 Vuko Markov Marković from Maine, who was a host to Šćepan when he arrived in Montenegro, traveled with Vasilije during his last journey to Russia and supposedly saw the Tzar.He was later the main witness of Šćepan's "identity".According to Montenegrin historian Rastislav V. Petrović, he was in fact Jovan Stefanov Balević from Bratonožići.