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Serbs In 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. 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. 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. However, at the 2011 census, only 698 people claimed the Serbian ethnicity. 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. See also * Serb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Komárom24
Komárom (Hungarian: ; german: Komorn; la, Brigetio, later ; sk, Komárno) is a city in Hungary on the south bank of the Danube in Komárom-Esztergom County. Komárno, Slovakia, is on the northern bank. Komárom was formerly a separate village called . In 1892 Komárom and Újszőny were connected with an iron bridge and in 1896 the two towns were united under the name city of Komárom. The fortress played an important role in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 and many contemporary English sources refer to it as the Fortress of Comorn. History Following the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries, Prince Árpád gave Komárom and the Komárom county vicinity to tribal chieftain Ketel. Ketel was the first known ancestor of the famous Koppán (genus) clan. At the beginning of the 12th century, this tribe founded the town's Benedictine Monastery in honor of the Blessed Virgin, mentioned in 1222 by the name of Monostorium de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavril Stefanović Venclović
Gavril is a variant of the name Gabriel, may refer to: *Gavril Atanasov, Macedonian icon painter from Berovo in the 19th century *Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (1746–1821), Romanian clergyman who served as Metropolitan of Moldavia *Gavril Balint (born 1963), former Romanian football striker and current coach *Gavril Dejeu (born 1932), Romanian politician and Minister of Interior *Gavril Ilizarov (1921–1992), Russian physician, known for inventing the Ilizarov apparatus for lengthening limb bones *Gavril Krastevich, Bulgarian politician *Gavril Myasnikov (1889–1945), Russian metalworker from the Urals and Bolshevik underground activist *Gavril Olteanu, leader of a Romanian paramilitary militia group part of the Maniu guards during World War II *Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria, ruler of First Bulgarian Empire from 1014 to 1015 *Gavril Sarychev (1763–1831), Russian navigator, hydrographer, admiral and Honorable Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences *Gavril Stefanović Venclović (1680 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs By Country
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their nation state of Serbia, as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Kosovo. They also form significant minorities in North Macedonia and Slovenia. There is a large Serb diaspora in Western Europe, and outside Europe and there are significant communities in North America and Australia. The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro. Ethnology The identity of Serbs is rooted in Eastern Orthodoxy and traditions. In the 19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
