Raduč is a village in the Lika-Senj County, Croatia. The settlement is administered as a part of Lovinac municipality.
Location It is located in Lika, 25 kilometers from Gračac, on the state road D50.
Population/Demographics According to national census of 2011, population of the settlement is 12. Year Population 1857 1310 1869 850 1880 875 1890 1015 1900 1110 1910 1081 1921 945 1931 909 1948 729 1953 704 1961 724 1971 523 1981 407 1991 336 2001 11 2011 12
Notable people Milutin Tesla, Serbian orthodox priest, father of Nikola Tesla
It is miss understood that the family of the great Nikola Tesla is from Smiljan, Austro-Hungary, later Yugoslavia. Tesla's family are from the village of Raduč, Lika. The reason Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan instead of Raduč, is because his father Milutin, a Serbian-Orthodox priest was on duty in Smiljan, where the Serbian-Orthodox church was his responsibility. The house next to the church was given to him (Milutin Tesla), while he was serving in Smiljan, which is why Nikola Tesla was born there and not in Raduč. Due to the ethnic cleansing of Serbs from today's Croatia carried out in the 90s there are almost no people left in the village. However, Milka Tesla, still lives in Raduč.
Rade Čubrilo, Serbian military leader
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