New Serbia (historical province)

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New Serbia (Serbian: Нова Србија or Nova Srbija, archaic Serbian name: Нова Сербија or Nova Serbija, Romanian: Noua Serbie) was a territory of Imperial Russia from 1752 to 1764. It was located in the territory of present-day Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine. The administrative centre of New Serbia was Novomyrhorod.

Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 Settlements 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] History

The region was named after Serbs, who migrated in 1752 to Russian Empire from the Habsburg Monarchy (mainly from the territory of present-day Vojvodina, a province of modern Serbia, and other areas of the Pannonian Plain). Russian authorities gave these Serbian settlers land, which thus acquired its name, New Serbia. Besides Serbs, also many Romanians (Moldovans and "mocani" from Transylvania), Ukrainians, and others settled in the area, thus the largest ethnic group in the province were not Serbs, but Romanians.

[edit] Demographics

Number of inhabitants of New Serbia in 1754 was 3,989.

In 1757, population of New Serbia numbered 5,482 inhabitants, including:

• Romanians (75.33%)
• Serbs (11.56%)
• others (13.11%)

[edit] Settlements

In their new home, Serbs established new places, and consequently gave them same names such as the names of the places found in their old home in the Pannonian Plain. Serbs also changed names of some older settlements, giving them Serb names. Of the 40 settlements that existed in New Serbia, 26 were founded before arrival of the Serbs.

Some examples of places in New Serbia whose names can be also found in the territory of the Pannonian Plain (in Vojvodina and other regions as well) include:

• Sombor (Dikivka), named after Sombor in Vojvodina
• Sentomash, named after Sentomaš, modern Srbobran in Vojvodina
• Slankamen, named after Slankamen in Vojvodina
• Vrshac (Nesterivka), named after Vršac in Vojvodina
• Subotica (Mala Adzhamka), named after Subotica in Vojvodina
• Moshorin (Nekrasivka), named after Mošorin in Vojvodina
• Senta (Mogilovo), named after Senta in Vojvodina
• Kanyizha (Tri Bayraki), named after Kanjiža in Vojvodina
• Martonosh (Yermina Balka), named after Martonoš in Vojvodina
• Panchevo (Olyhovatka), named after Pančevo in Vojvodina
• Nadlak, named after Nădlac in Romania
• Turiya, named after Turija in Vojvodina
• Vladimirovac, named after Vladimirovac in Vojvodina
• Vukovar, named after Vukovar in Croatia
• Feldvar, named after Feldvar/Feldvarac, modern Bačko Gradište in Vojvodina
• Chongrad (Andrusivka), named after Csongrád in Hungary
• Zemun (Plahtiyivka), named after Zemun, today part of Belgrade, in Serbia
• Varazhdin (Protopopivka), named after Varaždin in Croatia
• Kovin, named after Kovin in Vojvodina
• Vilagosh (Deriyivka), named after Vilagoš, modern Şiria in Romania
• Bechey (Usikivka), named after Bečej in Vojvodina

[edit] References

• Mita Kostić, Nova Srbija i Slavenosrbija, Novi Sad, 2001.
• Pavel Rudjakov, Seoba Srba u Rusiju u 18. veku, Beograd, 1995.
• Olga M. Posunjko, Istorija Nove Srbije i Slavenosrbije, Novi Sad, 2002.

[edit] See also

• Slavo-Serbia

[edit] External links

• Nova Srbija i Slavenosrbija