detail. There are many yet to unfold.

Predictions:

In the beginning Russia will not wage war, but when attacked by the evil army, they will fight back. There is a red Czar on the Russian throne.

Here, men with stars on their foreheads will appear. They will rule Uzice and this region for exactly 73 days, and then fleeing their enemies, they will go over the river Drina.

These are times of hunger and great evil... Serbs will fight and butcher each other. The invading enemy looks upon Serbian evil hatred and laughs at us.

A man with blue eyes on a white horse appears among our people. A star shines on his forehead. The evil enemy will hunt him all over our country, in the woods, over rivers and upon the sea, but in vain. The man will gather a mighty army and free occupied Belgrade. He will chase away the enemy from our country, and our kingdom will be bigger than ever.

Russia will make an alliance with other great kingdoms over the seas, and they will burn down the crooked anti-cross and free all the enslaved people of Europe.

Historical facts:

1941 - After being attacked by Nazi Germany, Russia enters the war. They are led by their Communist "red Czar", Stalin.

In Yugoslavia the communist party led by Josip Broz Tito, the man with blue eyes on a white horse, starts the resistance against the Germans and Italians, as well as against the Serbian and Croat national extremists who are butchering each other.

The symbol of Tito's partisans is a red star, which they proudly wear on their hats (exactly on the forehead).

The first territory liberated by the partisans is the region around the city of Uzice. They hold it against a superior force for exactly 73 days.

The partisans are forced to flee over the river Drina to Bosnia. The guerilla war was fought all over Yugoslavia for 4 long years... in the woods, over rivers and upon the sea.

1945 - Yugoslavia is liberated. Tito enters Belgrade on a white horse and makes the Royal Palace his life-long residence.

Communist Yugoslavia is formed, and gains more territory from the neighbouring state of Italy.

The Allies free Europe. The Nazi swastika is crushed, and the the Second World War is over.