Petrovci (, , sr-cyr, Петровци) is a

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in eastern

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, in the municipality of

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 ...

. According to the 2011 census, it had a population of 864. The majority of residents are ethnic

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. The

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originally came from Hornjica, eastern

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to the Ruski Krstur around 1750, today's

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, and between 1830 and 1880 they came to

. The Ruthenian

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in Petrovci was founded in 1836 and had 1,350 believers.

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Populated places in Vukovar-Srijem County Populated places in Syrmia Pannonian Rusyns {{VukovarSrijem-geo-stub

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