Authored by Fahri Xharra. Translated by Petrit Latifi. Taken from Zemrashqiptare.net.

“Do you know this small island with an area of ​​only 12,400 m2?

A magnificent island with its pink sand between the city of Budva (Budua) and Pržno on the coast of Montenegro. Interestingly, the written history of it begins only in 1442, when it passed into the ownership of the Paštrovići clan. To remain loyal to those who oppose sailing in the deep ocean of history, we will only talk about the developments since the time when the Republic of Venice ruled.

Look at how the Serbs distort or rather hide the history of this pearl by writing that it was built in the 15th century to protect itself from the Turks. It is true that there were many wars between the Turks and the Republic of Venice, but there were no Serbs living there at all.

But also a “brainstorming”, who were the Pashtrivije people who owned this small but very large place with historical and touristic values?

(The Paštrovići (Serbian Cyrillic: Паштровићи, pronounced [pâʃtrɔʋitɕi], Italian: Pastrouichi, Pastrouicchi) is a historical tribe and region in the Montenegrin Littoral. Paštrovići stretches from the southernmost part of the Bay of Kotor, from the cape of Zavala to Spič.[1]

Paštrovići was a province of Venetian Albania, a Venetian possession on the Adriatic coast, from 1423 until 1797, with interruptions by the Ottoman Empire. It was part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia from 1815 to 1918, then Yugoslavia, then became part of Montenegro only after World War II. It is historically one of two major “maritime tribes”, the other being Grbalj. )

So I wrote it in the original so as not to try to find reasons for our past opponents so painful: The Pashtrovićs were a historical tribe in the region of present-day Montenegro. which in Italian were called Pastrouichi, Pastrouicchi and in Slavic Паштровићи. But Pashtrovič was also a province of Venetian Albania under Venetian ownership for 300 years.

Look, below you have the text of dr. Miroslav Luketiq, (Petrovac year 2000): For 374 years, the Pashtrovics were among the Republic of Venice, preserving their religion, customs, language, and writing… (but which language was that?) In the other source it is written:

“имена, које би постало од имена Пастр” that could mean “clean” (Albanian: i pastër) and maybe “у этимологий латински коријен” – пастор that could mean “pastor’).

The Pashtrovics have hidden the etymological breakdown of their name. Yes, why hide themselves? According to JAZU (the former Yugoslav Academy), the name derives from pashtroj, pashtroje (?) which means to clean (a person of color – човјека шареног)

Others explain it this way: There are also theories that it derives from Albanian паштър, meaning “clean”,[so there are theories that explain that the word is Albanian паштър, so i паштър).

“(Млетачки попис из 1625. годе говорі да је у Паштровиће 2202 становника од којих је 613 поподних за рабеми. А годе 1692. Паштровића је 1112, 1748. годе их је 1578 у 360 продотица и само 455 спремних за армеви. Dobri Vuk St. Karadzhiћ Наводи да је у Паштровиће 3000 душа и 700 пушака а Стефан Митров, паштровиће, 1840. годе за је тачно у Паштровиће 3079 душа у 39 села. 3631 становник. А сада вћ давне 1961. годе статистичари избройше свега 2218 душа на овом тлу. )”

Translation:

“The Venetian census from 1625 says that there are 2202 inhabitants in Paštrovići, of which 613 are in the afternoon for slaves. And in 1692 there are 1112 Paštrovići, in 1748 there are 1578 in 360 villages and only 455 ready for the army. Dobri Vuk St. Karadžić states that there are 3000 souls and 700 guns in Paštrovići and Stefan Mitrov, Paštrovići, in 1840 there are exactly 3079 souls in 39 villages. 3631 inhabitants. And now, already in 1961, statisticians counted only 2218 souls on this land.”

Venetian records indicate that there were 360 ​​families and 455 men for war. Vuk Karadzic wrote that there were 1840, 3079 people in 39 villages.

Now tell me, honorable friends, were all the Pashtrovica Serbs?”

Reference

Fahri Xharra, 25.03.17. https://www.zemrashqiptare.net/news/45466/fahri-xharra-shen-stefani-afer-budves.html