Orahov Do

Orahov Do (Serbian Cyrillic: Орахов До) is a village in Ravno municipality Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was formerly part of the Trebinje municipality, up until the Bosnian War. It is only a few kilometers away from the border with Croatia on the road from the Adriatic coast to Popovo polje. It was the birthplace of Ragusan merchant Nikola Bošković, father of famed astronomer Ruđer Bošković.

Orahov Do
Village
Panorama
Country Bosnia and Herzegovina
EntityFederation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canton Herzegovina-Neretva
MunicipalityRavno
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Name

The literal translation of Orahov Do is "Walnut Valley". Other variants include Orahovi Do, Orovi Do, and Orahovo. In Serbian Cyrillic, the name is written as "Орахов До".

History

In Dubrovnik court file from 1284 with name Orahovec(Oraxouech) is mentioned village of Orahovi Do.[1] The village is mentioned in Ragusan documents dating to July 1405 (as Horachindol),[2] 1408 (as Orachouo dol)[3] and 1414 (as Oracouodol).[4][5] The 1405 document mentions Novak Grgurić as a subject of vojvoda Sandalj Hranić.[2] The 1408 document mentions nobleman Pokrajac Novaković's granting his subject Novak Grgurić from Orahov Do to settle with his family in the Ston region.[6] The 1414 document mentions Radonja Pripković from the village.[4] The region was during the Middle Ages part of the župa (county) of Popovo. The village is 1475 called Rahov Do and is inhabited with 23 families. Village was burned by the Ottomans in 1687, and 1692 during the mass Don Ilija Bošković uncle of Ruđer Bošković was killed by Uskoks. In 1624 list of Fr. Blaz Gračanin mentions in village 19 Catholic houses and about 100 Catholics, 1639 in the list of Fr. Dominik Andrijasević village has 14 Catholic families. According to the Austro-Hungarian Census from 1879 in Orahov Dol lived only Catholics.[7]

During the Great Turkish War in 1689, Hajduks attacked Orahov Do, Nijev Do and Balenići on the order of serdar Nonković.[8]

Demographics

The village is inhabited by a Croat majority and Serb minority. In the 1991 census, the village had 42 residents, including:[9]

  • 38 (90.47%) Croats
  • 4 (9.52%) Serbs

Anthropology

Surnames found in the village include Burum, Kristić, Đurinov, Čupović, Bjelanov, Delić, Zurević, Cajin, Pirijač, Kićunov, and others.

According to Serbian sources, the Bošković brotherhood (ancestors of Roger Joseph Boscovich), originally surnamed Pokrajčić, had settled the village from the surrounding mountains.[10] Branches of the brotherhood also settled the surroundings of Stolac.[11]

Notable people

References
  1. Domagoj Vidović, 2011, Toponymy of the village Orahovi Do in Popovo https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=124987 #page=539
  2. Collectanea historiam, linguam, litteras Serbicas spectantia: Tertia section. Naučno delo. 1963. pp. 85, 195.
  3. "Državni arhiv u Dubrovniku, Serija Diversa Cancellariae, Svezak XXXVII, folija 10 (datum: 18. februar 1408. godine)". Pocraize Nouachouich facit manifestum quod ipse vult et contentatum pro Nouacho Gergurich de Orachouo dol homo dicti Poghraize possit libere et secure ire ad standum et habitandum cum sua familia per terras Riparie vel Stagni Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Državni arhiv u Dubrovniku, Serija Diversa Cancellariae, Svezak XL, folija 88 (datum: 02. decembar 1414. godine)". Radogna Pripchouich de Oracouodol homo Dobroslaui Meduiedouich confessus est habuisse et recepisse a ser Blasio de Sorgo et a Bogdano Bagnich homine dicti ser Blasii dantibus eidem ad tenendum, pascandum et fideliter custodiandum capita nouem porcorum hinc ad annos tres proxime futuris Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Andrija Nikić (1996). Iz hercegovačke povjesnice. Franjevačka knjižnica. p. 28.
  6. Dunić 1967, p. 96.
  7. Domagoj Vidović, 2011, Toponymy of the village Orahovi Do in Popovo https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=124987 #page=540-544
  8. Mihić 1975, p. 190.
  9. Demografija Trebinja - Nacionalni sastav po naseljenim mjestima, 1991., reproduction of the 1991 census data at the Bosnian Wikipedia
  10. Jeremija D. Mitrović (1992). Srpstvo Dubrovnika. Srpska književna zadruga. p. 124. ISBN 9788637903192. Преци Руђера БошковиЬа прво су као властела носили презиме ПодкравиЬи односно Покра]чиЬи. Рано су се спустили у Попово поље, у село Орахов До или Орахово, где су се размножили као Бошкови- Ьи. Из 1629. сачувана је једна изјава људи написана „т сагаНеге ПНпсЬо оуего 8етапо" (српским пи- смом). Из овог херцеговачког српског ...
  11. Историски записи. 68. с.н. 1995. p. 154. огранака братства БошковнЬа у Орахов До и околицу Гтоца, што )е утврЬено, као што смо вищ'ели, на основу тамоииьег предала н других извора. Исто тако, правац иселзаван.а, куда су сс креталп при селидби, ко)а су усмеренъа ...

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