Orahov Do (

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: Орахов До) is a village in

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municipality

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. It was formerly part of the

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municipality, up until the

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. It is only a few kilometers away from the border with

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on the road from the Adriatic coast to

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. It was the birthplace of Ragusan merchant

Nikola Bošković Nikola Bošković (, 1642 – 18 September 1721) was a Republic of Ragusa, Ragusan merchant, whose travels in Ottoman Raška (region), Raška were included in ''Illyricum sacrum''. He is best known as the father of Roger Joseph Boscovich, Roger Jos ...

, father of famed

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Ruđer Bošković Roger Joseph Boscovich ( hr, Ruđer Josip Bošković; ; it, Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; la, Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius; sr, Руђер Јосип Бошковић; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronome ...

Name

The literal translation of ''Orahov Do'' is "Walnut Valley". Other variants include ''Orahovi Do'', ''Orovi Do'', and ''Orahovo''. In

, the name is written as "Орахов До".

History

In Dubrovnik court file from 1284 with name Orahovec(Oraxouech) is mentioned village of Orahovi Do. The village is mentioned in Ragusan documents dating to July 1405 (as ''Horachindol''), 1408 (as ''Orachouo dol'') and 1414 (as ''Oracouodol''). The 1405 document mentions Novak Grgurić as a subject of ''vojvoda''

Sandalj Hranić Sandalj Hranić Kosača ( cyrl, Сандаљ Хранић Косача; 1370 – 15 March 1435) was the most powerful Bosnian nobleman whose primary possessions consisted of land areas between Adriatic coast, the Neretva and the Drina river ...

. The 1408 document mentions nobleman Pokrajac Novaković's granting his subject Novak Grgurić from Orahov Do to settle with his family in the

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region. The 1414 document mentions Radonja Pripković from the village. 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

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. During the

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in 1689,

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attacked Orahov Do, Nijev Do and Balenići on the order of ''

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'' Nonković.

Demographics

The village is inhabited by a

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majority and

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minority. In the 1991 census, the village had 42 residents, including: *38 (90.47%) Croats *4 (9.52%)

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According to the 2013 census, its population was 151, all

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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 Roger Joseph Boscovich ( hr, Ruđer Josip Bošković; ; it, Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; la, Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius; sr, Руђер Јосип Бошковић; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, ...

), originally surnamed Pokrajčić, had settled the village from the surrounding mountains. Branches of the brotherhood also settled the surroundings of

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Notable people

Dominik Andrijašević Dominik Andrijašević ( it, Domenico Andreassi, la, Dominicus Andriasius/Dominicus Andreassius; 1572–1639), was a Ragusan Franciscan friar who served as the Catholic Bishop of Skadar (Scutari) (1622–24) and later Mostar (1637). Life Born in ...

(1572–1639), Ragusan Franciscan bishop *

Benedikt Orsini Benedikt may refer to: *Benedikt, a spelling of the name Benedict *Benedikt, Benedikt Benedikt () is the central settlement in the Municipality of Benedikt in northeastern Slovenia. Before 1998, it was part of the Municipality of Lenart. It lies ...

(fl. 1629–1637), Ragusan Franciscan bishop *

(1642–1721), Ragusan trader and father of

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