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1 History  



1.1  Middle Ages  





1.2  Russian Empire  





1.3  Soviet Union  







2 Notable people  



2.1  Nobility and military personnel  





2.2  Clergy  





2.3  Sportspeople  





2.4  Admirals  





2.5  Other  







3 See also  





4 References  





5 Sources  














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Serbs in Russia

Срби у Русији
Srbi u Rusiji

Serbia Russia
Flag of the Serbian minority in Russia
Total population
  • 3,510 Russian citizens (2010)[1]
  • 29,499 Serbian citizens (2015)[2]
Regions with significant populations
mainly Moscow, Stavropol Krai
Languages
Russian and Serbian
Religion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Related ethnic groups
Serbs in Ukraine

There is a community of SerbsinRussia (Russian: Сербы в России; Serbian: Срби у Русији, romanizedSrbi u Rusiji), also known as Russian Serbs (Russian: Российские сербы; Serbian: Руски Срби, romanizedRuski Srbi), which includes Russian citizens of ethnic Serb descent or Serbian-born people residing in the country.

History[edit]

Sava Vladislavich, 18th-century adventurer and diplomat

Middle Ages[edit]

After the Ottoman invasion of Serbia in the 14th century, Serbian refugees found refuge in Russia.[3] Lazar the Serb (built the first mechanical public clock in Russia) and Pachomius the Serb (hagiographer and translator) were some of the notable Serbs in Russian medieval history.[4] Elena Glinskaya (1510–1538), the mother of Russian emperor Ivan the Terrible (r. 1547–84), was maternally Serbian.[5] The Orthodox worship of Saint Sava was established in Russia in the 16th century.[3]

Russian Empire[edit]

Leontii Depreradovich
Nikolay Depreradovich
The brothers Leontii and Nikolay Depreradovich, both of whom served as general officers in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars

In the 1750s, in a re-settlement initiated by Austrian Colonel Ivan Horvat, a vast number of Orthodox Serbs, mostly from territories controlled by the Habsburg monarchy (the Serbian Grenzers), settled in Russia's military frontier region of New Serbia (with the centre in Novomirgorod, mainly in the territory of present-day Kirovohrad OblastofUkraine), as well as in Slavo-Serbia (now mainly the territory of the Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine). In 1764, both territorial entities were incorporated in Russia's Novorossiya Governorate. Serbs continued to settle in Russian lands, and many, such as Sava Vladislavich, Nikolay Depreradovich, and Peter Tekeli, became high ranking generals and imperial nobility.

During the Napoleonic Wars, many Russian generals were either Serbian-born or of Serbian descent, including Georgi Emmanuel, Peter Ivelich, Nikolay Vuich, Ivan Shevich, and multiple others. The most esteemed Serb in the service of the Russian Empire at the time of the Napoleonic Wars was Count Mikhail Miloradovich, a leading commander during the French invasion of Russia and governor-general of Saint Petersburg.

Soviet Union[edit]

Throughout the existence of the Soviet Union, many Serbs in Russia continued to play prominent roles in society. Notable figures at the time include Admiral of the Fleet and Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Kuznetsov and renowned sculptor and Hero of Socialist Labour Yevgeny Vuchetich, responsible for The Motherland Calls, which was the largest statue in the world at the time of its construction.

Notable people[edit]

Ivan the Terrible

Mikhail Miloradovich

Georgi Emmanuel

Ivan Shevich

Ilya Duka

Peter Ivelich

Peter Kaptzevich

Nikolay Vuich

Teodor Janković-Mirijevski

Marko Ivelich

Vasily Karazin

Semyon Zorich

Atanasije Stojković

John of Shanghai

Vladimir Voinovich

Vesna Dolonc

Aleksandra Krunić

Milla Jovovich

Nobility and military personnel[edit]

Peter Tekeli, General-in-Chief of the Imperial Russian Army
Lazar the Serb
Nikolai Kuznetsov, Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union

Clergy[edit]

Sportspeople[edit]

Silver 2-ruble coin celebrating Yevgeny Vuchetich, Soviet sculptor

Admirals[edit]

Other[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • ^ a b Predrag R. Dragić Kijuk (1999). Hilandar: 1198-1998. Association of writers of Serbia. p. 163.
  • ^ Davidović 2003, p. 25
  • ^ Robert Payne; Nikita Romanoff (2002). Ivan the Terrible. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-8154-1229-8.
  • Sources[edit]



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