Causes of Death in the Parish Vojakovac near Križevci from 1900 to 1914, 1941 to 1945, and 1949 to 2015

Vojakovac je središte male parohije koja se nalazi sjeverno od Križevaca na južnim obroncima Kalnika. Pravoslavno stanovništvo je na tome području u većem broju doseljeno tijekom XVI. stoljeća. U radu se donosi pregled demografskoga razvoja parohije Vojakovac te se zaključuje da je broj Srba u parohiji Vojakovac tijekom XX. stoljeća opao zbog stradanja u Drugom svjetskom ratu, zbog iseljavanja u velike gradove, zbog asimilacije i zbog etnomimikrije. Rad donosi informacije o uzrocima umiranja na području parohije Vojakovac u različitim periodima tijekom XX. stoljeća. Podatci se donose na temelju matičnih knjiga umrlih parohije Vojakovac koje se nalaze u Arhivi Srpske pravoslavne crkve Mitropolije zagrebačko-ljubljanske u Zagrebu. Rad se također bavi i običajima prilikom umiranja u Kalničkom prigorju i u Podravini kod Srba i kod Hrvata.Vojakovac is the centre of a small parish located north of Križevci, on the southern slopes of Kalnik. The Orthodox population settled in that area in larger numbers during the 16th century. The author offers an overview of the demographic development of the parish Vojakovac, and concludes that the number of Serbs in the parish fell during the 20th century due to World War II related deaths, migration to larger urban areas, assimilation, and ethnomimicry. He also presents information on the causes of death in the parish in various periods during the 20th century. This data was drawn from registers of deaths of the parish Vojakovac, which are kept in the Archive of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana in Zagreb. The author also examines customs related to death and dying in the foothills of Kalnik and in the Podravina region, among both Serbs and Croats