Ruski Krstur Руски Крстур Руски Керестур |
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Country | Serbia |
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District | West Bačka |
Municipality | Kula |
Population | 5,213 (2002) |
Ruski Krstur (Serbian: Руски Крстур, Rusyn: Руски Керестур, Hungarian: Bácskeresztúr, Slovak: Ruský Krstur, Croatian: Ruski Krstur) is a village in Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. It is located in the municipality of Kula, West Bačka District. The village has a Rusyn ethnic majority. Its population numbered 5,213 in the 2002 census. Ruski Krstur is the cultural centre of the Rusyns in Vojvodina and Serbia. The number of Rusyns in Ruski Krstur is in constant decline as many of them have moved out to Canada concentrating in a town of North Battleford.[1]
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The first written record of Ruski Krstur was made in the Hungarian Kingdom in 1410 and then in 1452, mentioning under its Hungarian name Kerezthwr (Keresztúr).
Its name means "the Rusyn Krstur" (There is also the village of Srpski Krstur in Vojvodina, meaning "the Serb Krstur").
The name "Krstur" itself derived from Slavic word krst (крст) ("cross" in English). The Hungarian name for the village derived from the Hungarian word "kereszt", which also means "cross" in English.
According to the 1971 census, ethnic Rusyns comprised 99.45% of population of the village.
According to the 2002 census, the population of the village include:
There is an initiative among inhabitants of Ruski Krstur that this settlement become its own municipality completely separate from Kula.
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