Bršadin ( sr-Cyrl, Бршадин, ) is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

in the Trpinja Municipality in Croatian easternmost

Vukovar-Syrmia County Vukovar-Srijem County (), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian Counties of Croatia, county. It includes the eastern parts of the region of ...

. Bršadin is located north of the Vuka river and west of the town of

Vukovar Vukovar (; sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, , ) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern Regions of Croatia, regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka (river), Vuka and the Danube. Vukova ...

on the main road to

Vinkovci Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city settlement's population was 28,111 in the 2021 census, while the total population was 30,842, making it the largest town of the county. It is a local tr ...

Geography

Bršadin is third-largest settlement in the municipality, after

Trpinja Trpinja ( sr-Cyrl, Трпиња, ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village and an eponymous municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The village is located on the D55 road (Croatia), D55 road between Osijek and Vukovar. Landscape o ...

and Bobota. It is located on the D55 highway between the towns of

and

. Bršadin is surrounded by a villages

Bogdanovci Bogdanovci ( Rusyn: ''Богдановци'', sr-Cyrl, Богдановци, ) is a village and municipality in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. It is located a few kilometers south of Vukovar in eastern Slavonia. Bogdanovci is und ...

and Marinci on south,

Pačetin Pačetin ( sr-Cyrl, Пачетин, ) is a Settlement (Croatia), village in the municipality of Trpinja, Vukovar-Syrmia County in the easternmost part of Croatia. At the time of the 2011 Census the population of the village was 541. Village lies n ...

on west, Lipovača on the north and city

on the east. Agricultural land and forests are the main characteristics of the surrounding area.

Bobota Canal The Bobota Canal (, sr-cyr, Боботски канал, ) is a 50.73 kilometers long canal in Croatia. It is named after the eponymous village of Bobota, Croatia, Bobota. The canal is classified as a water management system of paramount importa ...

is located next to the village.

History

Before the 20th century

Bršadin is first mentioned in historical sources in 1279 under the name Boršod. Boršod was located on an elevated area known as the "Old Village", about two kilometers west of the present day settlement.> Boršod decays after 1526

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breakthrough into

Syrmia Syrmia (Ekavian sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srem, Срем, separator=" / " or Ijekavian sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srijem, Сријем, label=none, separator=" / ") is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is div ...

and

Slavonia Slavonia (; ) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria County, Istria, one of the four Regions of Croatia, historical regions of Croatia. Located in the Pannonian Plain and taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with f ...

. After 1529,

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colonized place with first

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families,

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from north

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and north-eastern

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, and after 1543 people from the central part of the

Balkans The Balkans ( , ), corresponding partially with the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throug ...

peninsula.

Since 1900

World War I

In 1914, at the beginning of

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, Austro-Hungarian military command

mobilization Mobilization (alternatively spelled as mobilisation) is the act of assembling and readying military troops and supplies for war. The word ''mobilization'' was first used in a military context in the 1850s to describe the preparation of the ...

. Bršadin people disliked mobilization aside

Triple Entente The Triple Entente (from French meaning "friendship, understanding, agreement") describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It was built upon th ...

and they deserted in large numbers and taught to

Russian army The Russian Ground Forces (), also known as the Russian Army in English, are the Army, land forces of the Russian Armed Forces. The primary responsibilities of the Russian Ground Forces are the protection of the state borders, combat on land, ...

at Eastern Front or join

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular **Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans ** Serbian language ** Serbian culture **Demographics of Serbia, includes other ethnic groups within the co ...

army at

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. During the war, a military hospital with 7000 beds, colloquially known as "Wooden Vienna", was located in the village. From 27 December 1920 (when they arrived in Vukovar) soldiers and families of the White Russian émigrés who were followers of

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settled in Bobota,

, Bršadin, Trpinja and

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World War II

In first days of occupation, Đurđević family were sentenced to death and shot on January 17, 1942, in Dudik, a location near

where 455 victims were executed. In the spring of 1944, Vaso Đurđević-Turčin, the last of Đurđević brothers, leader of Bršadin

partisan Partisan(s) or The Partisan(s) may refer to: Military * Partisan (military), paramilitary forces engaged behind the front line ** Francs-tireurs et partisans, communist-led French anti-fascist resistance against Nazi Germany during WWII ** Ital ...

and People's hero. In his honor, today at the center of village stands remembrance monument.

Croatian War of Independence

During the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Governmen ...

Bršadin was within self-proclaimed Serb political entity

SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia The Serbian Autonomous Oblast of Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srpska autonomna oblast Istočna Slavonija, Baranja i Zapadni Srem, Српска аутономна област Источна Славонија, ...

. On December 20, 1993, the village was blocked by protest of the 40th brigade of the 11th corpus of the

Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina The Serbian Army of Krajina (SAK, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Srpska vojska Krajine, Српска војска Крајине, abbr. SVK), also known as the Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina or Krajina Serbian Army, was the armed forces of the Republi ...

. They requested a pay rise and improved status for soldiers. In the final stages of conflict United Nations Mission conducted peaceful reintegration this region into Croatian jurisdiction.

Languages

Serbian language

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and

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is the second

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in most of the villages of the Municipality of Trpinja (except Ćelije) alongside the

Croatian language Croatian (; ) is the standard language, standardised Variety (linguistics)#Standard varieties, variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by Croats. It is the national official language and literary standard of Croatia, o ...

which is official at the national level. Both Serbian and Croatian language are standardized varieties of the pluricentric

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...

language. According to the Municipal Statute, individuals who are members of the Serbian

national minority National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

are ensured the

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of national belonging and freedom to use their language and script in public and private use on the whole territory of the Municipality including the village of Bršadin. The statute guarantees that the

will be used in the same font size as the Latin alphabet in the text of the local seals and stamps, on official plates of public representatives, executive and administrative bodies, as well as on those of legal persons with public authorities. According to the municipal Statute, bilingual signs of the same font are used for written traffic signs and other written traffic markings, street and squares names and names of settlement and geographical localities on the entire territory of the Municipality. Equal public use of Serbian language is required on the basis of the

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and relevant national laws and the country is a party to the

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Education

Elementary school

Sport

There is a local amateur football club NK Bršadin.

References

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brsadin Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Joint Council of Municipalities Populated places in Syrmia Serb communities in Croatia