Serbs are a small community in
Bulgaria, most of whom are immigrants. Many of them are athletes and businessmen who have expatriated to Bulgaria in the 20th and 21st century.
Population
* According to the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues by the Bulgarian Government, there are 313 local Serbs in the country, most of whom are descendants of
old political emigrants.
[Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и интеграционните въпроси]
Етнически малцинствени общности.
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*2011 Bulgarian census registered 569 Serbian citizens living permanently in Bulgaria, most of whom are recent economic immigrants.[2011 Population census in the republic of Bulgaria]
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History
Middle Ages
During the Byzantine rule in Bulgaria, the Serbs invaded Byzantine territory in 1149. Emperor Manuel I Komnenos
Manuel I Komnenos ( el, Μανουήλ Κομνηνός, translit=Manouíl Komnenos, translit-std=ISO; 28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Romanization of Greek, Latinized Comnenus, also called Porphyrogennetos (; "born in the purple"), w ...
(1143–1180) forced the rebellious Serbs to vassalage (1150–52) and settled some Serbian POW
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...
s around Sofia.
Ottoman times
The village Brakevtsi was settled by Serbs in late Ottoman times, after the local Bulgarian population had emigrated to Bessarabia
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
.
19th century Bulgaria
In the 1880 Bulgarian census, in which native language was registered, 1,894 Serbs were counted with the following Districts having a notable number of Serbian-speakers:
*Vidin District: 1,260, 1.2% of the total[General results of the population census of 1 January 1881, Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria]
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**Kula Subdistrict: 1,083, 3.5%;[Final results of the population census of 1 January 1881, Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria]
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Brakevtsi, (today in Serbia), Brakevtsi municipality: 1,067 (Serb majority, the only such settlement in Bulgaria). In 1919 Brakevtsi was ceded to Serbia.
**Vidin Subdistrict: 165, 0.4%[
*Sofia District: 258, 0.2%][
]
Organizations
In 1999, an organization of "Bulgarian Serbs" was formed, but broke up soon after that. In 2010 an Association of the Serbs in Bulgaria was set up.
Notable people
* Ana-Neda (1323–1324), Empress consort of Bulgaria
* Dragana (1371–1395), Empress consort of Bulgaria
*Đoko Rosić
Đorđe "Đoko" Rosić ( bg, Джоко Росич, Dzhoko Rosich, sr-cyr, Ђоко Росић; 28 February 1932 – 21 February 2014) was a Bulgarian actor who was also well known in Hungary.
Biography
Rosić was born in Krupanj, Kingdom of Yug ...
(1932–2014), Serbia-born Bulgarian actor. An old political emigrant. Serbian father and Bulgarian mother.
* Zlatomir Zagorčić (b. 1971), naturalized Bulgarian former footballer, now coach. Played for the Bulgarian national team 1998–2004.
*Predrag Pažin
Predrag Pažin (Bulgarian and Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Пажин; born 14 March 1973) is a former footballer who played as a defender. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Bulgaria internationally.
Club career
He signed his first profes ...
(b. 1973), naturalized Bulgarian former footballer, now coach. Played for the Bulgarian national team 2000–2004.
* Zoran Janković (b. 1974), naturalized Bulgarian former footballer. Played for the Bulgarian national team 2002–2007.
*Ivan Čvorović
Ivan Čvorović ( bg, Иван Чворович, Ivan Chvorovich, sr-cyr, Иван Чворовић; born 21 September 1985) is a retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Born and raised in Serbia, Čvorović received Bulgarian citizenship ...
(b. 1985), naturalized Bulgarian footballer, playing for the Bulgarian national team
*Majstor Miro (Майстор Миро), chef.
See also
* Bulgarians in Serbia
* Bulgarian-Serbian relations
* Serb diaspora
*Serbs in North Macedonia
The Serbs are one of the constitutional peoples of North Macedonia ( mk, Србите во Северна Македонија, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Срби у Северној Македонији, Srbi u Severnoj Makedoniji), numbering about 24,000 ...
* Serbs in Romania
*Serbs in Greece
Serbs in Greece ( gr, Σέρβοι στην Ελλάδα, sr, Срби у Грчкој/Srbi u Grčkoj) is a community of Greek nationals of ethnic Serb descent and Serbian-born Greek nationals. They number more than 15,000 people, while accord ...
*Serbs in Albania
Serbs and Montenegrins (Serbs-Montenegrins) are an ethno-linguistic community in Albania. They are one of the recognized national minorities. The population was concentrated in the region of Vraka, but largely emigrated in the 1990s. The communi ...
References
External links
*Radosavljević, Nedeljko. "Симо Соколов и српска емиграција у Бугарској 1883–1886.(документи)." Мешовита грађа 34 (2013): 233–267.
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