Serbs of Slovakia
There is a small number of Serbs in Slovakia, mostly located in the southern town of Komárno, where they have been living since the 17th century.[1] There has also been a historic minority in Bratislava (Požun), where many Habsburg Serbs studied. The number of Slovaks of Serb descent is hard to determine but nevertheless they are recognized as an official minority.[2]
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 Serbian Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Komárno | |
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| 3,600 (estimate) | |
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 Komárno Bratislava | |
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| Serbian Orthodox Church | |
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| South Slavs |
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Demographics
The Association of Serbs in Slovakia claim that 2,784 Serbs, born outside Slovakia, currently live in Slovakia, while another 800 Slovaks are of Serb descent.[3] However, at the 2011 census, only 698 people claimed the Serbian ethnicity.[4] Partially descent of Serb origin coming from marriage mostly from Serbian men and Slovakian women.
Notable people
- Branko Radivojevič, Slovak ice hockey player of Serb parentage
- Marko Milinković, Serbian expatriate football player
- Slaven Dizdarević, Slovak Serb decathlete.
- Gavril Stefanović Venclović, Serb priest, writer, poet, orator, philosopher, and illuminator.
- Pavle Davidović, Serb general, Knight of the Military Order of Maria Theresa.
References
- "The Pride of Komarno".
- "Serbs acquire national minority status in Slovakia". balkans.com. 9 February 2010. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011.
- Lopušina 2014, "U Slovačkoj se, prema policijskim podacima momentalno nalazi 2.784 naših ljudi, koji su tu zbog spajanja rodbine, studiranja, rada ili nekog drugog razloga i još 800 ljudi srpskog porekla - tvrdi Stane Ribič, predsednik udruženja Srba u Slovačkoj.".
- "Štatistický úrad SR - Úvodná stránka" (PDF).
Sources
- Cerović, Ljubivoje (1997). "Srbi u Slovačkoj" (in Serbian). Ministarstvo Republike Srbije za veze sa Srbima izvan Srbije.
- Cerović, Ljubivoje (1999). Srbi na Slovensku (in Slovak). Kultúra. ISBN 9788671031516.
- Lopušina, M. (May 2014). "Svaki drugi Srbin živi izvan Srbije" [Every second Serb lives outside of Serbia]. Novosti.
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