Vuk Isaković
Vuk Isaković ({{lang-sr-cyr|Вук Исаковић}}; fl. 1696–1759) was a Serb military commander in Austrian service during the Austrian-Ottoman Wars. He was the inspiration for the main character, Vuk Isakovič (Вук Исакович), in the Seobe (novel by Miloš Crnjanski).
Vuk's family originated from Sredska, Serbia, then under Ottoman rule. His brother was Trifun Isaković, also a commander.
The Serbs established a Hajduk army that supported the Austrians.{{cite book|author=Душан Ј Поповић|title=Србија и Београд од Пожаревачког до Београдског мира, 1718-1739|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdcbAAAAMAAJ|year=1950|pages=42–43}} The army was divided into 18 companies, in four groups.{{cite book|author=Radovan M. Drašković|title=Valjevo u prošlosti: prilozi za zavičajnu istoriju|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y6UMAAAAIAAJ|year=1987|page=22|publisher=Milić Rakić |isbn=9788671730082 |quote=Хајдучка војска била је подељена на 18 компанија, које су се распореЬивале у 4 групе.}} In this period, the most notable obor-kapetans were Vuk Isaković from Crna Bara, Mlatišuma from Kragujevac and Kosta Dimitrijević from Paraćin. With his brother Trifun he commanded the Hajduks who devastated Lešnica. After the war he had the rank of captain. His brother became major in Syrmia, then lieutenant colonel of the Petrovaradin regiment. He and his brother were among the main contributors for the new church and tower-bell of the Šišatovac monastery. Isaković participated in the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39).
He died in 1759, at the age of 65, in Mitrovica. He was buried at Šišatovac, which at the time was some type of mausoleum for notable Serbs.
See also
- Jovan Monasterlija (fl. 1689-1706), Serbian military commander in Austrian service
- Pavle Nestorović
- Subota Jović
- Sekula Vitković
- Novak Petrović
- Pane Božić
- Antonije Znorić
- Serbian Militia
- Paul Davidovich (1737–1814), Austrian general
- Atanasije Rašković
- Radonja Petrović
References
{{Reflist|2}}
=Sources=
{{Refimprove|date=September 2011}}
{{refbegin}}
{{cite book| author = Marcel Cornis-Pope|author2=John Neubauer| title = History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and Disjunctures in the 19th and 20th Centuries| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YINYl4iv4ecC&pg=PA215| date = 2004| publisher = John Benjamins Publishing| isbn = 978-90-272-3458-2| pages = 134, 215–217 }}
{{refend}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Isakovic, Vuk}}
Category:18th-century Serbian people
Category:Serbian military leaders
Category:Year of birth unknown
Category:Refugees of the Great Turkish War
{{Serbia-bio-stub}}