Montenegrin Americans

Montenegrin Americans
Црногорски Американци
Crnogorski Amerikanci
Regions with significant populations
Alaska, Illinois, New York
Languages
English, Montenegrin
Religion
Montenegrin Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Islam
Related ethnic groups
other South Slavs

Montenegrin Americans are Americans who are of Montenegrin origin. Also, the term "Yugoslavian American" may be preferred by people who identify with the former nation of Yugoslavia before its breakup during the early 1990s, and in 2006, Montenegro became independent from the State Union with Serbia.

Concentrations

Today, these Montenegrins mainly live in the central and eastern United States, much of which is concentrated in New York City and Chicago, and to a lesser extent in Detroit, and recent arrivals from former Yugoslavia in the Los Angeles area.

Montenegrin Americans are found throughout the state of Alaska. About a quarter of all known Montenegrin Americans live in Anchorage. Their presence in Alaska dates back to the gold rushes of the early 20th century. A short-lived newspaper entitled Servian Montenegrin was established at the beginning of 1905 in the town of Douglas, near Juneau.^[1]

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Recognized populations
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Diaspora
Europe · Austria · Denmark France · Germany Italy · Luxembourg Russia · Slovenia Sweden · Switzerland United Kingdom
North America United States · Canada · Mexico
South America Argentina · Chile Bolivia · Brazil · Colombia
Oceania Australia · New Zealand
Culture
Literature · Music · Art · Cinema Cuisine · Dress · Sport
Religion
Eastern Orthodox (Montenegrin • Serbian) Roman Catholicism Islam
Language and dialects
Montenegrin · Serbian
History
History of Montenegro Rulers

Notable Montenegrin Americans

Literature

Elijah Monte Radlovic
Nikola Petanović, writer and philosopher

Film

Milla Jovovich, actress

Politics

Michael Anthony Stepovich, former governor of Alaska Territory, 1957-1958 (last appointed governor before statehood).
John Dapcevich, former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
Marko Dapcevich, most recent former Mayor of Sitka, Alaska
George Perazich, humanitarian

Sports

Nick Delpopolo , US wrestler and Olympic Athlete
Nikola Peković, NBA player
Nikola Vučević, NBA player
Halil Kanacević, basketball player in Europe
Taylor Rochestie, professional basketball player for the Montenegrin national team
Tyrese Rice, professional basketball player for the Montenegrin national team

Other

Butch Verich, commander

References

↑ Nicolson, Mary C.; Slemmons, Mary Anne (1998). Alaska Newspapers On Microfilm, 1866-1998. Fairbanks/Juneau: University of Alaska Fairbanks/Alaska State Library. pp. 63–64.

External links

Montenegrin diaspora

Europe	Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo Macedonia Serbia Slovenia

Elsewhere	Argentina Australia Canada United States

South Slavic Americans

Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian Montenegrin Serbian Slovene Yugoslav

European Americans

Central Europe	Austrian¹ Czech Silesian German¹ Amish Frisian German Texan Pennsylvania Dutch German Mennonites from Russia Hungarian Hungarian Ohioans Liechtensteiner Luxembourgian Polish¹ Kashubian Slovak Slovene Sorbian Swiss

Eastern Europe	Azerbaijani⁵ Belarusian Georgian⁵ Kazakh⁶ Russian^1, ² Chechen Cossack Kalmyk Ukrainian Cossack Rusyn

Northern Europe	Estonian Finnish Latvian Lithuanian Scandinavian Danish Faroese Greenlandic Icelandic Norwegian Norwegian Dakotan Norwegian Minnesotan Sami Swedish

Southeast Europe³	Albanian Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Greek Macedonian Moldovan Montenegrin Romanian Serbian Turkish⁴

Southern Europe	Italian Sicilian Maltese Monacan Portuguese Sanmarinese Spanish Asturian Basque Canarian Catalan Galician Hispano

Western Europe	Belgian Flemish British Cornish English Manx Scots-Irish Scottish Welsh Dutch French Basque Breton Cajun Corsican Irish

Other Europeans	Roma Hungarian Slovak Romanies⁷ Louisiana Creole Cajun Isleños

¹ Poles came to the United States legally as Austrians, Germans, Prussians or Russians throughout the 19th century, because from 1772-1795 till 1918, all Polish lands had been partitioned between imperial Austria, Prussia (a protoplast of Germany) and Russia until Poland regained its sovereignty in the wake of World War I. ² Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. ³ Yugoslav Americans are the American people from the former Yugoslavia. ⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace. ⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia are transcontinental countries. They have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. ⁶ Kazakhstan is technically a bicontinental country, having a small portion in European hands. ⁷ Disputed; Roma have recognized origins and historic ties to Asia (specifically to Northern India), but they experienced at least some distinctive identity development while in diaspora among Europeans.

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