The
Serbs
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 na ...
of Romania ( ro, Sârbii din România, sr, Срби у Румунији/Srbi u Rumuniji) are a recognized
ethnic minority
The term 'minority group' has different usages depending on the context. According to its common usage, a minority group can simply be understood in terms of demographic sizes within a population: i.e. a group in society with the least number o ...
numbering 18,076 people (0.1%) according to the 2011 census. The community is concentrated in western Romania, in the Romanian part of the
Banat
Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...
region (divided with
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
), where they constitute the absolute majority in two
communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, relig ...
and the relative majority in one other.
History
Historical background
Slavic presence is attested in Romania since the Early Middle Ages. The
Avar Khaganate
The Pannonian Avars () were an alliance of several groups of Eurasian nomads of various origins. The peoples were also known as the Obri in chronicles of Rus, the Abaroi or Varchonitai ( el, Βαρχονίτες, Varchonítes), or Pseudo-Avars ...
was the dominant power of the
Carpathian Basin
The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large basin situated in south-east Central Europe. The geomorphological term Pannonian Plain is more widely used for roughly the same region though with a somewhat different sense, with only th ...
between around 567 and 803. Most historians agree that
Slavs
Slavs are the largest European ethnolinguistic group. They speak the various Slavic languages, belonging to the larger Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages. Slavs are geographically distributed throughout northern Eurasia, main ...
and
Bulgars
The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region during the 7th century. They became known as nomad ...
, together with the remnants of the
Avars, and possibly with
Vlachs
"Vlach" ( or ), also "Wallachian" (and many other variants), is a historical term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate mainly Romanians but also Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and other Easter ...
(or
Romanians
The Romanians ( ro, români, ; dated exonym ''Vlachs'') are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking ethnic group. Sharing a common Culture of Romania, Romanian culture and Cultural heritage, ancestry, and speaking the Romanian language, they l ...
), inhabited the
Banat
Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...
region after the fall of the khaganate. Place names of
Slavic origin recorded already in the Middle Ages show the early presence of a Slavic-speaking population.
Early modern period
From the late 14th- to the beginning of the 16th century a large number of Serbs lived in
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...
and
Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and former principality in Centr ...
. Following Ottoman expansion in the 15th century, Serb mass migrations ensued into
Pannonia
Pannonia (, ) was a province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, coterminous westward with Noricum and upper Italy, and southward with Dalmatia and upper Moesia. Pannonia was located in the territory that is now wes ...
. Serbian Orthodox monasteries began to be built in the area from the 15th century, including Kusić and Senđurađ built by ''despot''
Jovan Branković
Jovan Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Бранковић; ; c. 1465 – 10 December 1502) was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. The title of despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas II of Hungary. From 1 ...
, and in the 16th century including Bezdin and Hodoš built by the
Jakšić family
The House of Jakšić ( sr-cyr, Јакшић, Јакшићи / ''Jakšići''; hu, Jaksics család) was a prominent Serbian noble family from the 15th and 16th century, in the Serbian Despotate and the Kingdom of Hungary. The eponymous founder, ...
. In the Ottoman period, some thirty Serbian Orthodox monasteries were built in the territory of Romania.
Ottoman pressure traditionally forced members of several
South Slavic communities to seek refuge in
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and so ...
- although under Ottoman rule as well, the latter was always subject to less requirements than regions to south of the
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
.
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The Serbian
Uprising in Banat
The Uprising in Banat was a rebellion organized and led by Serbian Orthodox bishop Teodor of Vršac and Sava Temišvarac against the Ottomans in the Eyalet of Temeşvar. The uprising broke out in 1594, in the initial stage of the Long Turkish ...
(1594) included territories that are part of modern Romania. There were reprisals, contemporary sources speaking of "the living envied the dead". After the crushing of the uprising in Banat, many Serbs migrated to Transylvania under the leadership of Bishop Teodor; the territory towards
Ineu
Ineu (; Hungarian: ''Borosjenő''; Serbian: Јенопоље/''Jenopolje''; Turkish: ''Yanova'') is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. It is situated at a distance of from the county capital, Arad, it occupies a surface ...
and
Teiuș
Teiuș (, german: Dreikirchen, Dornstadt; hu, Tövis) is a town in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 7,284 inhabitants. The town, declared as such in 1994, administers four villages: Beldiu (''Marosbéld''), Căpud (''Ma ...
was settled, where Serbs had lived since earlier – the Serbs had their eparchies, opened schools, founded churches and printing houses.
Serbs-proper probably constituted the vast majority of
mercenary
A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual, particularly a soldier, that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any o ...
troops known as ''
seimeni
Seimeni (plural of ''Seimen'') designates the group of flintlock-armed infantry mercenaries charged with guarding the ''hospodar'' (ruler) and his court in 17th and 18th century Wallachia and Moldavia. They were mostly of Serb and other Balkan ...
'', given that their nucleus is attested to have been formed by "Serb ''seimeni''" (as it was during their revolt in 1655), and that the rule of
Prince
A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. Th ...
Matei Basarab
Matei Basarab (; 1588, Brâncoveni, Olt – 9 April 1654, Bucharest) was a Wallachian Voivode (Prince) between 1632 and 1654.
Reign
Much of Matei's reign was spent fighting off incursions from Moldavia, which he successfully accomplished in 1637 ...
had witnessed the arrival of a large group of Serb refugees.
The
Great Migrations of the Serbs
The Great Migrations of the Serbs ( sr, Велике сеобе Срба), also known as the Great Exoduses of the Serbs, refers mainly to two large migrations of Serbs from various territories under the rule of the Ottoman Empire to regions u ...
in 1690 and 1737–39 led to additional settlement of Serbs.
Modern
These groups are, however, hard to distinguish one from another in early Wallachian references, as the term "Serbs" is regularly applied to all Southern Slavs, no matter where they might have originated. This only changed in the 19th century, through a transition made clear by an official statistic of 1830, which reads "census of how many Serbs are resident here in the town of
Ploiești
Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest.
The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commu ...
, all of them
Bulgarians
Bulgarians ( bg, българи, Bǎlgari, ) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Bulgaria and the rest of Southeast Europe.
Etymology
Bulgarians derive their ethnonym from the Bulgars. Their name is not completely understo ...
" (Giurescu, p. 269).
The
Bărăgan deportations
The Bărăgan deportations ( ro, Deportările în Bărăgan) were a large-scale action of penal transportation, undertaken during the 1950s by the Romanian Communist regime. Their aim was to forcibly relocate individuals who lived within appro ...
(1951–56) saw minorities (including Serbs) from the Banat region bordering Yugoslavia deported to south-eastern Romania due to the
deteriorating Yugoslav–USSR relations and the perceived "elements who present a danger through their presence in the area" to the Romanian Communist regime.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, there was 18,076 people of the Serb minority,
down from 22,561 people in 2002.
In
Caraș-Severin County
Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...
, the Serbs constitute an absolute majority in the commune of
Pojejena (52.09%) and a plurality in the commune of
Socol
Socol ( ro, Socol, sr, Сокол/Sokol, or Соколовац/Sokolovac, hu, Nérasolymos) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, Romania (in the '' Clisura Dunării'' area of Banat). In 2011, the population of the commune numbered 1,873 peopl ...
(49.54%). Serbs also constitute absolute majority in the municipality of
Svinița (87.27%) in the
Mehedinți County
Mehedinți County () is a county ( ro, județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It is mostly located in the historical province of Oltenia, with one municipality (Orșova) and three communes ( Dubova, Eșelnița, and Svinița) ...
. The region where these three municipalities are located is known as ''
Clisura Dunării
Defileul Dunării, also locally known as Clisura Dunării ( sr, Банатска Клисура / ) is a geographical region in Romania. It is located in southern Banat, along the northern bank of the river Danube. Clisura Dunării is situated betw ...
'' in
Romanian
Romanian may refer to:
*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
**Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
*** Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
** Romanian cuisine, tradition ...
or ''Banatska Klisura'' (Банатска Клисура) in
Serbian.
Localities
The following localities had a Serb population greater than 1% according to the 2011 census. Serbian placenames are included in brackets.
*
Arad County
Arad County () is an administrative division ( judeţ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative center ...
**
Felnac
Felnac ( hu, Fönlak; sr, Фелнак) is a commune in Arad County, Romania. Felnac commune is situated in the Vingăi Plateau, on the left side of the Mureș Valley and it surface occupies 5120 ha. It is composed of two villages, Călugăreni (' ...
(Фелнак/Felnak or Фенлак/Fenlak) — 5.52%
**
Secusigiu (Секусић/Sekusić) — 2.77%
*Caraș-Severin County
**
Socol
Socol ( ro, Socol, sr, Сокол/Sokol, or Соколовац/Sokolovac, hu, Nérasolymos) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, Romania (in the '' Clisura Dunării'' area of Banat). In 2011, the population of the commune numbered 1,873 peopl ...
(Соколовац/Sokolovac) — 50.38%
**
Pojejena ( sr, Пожежена) — 45.76%
**
Berzasca
Berzasca ( hu, Berszászka, german: Bersaska, sr, Берзаска ''Berzaska'') is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, in the Banat region of western Romania with a population of 3,123 people. It is composed of five villages: Berzasca, Bigăr, ...
( sr, Берзаска) — 20.82%
**
Naidăș ( sr, Најдаш) — 15.27%
**
Moldova Nouă
Moldova Nouă (; ; ; or ''Bošňák''; sr, Нова Молдава) is a town in southwestern Romania in Caraș-Severin County (the historical region of Banat), in an area known as '' Clisura Dunării''. The town administers three villages: M ...
( sr, Нова Молдава) — 11.19%
*Mehedinți County
**
Svinița (Свињица/Svinjica) — 90.27%
*
Timiș County
Timiș () is a county ('' județ'') of western Romania on the border with Hungary and Serbia, in the historical region of Banat, with the county seat at Timișoara. It is the westernmost and the largest county in Romania in terms of land area. T ...
**
Beregsău Mic ( sr, Nemet) — 50%
**
Cenei
Cenei ( hu, Csene; german: Tschene; sr, Ченеј, Čenej; hr, Čenej) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Bobda and Cenei (commune seat). It also included Checea until 2004, when it was split off to form a ...
( sr, Ченеј) — 16.1%
**
Peciu Nou
Peciu Nou ( hu, Újpécs; german: Neupetsch or ''Ulmbach''; sr, Улбеч, Ulbeč) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Diniaș, Peciu Nou and Sânmartinu Sârbesc. Name
History
The territory of the com ...
( sr, Улбеч) — 13.52%
**
Sânpetru Mare
Sânpetru Mare ("Greater St. Peter"; hu, Nagyszentpéter or ''Rácszentpéter''; german: Großsanktpeter or ''Ratzsanktpeter''; sr, Велики Семпетар, Veliki Sempetar) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two vill ...
( sr, Велики Семпетар) — 12.71%
**
Variaș
Variaș ( hu, Varjas; german: Warjasch; sr, Варјаш, Varjaš) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Gelu, Sânpetru Mic and Variaș (commune seat).
Etymology
The name of the locality comes from ''varjú' ...
( sr, Варјаш) — 9.61%
**
Saravale
Saravale (colloquially Sarafola; hu, Sárafalva; german: Sarafol; sr, Саравола, Saravola) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Saravale. It was part of Sânpetru Mare commune until 2004, when it was ...
( sr, Саравола) — 7.38%
**
Giulvăz
Giulvăz ( hu, Torontálgyülvész; german: Gilwas; Banat Swabian: ''Djulwess'') is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Crai Nou, Giulvăz (commune seat), Ivanda and Rudna.
Geography
Giulvăz is located in the ...
( sr, Ђулвез) — 6.44%
**
Cenad
Cenad ( hu, Nagycsanád, during the Dark Ages ''Marosvár''; german: Tschanad; sr, Чанад, Čanad; la, Chanadinum) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Cenad. The village serves as a customs point on t ...
( sr, Чанад) — 6.39%
**
Foeni
Foeni ( hu, Fény; german: Fün or ''Feuenfeld''; sr, Фењ, Fenj) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Cruceni and Foeni (commune seat). Geography
Foeni is located in the southwest of Timiș County, on the bo ...
(Фењ/Fenj) — 5.87%
**
Topolovățu Mare
Topolovățu Mare ( hu, Nagytopoly; german: Großtoplowetz; sr, Велики Тополовац, Veliki Topolovac) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Cralovăț, Ictar-Budinț, Iosifalău, Șuștra, Topolovăț ...
( sr, Велики Тополовац) — 5.43%
**
Giera
Giera ( hu, Gyér; german: Gier; sr, Ђир, Đir) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Giera (commune seat), Grănicerii and Toager. History
The first recorded mention of Giera dates from 1322, when it was ...
( sr, Ђир) — 4.51%
**
Recaș
Recaș ( hu, Temesrékas; german: Rekasch; sr, Рекаш, Rekaš) is a town in Timiș County, Romania. Six villages are administered by the town: Bazoș, Herneacova, Izvin, Nadăș, Petrovaselo and Stanciova. It received town status in April 20 ...
( sr, Рекаш) — 4.27%
**
Denta
Denta ( hu, Denta; german: Denta or ''Tenta''; sr, Дента, Denta) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Breștea ( hu, Berestye; Banat Bulgarian: ''Brešća''), Denta, Rovinița Mare (until 1964 Omor; hu, O ...
(Дента/Denta) — 4.25%
**
Deta (Дета/Deta) — 3.96%
**
Birda
Birda ( Hungarian and German: ''Birda'') is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of four villages: Berecuța, Birda (commune seat), Mânăstire and Sângeorge. Geography
Birda is located in the southeastern part of Timiș County, ...
— 3.46%
**
Sânnicolau Mare
Sânnicolau Mare (; hu, Nagyszentmiklós; german: Großsanktnikolaus; sr, Велики Семиклуш, Veliki Semikluš; Banat Bulgarian: ''Smikluš'') is a town in Timiș County, Romania, and the westernmost of the country. Located in the Ba ...
( sr, Велики Семиклуш) — 2.98%
**
Checea
Checea ( hu, Nagykőcse; german: Ketscha; sr, Кеча, Keča; hr, Keča) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Checea, part of the commune of Cenei until 2004, when it was split off. Geography
Checea is lo ...
( sr, Кеча) — 2.82%
**
Parța
Parța ( hu, Parác; german: Paratz; sr, Парац, Parac) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Parța, and was part of Șag commune until 2004. History
Parța was first documented in 1334 as ''Parkas'', ...
( sr, Парац) — 2.02%
**
Săcălaz
Săcălaz (formerly Săcalhaz; hu, Szakálháza; german: Sackelhausen) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of three villages: Beregsău Mare, Beregsău Mic and Săcălaz. Name
Geography
Săcălaz is located 10 km west of ...
(Секелаз/Sekelaz) — 1.98%
**
Becicherecu Mic
Becicherecu Mic ( hu, Kisbecskerek; german: Fischdorf or ''Kleinbetschkerek''; sr, Мали Бечкерек, Mali Bečkerek) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania. It is composed of a single village, Becicherecu Mic. It also included Dudeștii ...
( sr, Мали Бечкерек) — 1.78%
**
Brestovăț
Brestovăț ( hu, Aga, until 1892 ''Bresztovác''; german: Brestowatz; sk, Brestovec) is a commune in Timiș County. It is composed of five villages: Brestovăț, Coșarii (until 1960 Chizdia; hu, Kisgye), Hodoș ( hu, Temeshódos; german: Hodosc ...
(Брестовац/Brestovac) — 1.63%
**
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
, image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg
, map_caption = Location in Timiș County
, pushpin_map = Romania#Europe
, pushpin_ ...
( sr, Темишвар) — 1.52%
**
Moravița (Моравица/Moravica) — 1.35%
Image:South slavs romania.png, Communes with a Serbian majority in Romania (2002 census)
Image:Sarbi Romania (2002).png, Distribution of Serbs in Romania (2002 census)
Culture
Most of the Serbs in Romania are
Orthodox Christians
Orthodoxy (from Greek: ) is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion.
Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churc ...
; the vast majority belong to
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
Eparchy of
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
, image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg
, map_caption = Location in Timiș County
, pushpin_map = Romania#Europe
, pushpin_ ...
.
List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries in Romania:
*
Sveti Đurađ monastery (Манастир светог Ђорђа - Манастир свети Ђурађ / Manastir svetog Đorđa - Manastir sveti Đurađ). According to the legend, it was founded in 1485 by the Serbian
despot,
Jovan Branković
Jovan Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Бранковић; ; c. 1465 – 10 December 1502) was the titular Despot of Serbia from 1493 until his death in 1502. The title of despot was given to him by Hungarian king Vladislas II of Hungary. From 1 ...
. It was rebuilt in the 18th century.
*
Šemljug monastery (Манастир Шемљуг / Manastir Šemljug). It was founded in the 15th century.
*
Sveti Simeon monastery (Манастир светог Симеона / Manastir svetog Simeona).
*
Bazjaš monastery (Манастир Базјаш / Manastir Bazjaš), built 1225
*
Bezdin monastery (Манастир Бездин / Manastir Bezdin).
*
Zlatica monastery (Манастир Златица / Manastir Zlatica).
*
Kusić monastery (Манастир Кусић / Manastir Kusić).
*The "St. Peter and Paul" Serbian Church, raised in 1698-1702 in
Arad, early Baroque architecture
Notable people
*
Milica Despina of Wallachia
Milica Despina ( sr-cyrl, Милица Деспина; ro, Milița Despina; – 30 January 1554) was the Princess consort of Wallachia by marriage to Neagoe Basarab (). She was regent of Wallachia from 1521 to 1522, on the behalf of her son Te ...
(c. 1485 – d. 1554), Princess consort of Wallachia, regent of Wallachia from 1521 to 1522.
*
Jovan Nenad
Jovan Nenad ( sr-cyr, Јован Ненад; hu, Fekete Iván or ; ca. 1492 – 26 July 1527), known as ''the Black'' was a Serb military commander in the service of the Kingdom of Hungary who took advantage of a Hungarian military defeat at Moh ...
(?–1527), Hungarian general and self-proclaimed "emperor", born in
Lipova (northern Banat).
*
Đorđe Branković
Đorđe Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Бранковић; anglicized as ''George''; also known as Saint Maksim; b. 1461 – d. 1516) was the last male member of the Branković dynasty, and titular Despot of Serbia from 1486 to 1497. The titl ...
(1645–1711),
Transylvania
Transylvania ( ro, Ardeal or ; hu, Erdély; german: Siebenbürgen) is a historical and cultural region in Central Europe, encompassing central Romania. To the east and south its natural border is the Carpathian Mountains, and to the west the Ap ...
n count, born in
Ineu
Ineu (; Hungarian: ''Borosjenő''; Serbian: Јенопоље/''Jenopolje''; Turkish: ''Yanova'') is a town in Arad County, western Transylvania, Romania. It is situated at a distance of from the county capital, Arad, it occupies a surface ...
.
*
Sava II Branković, Orthodox priest and Saint
*
Jovan Tekelija
Jovan Popović Tekelija (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Поповић Текелија; c. 1660 – c. 1721–1722) was a Serb army officer serving in the Habsburg army. As commander of the Serbian Militia, Tekelija participated in many battles d ...
(1660s — 1721 or 1722), nobleman and military officer, born in Arad.
*
Peter Tekeli
Peter Tekeli (russian: Петр Авраамович Текели, Serbian: Петар Поповић Текелија or ''Petar Popović Tekelija'',''Popović'' is often omitted. hu, Tököly-Popovics Péter) (1720–1792) was a Russian genera ...
ja (1720–1792), Russian general-in-chief, born in Arad.
*
Dimitrie Eustatievici
Dimitrie Eustatievici (1730 – 1796) was an Austrian philologist, scholar and pedagogue. He was in charge of all the schools professing the Eastern Orthodox faith in the Habsburg Empire.
Biography
Of Serbian origin but raised in a Romanian milie ...
(1730 - 1796), Imperial Austrian philologist, scholar and pedagogue, born in Grid.
*
Dositej Obradović
Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist, polyglot and the first minister of education ...
(1742–1811), Serbian writer and translator, born in
Ciacova
Ciacova ( hu, Csák; german: Tschakowa; sr, Чаково, Čakovo; tr, Çakova) is a town in Timiș County, Romania. It administers four villages: Cebza, Macedonia, Obad and Petroman. When it was declared a town in 2004, the villages of Gad and G ...
(Čakovo).
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Sava Tekelija
Sava Tekelija ( sr, Сава Текелија) (1761–1842) was the first Serbian doctor of law, the founder of the Tekelijanum, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant. (1761–1842), doctor of law, born in Arad.
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Konstantin Danil
Konstantin Danil ( sr-Cyrl, Константин Данил, ro, Constantin Dănilă, 1798-1873) was a Serbian painter of the 19th century. He is most famous for his portraits and religious painting. Danil is considered to be the most important ...
(1798-1873), Serbian painter, born in Lugoj.
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Aleksa Janković
Aleksa Janković ( sr-cyr, Алекса Јанковић; 1806 in Timișoara – 22 June 1869 in Belgrade) was a Serbian lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Serbia, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Justice and Ministe ...
(1806-1869), Prime Minister of Serbia, born in
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
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Danilo Stefanović (1815-1886), Prime Minister of Serbia, born in
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
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Pavel Petrović (1818–1887), a globe-trotting artist who painted the nobility and other interesting historical figures of his day from Europe to China and from Hawaii via South and North America back to Europe again.
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Ion Ivanovici
Ion Ivanovici ( sr-cyr, Јован Ивановић) (alternatively: Jovan Ivanović, Iosif Ivanovici, Josef Ivanovich) (1845 – ) was a Romanian military band conductor and composer of Banat Serbian origin, best remembered today for his w ...
(1845–1902) Romanian military bandleader and composer.
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Alexandru Macedonski
Alexandru Macedonski (; also rendered as Al. A. Macedonski, Macedonschi or Macedonsky; 14 March 1854 – 24 November 1920) was a Romanian poet, novelist, dramatist and literary critic, known especially for having promoted French Symbolism in hi ...
(1854–1920), Romanian poet, novelist, and literary critic, paternal Serb descent.
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Stevan Aleksic (1876–1923), Serbian painter, born in Arad.
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Jovan Hadži
Jovan Hadži (; 22 November 1884 – 11 December 1972) was a Slovenian zoologist of Serbian origin.
Biography
Hadži was born in a Serbian family in Temišvar (today Timișoara, Romania) in what was then Austria-Hungary. He began his career in Za ...
(1884-1972), zoologist, born in
Timișoara
), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor)
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, map_caption = Location in Timiș County
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Ivan Tabaković
Ivan Tabaković (10 December 1898, Arad – 27 June 1977, Belgrade) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Serbian painter.
Biography
Tabaković was born in Arad, then part of the Habsburg Empire, in 1898, to a Serbian family. He studied at the B ...
(1898–1977), Yugoslav painter, born in Arad.
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Emil Petrovici
Emil Petrovici (; 1899–1968) was a Romanian linguist, dialectologist and Slavist. He studied both Romanian and Serbian languages. His studies included Romanian phonology, and Romanian, Serbian, and other Slavic dialectology.
Petrovici, of Serb ...
(1899–1968), Romanian linguist, born in Serbia.
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Slavomir Gvozdenovici
Slavomir Gvozdenovici (, born 10 March 1953) is a Romanian and Serbs, Serbian writer, poet, politician, and a social and public worker of the Serbs of Romania, Serbian minority in Romania.
Biography
He was born on 10 March 1953 in Pojejena, Be ...
or Gvozdenović (b. 1953), writer and the founder of the
Union of Serbs of Romania
The Union of Serbs of Romania ( sr, Савез Срба у Румунији, SSR; ro, Uniunea Sârbilor din România, USR) is a political party representing the Serbian minority in Romania. It was founded in 1989 by a Romanian-Serbian writer, Sla ...
.
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Miodrag Belodedici
Miodrag Belodedici (; sr, Миодраг Белодедић, Miodrag Belodedić; born 20 May 1964) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a sweeper.
Nicknamed ''the deer'' due to his elegant tackles, he spent the majority o ...
or Belodedić (b. 1964), Romanian footballer, born in
Socol
Socol ( ro, Socol, sr, Сокол/Sokol, or Соколовац/Sokolovac, hu, Nérasolymos) is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, Romania (in the '' Clisura Dunării'' area of Banat). In 2011, the population of the commune numbered 1,873 peopl ...
(Sokol).
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Slavoliub Adnagi
Slavoliub Adnagi (, born 26 December 1965) is a Romanian politician of Serb descent.
Politics
He is a member of the Union of Serbs of Romania and has been serving as a Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania since 2016. He is part of the ...
or Adnađ (b. 1965), the current Serbian member of the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...
.
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Andrei Ivanovitch
Andrei Ivanovitch (; born 1968 in Bucharest, Romania) is an international classical pianist and winner of a number of international competitions.
Biography and career
Andrei Ivanovitch, great-grandson of the Romanian composer Ion Ivanovici ( Th ...
(b. 1968) an international classical pianist and winner of a number of international competitions.
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Lavinia Miloșovici
Lavinia Corina Miloșovici (born 21 October 1976) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast.Jane Perlez (13 July 1995"Romanian Coach Keeps Up the Fight" ''New York Times'' An exceptionally successful athlete on the international competition circuit ...
(b. 1976), Romanian gymnast, born in
Lugoj
Lugoj (; hu, Lugos; german: Lugosch; sr, Лугош, Lugoš; bg, Лугож; tr, Logoş) is a list of cities and towns in Romania, city in Timiș County, Romania. The Timiș River divides the city into two halves, the so-called "Romanian Lugoj" ...
.
["Romanian Coach Keeps Up the Fight"]
Jane Perlez, ''New York Times,'' July 13, 1995
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Srdjan Luchin
Srdjan Luchin ( sr, Срђан Лукин, Srđan Lukin; born 4 March 1986) is a former Romanian Association football, footballer, who played mainly as a Defender (football), center back, but also as a Defender (association football)#Full back, ...
(b. 1986) Romanian footballer
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Iasmin Latovlevici (b. 1986) Romanian footballer
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Deian Boldor (b. 1995) Romanian footballer
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Krashovani
The Krashovani ( ro, Carașoveni, hr, Krašovani) are a Croat community inhabiting Carașova and Lupac in the Caraș-Severin County within Romanian Banat. They are Catholic by faith and speak the Torlakian dialect. Glottolog lists "Karashevski" ...
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Romanians of Serbia
Romanians ( ro, Românii din Serbia, sr, Румуни у Србији, Rumuni u Srbiji) are a recognised national minority in Serbia. The total number of self-declared Romanians according to the 2011 census was 29,332, while 35,330 people declar ...
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Raci (ethnonym)
Rascians ( sr, Раши, Рашани / ''Raši, Rašani''; la, Rasciani, Natio Rasciana) was a historical term for Serbs. The term was derived from the Latinized name for the central Serbian region of Raška ( la, Rascia; sr-Cyrl, Рашка). ...
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