12 Facts About Pavle Julinac

Pavle Julinac was a Serbian writer, philosopher, historian, traveler, soldier, and diplomat in the Imperial Russian service.

Pavle Julinac was a contemporary of not only Jean-Francois Marmontel, but of Serbian intellectuals like the polymaths Teodor Jankovic-Mirijevski, Dositej Obradovic, Zaharije Orfelin, Jovan Rajic, Emanuilo Jankovic, Vasilije Damjanovic, Pavel Kengelac, and others.

Some say that Pavle Julinac was born in Segedin; others believe it was in Curug.

Pavle Julinac comes from a noble Serbian Military Frontier family, the son of an Austrian soldier Arsenije Julinac, and the nephew of Major Vasilije Julinac of Segedin.

Pavle Julinac eventually entered the Russian military service and was assigned to the Russian embassy in Vienna as a courier.

Pavle Julinac Julianc joined the mass of settlers leaving Austria for Russia, led by Rajko Preradovic and Jovan Sevic, his godfather.

In 1781, Pavle Julinac is made Russian consul in Naples, while still in military service.

Pavle Julinac is best known for four books, each with a historical and literary significance of the time.

Pavle Julinac's books were printed in the Greco-Orthodox typography of Dimitrije Teodosije, a printer of Greek origin.

Pavle Julinac wrote " in the hope that the Almighty might be pleased to deliver all the Serbs from the barbarian yoke," a statement that sounds very much like a precursor to an ideology of national liberation after many waves of abuse Austrians levied on the Serbs.

Pavle Julinac translated The Song of Roland, an epic poem based on the Battle of Roncevaux in 778, during the reign of Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle as Matter of France.

Pavle Julinac wrote his memoirs and a travel book of his visit to Hilandar Monastery at Mount Athos.