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* According to the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues by the Bulgarian Government, there are 313 local Serbs in the country, most of whom are descendants of [[Informbiro period|old political emigrants]].<ref name="Етнически малцинствени общности">Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и интеграционните въпроси. [http://www.nccedi.government.bg/page.php?category=92&id=2249 Етнически малцинствени общности.]</ref> |
* According to the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues by the Bulgarian Government, there are 313 local Serbs in the country, most of whom are descendants of [[Informbiro period|old political emigrants]].<ref name="Етнически малцинствени общности">Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и интеграционните въпроси. [http://www.nccedi.government.bg/page.php?category=92&id=2249 Етнически малцинствени общности.]</ref> |
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*2011 Bulgarian census registered 569 Serbian citizens living permanently in Bulgaria, most of whom are recent economic immigrants.<ref name="p.23">2011 Population census in the republic of Bulgaria, [http://www.nsi.bg/census2011/PDOCS2/Census2011final_en.pdf p.23]</ref> |
*2011 Bulgarian census registered 569 Serbian citizens living permanently in Bulgaria, most of whom are recent economic immigrants.<ref name="p.23">2011 Population census in the republic of Bulgaria, [http://www.nsi.bg/census2011/PDOCS2/Census2011final_en.pdf p.23]</ref> |
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*But the Serbian government claims the presence of up to 20,000 Serbs in Bulgaria, and in 1995 the [[Slobodan Milosevic]] regime even raised the issue of their "rights" to [[United Nations]].<ref>в. „Македония“, Година 6, брой 15 (234), 18 – 25 април 1995 г., стр. 1 и 5</ref> |
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| Total population | |
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| 313 ethnic Serbs[1]
569 Serbian citizens (2011)[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Bulgaria | |
| Languages | |
| Serbian, Bulgarian | |
| Religion | |
| Serbian Orthodox Church |
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The Serbs are a small community in Bulgaria, most of whom are immigrants. Many of them are athletes and businessmen who have expatriated to Bulgaria in the 20th and 21st century.
Numbers
- According to the National Council for Cooperation on Ethnic and Integration Issues by the Bulgarian Government, there are 313 local Serbs in the country, most of whom are descendants of old political emigrants.[1]
- 2011 Bulgarian census registered 569 Serbian citizens living permanently in Bulgaria, most of whom are recent economic immigrants.[2]
- But the Serbian government claims the presence of up to 20,000 Serbs in Bulgaria, and in 1995 the Slobodan Milosevic regime even raised the issue of their "rights" to United Nations.[3]
History
Middle Ages
During the Byzantine rule in Bulgaria, the Serbs invaded Byzantine territory in 1149. Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1143–1180) forced the rebellious Serbs to vassalage (1150–52) and settled some Serbian POWs around Sofia.[4]
Ottoman times
The village Brakevtsi was settled by Serbs in late Ottoman times, after the local Bulgarian population had emigrated to Bessarabia.[5]
19th century Bulgaria
In the 1880 Bulgarian census, in which native language was registered, 1,894 Serbs were counted with the following Districts having a notable number of Serbian-speakers:
- Vidin District: 1,260, 1.2% of the total[6]
- Sofia District: 258, 0.2%[6]
- Sofia Subdistrict: 243, 0.5%[7]
Organizations
In 1999, an organization of "Bulgarian Serbs" was formed, but broke up soon after that.[8] In 2010 an Association of the Serbs in Bulgaria was set up.[9]
Notable people
- Ana-Neda (1323–1324), Empress consort of Bulgaria
- Dragana (1371–1395), Empress consort of Bulgaria
- Đoko Rosić (1932–2014), Serbia-born Bulgarian actor. An old political emigrant. Serbian father and Bulgarian mother.
- Zlatomir Zagorčić (b. 1971), naturalized Bulgarian former footballer, now coach. Played for the Bulgarian national team 1998–2004.
- Predrag Pažin (b. 1973), naturalized Bulgarian former footballer, now coach. Played for the Bulgarian national team 2000–2004.
- Zoran Janković (b. 1974), naturalized Bulgarian former footballer. Played for the Bulgarian national team 2002–2007.
- Ivan Čvorović (b. 1985), naturalized Bulgarian footballer, playing for the Bulgarian national team
- Majstor Miro (Майстор Миро), chef.[10]
See also
- Bulgarians in Serbia
- Bulgarian-Serbian relations
- Serb diaspora
- Serbs in North Macedonia
- Serbs in Romania
- Serbs in Greece
- Serbs in Albania
References
- ^ a b Национален съвет за сътрудничество по етническите и интеграционните въпроси. Етнически малцинствени общности.
- ^ a b 2011 Population census in the republic of Bulgaria, p.23
- ^ в. „Македония“, Година 6, брой 15 (234), 18 – 25 април 1995 г., стр. 1 и 5
- ^ Hungary and the Fall of Eastern Europe 1000–1568. Osprey Publishing. 1988. pp. 16–. ISBN 978-0-85045-833-6.
John Comnenus also settled Serbian prisoners as stratioti military colonists around Izmit, while Manuel Comnenus similarly settled Serbs around Sofia.
- ^ Антон Страшимиров, "Книга за българите" София, Библиотека "Вечни книги на България", Изд-во "Сибия", 1995, София, стр. 30.
- ^ a b General results of the population census of 1 January 1881, Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria, p.11[permanent dead link] (in Bulgarian and French)
- ^ a b c Final results of the population census of 1 January 1881, Statistics of the Principality of Bulgaria, pp.198 and 286[permanent dead link] (in Bulgarian and French)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Ekonom:east Media Group, 09. June 2010, Sreckovic on status of Serbs in Bulgaria
- ^ "МАЙСТОР МИРО - НАЙ-ОБИЧАНИЯТ СЪРБИН В БЪЛГАРИЯ" (in Bulgarian).
External links
- Radosavljević, Nedeljko. "Симо Соколов и српска емиграција у Бугарској 1883–1886.(документи)." Мешовита грађа 34 (2013): 233–267.
