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
Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...
(
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
Minority may refer to:
Politics
* Minority government, formed when a political party does not have a majority of overall seats in parliament
* Minority leader, in American politics, the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative b ...
.
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
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Branko Radivojevič
Branko Radivojevič ( sr, Бранко Радивојевић / ; born 24 November 1980) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey forward who began and finished his career playing for HK Dukla Trenčín of the Slovak Extraliga (Slovak). He pl ...
, Slovak ice hockey player of Serb parentage
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Marko Milinković
Marko Milinković ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Mилинковић; born 16 April 1988) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a left midfielder.
Career
From July 2007 until December 2010, he played for Košice. In February 2011, Milinković signed a cont ...
, Serbian expatriate football player
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Slaven Dizdarević
Slaven Dizdarević (born 3 August 1981 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia) is a decathlete who has represented Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He holds the national record in the heptathlon
A heptathlon is a track and field combined events c ...
, Slovak Serb decathlete.
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Gavril Stefanović Venclović, Serb priest, writer, poet, orator, philosopher, and illuminator.
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Pavle Davidović, Serb general, Knight of the
Military Order of Maria Theresa
The Military Order of Maria Theresa (german: Militär-Maria-Theresien-Orden; hu, Katonai Mária Terézia-rend; cs, Vojenský řád Marie Terezie; pl, Wojskowy Order Marii Teresy; sl, Vojaški red Marije Terezije; hr, Vojni Red Marije Te ...
.
See also
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Serbia-Slovakia relations
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Slovaks of Serbia
References
Sources
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Svaki drugi Srbin zivi izvan Srbije
Ethnic groups in Slovakia
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