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Religion · Kinship · Cuisine · Sport Serbs (Serbian: Срби or Srbi) are a South Slavic people who live mainly in Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and, to a lesser extent, in Croatia. ...
Image File history File links Ocila. ...
Serbian culture refers to the culture of Serbia as well as the culture of Serbians in other parts of the former Yugoslavia and elsewhere in the world. ...
Serbian literature is literature written in Serbian language and/or in Serbia. ...
Serbia and Montenegro is a Balkan country, recently ravaged by war that has caused widespread migration and cultural oppression. ...
Art of Serbia. ...
Songs of Serbian epic poetry rarely, if ever, rhyme, but they are easy to remember as each line has exactly ten syllables and caesura after fourth syllable. ...
Map of the Serb clans (In Serbian Cyrillic) English translations of terms Pleme and Bratstvo is very inconsistent, varying from source to source [1], therefore references to clans and tribes should be treated as only approximate. ...
Traditional Serbian costume, like any other traditional dress of a nation or culture, has been lost to the advent of urbanization, industrialization, and the growing market of international clothing trends. ...
The Serbian language is one of the richest languages regarding kinship terminology. ...
Serbian cuisine is derived from mixed traditions, mostly influenced by Mediterranean (especially Greek), Hungarian, Turkish and Austrian couisines, which makes it a heterogeneous one. ...
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South Slavs · Torlaks · Yugoslavs There are currently 1. ...
Serbs in Kosovo in 1991 Serbs are the second largest ethnic group in Kosovo. ...
Serbs in Vojvodina according to the 2002 census The Serbs are the largest ethnic group in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. ...
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Serbs have a long history on the territory of todays Budapest (Serbian: Будимпешта or Budimpešta). ...
The Serbs of Dubrovnik made up 3. ...
The Serbs of Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina, numbered about 24,000 at the outbreak of the Bosnian War in 1992. ...
The Serbs of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, numbered 157,526 according to the 1991 census, making up 30% of the citys population. ...
Serbs of Timişoara (Serbian: Temišvar) comprise 1,500 of the population in the capital and form a ethnic minority in Romania, according to the 2002 census there were 22,518 Serbs in Romania. ...
A Bokelj in traditional Bokelj clothes The Bokelj people (pl. ...
The Bosniaks (Bosnian: Bošnjaci, IPA: ) are a South Slav people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro, with a smaller autochthonous population also present in Kosovo. ...
The Catholic Church in the Bunjevac village of Stari Žednik Bunjevci (Bunjevac, Serbian and Croatian: Bunjevci/Буњевци, singular Bunjevac/Буњевац, pronounced as Bunyevtzi and Bunyevatz, also in Hungarian: bunyevácok) are a South Slavic ethnic group originally from the Dinaric Alps region, now mostly living in the BaÄka region...
Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ...
Gorani (also Горанци/Goranci, Gorançe or Goranska) are a Slavic ethnic group living in Gora region, just south of Prizren in the territory of Kosovo (Serbia), north-western Macedonia in the Šar-planina region near Tetovo, as well as in north-eastern Albania (most notably in the village of Shishtavec...
The Krashovani (Croatian and Serbian: Krašovani, Крашовани, Karašovani or Krašovanje, Karaševci and Koroševci; Romanian: Caraşoveni, Cârşoveni, Cotcoreţi or Cocoşi; also known as Krashovans) are a South Slavic people indigenous to Caraşova and other nearby locations in Caraş-Severin County within...
Montenegrins (Serbian and Montenegrin: Црногорци / Crnogorci) are a South Slavic people who are primarily associated with the Republic of Montenegro. ...
Muslims by nationality was a term used in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to describe people who spoke Serbo-Croatian language and professed Islam that werent identified as one of the other nations. ...
Catholic Church in the Šokac village of Sonta, Serbia Šokci (Croatian & Serbian Latin: Šokci, singular Šokac, Serbian Cyrillic: Шокци, singular Шокац, pronounced as Shoktzi and Shokatz, also in Hungarian: Sokácok) are a South Slavic ethnic group living in various settlements along the Danube and Sava rivers in the historic regions of...
Countries inhabited by South Slavs (in black) Distribution of Slavic peoples by language The South Slavs are a southern branch of the Slavic peoples that live in the Balkans, the southern Pannonian Plain and the eastern Alps. ...
Area where Torlakian dialect is spoken Torlaks (Torlaci, Торлаци) is a name for inhabitants of south-eastern Serbia who speak the Torlakian dialect of the Serbian language. ...
Yugoslav (Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic: ЈугоÑловени, Latin: Jugosloveni; Croatian: Jugoslaveni, Slovenian: Jugoslovani) was an ethnic designation used by some people in former Yugoslavia, which continues to be used in some of its successor countries. ...
| | Serbian political entities
Serbia (Vojvodina · Kosovo)
BiH (Republika Srpska · Brčko · FBiH)
Montenegro This is the list of political entities (states and provinces) that were inhabited or ruled by Serbs during the history. ...
Anthem: Bože pravde (English: God of Justice) Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Republic - President Boris Tadić - Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica Establishment - Formation 8th century - Independence c. ...
Republic of Serbia –Vojvodina –Kosovo (UN admin. ...
For other uses of the name Kosovo, see Kosovo (disambiguation). ...
Motto: none Anthem: Intermeco Capital (and largest city) Sarajevo Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Government Republic - Presidency members Haris Silajdžić1 (Bosniak) Nebojša Radmanović (Serb) Željko Komšić (Croat) - Chairman of the Council of Ministers Adnan Terzić Independence from Yugoslavia - Recognized 6 April 1992 Area - Total 51,197 km² (127th...
Anthem: Bože Pravde (English: God of Justice) Patron Saint: Saint Stephen3 The location of Republika Srpska as part of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe. ...
Official language Serbian, Bosnian (Serbo-Croation) and Croatian Official script Cyrillic alphabet, Latin alphabet Capital BrÄko Area – Total – % water 208 km² n/a Population – Total – Density 80,000 ? Ethnic groups (current est. ...
The location of the FBiH entity as part of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Europe. ...
Anthem: Oj, svijetla majska zoro Oh, the bright dawn of May Capital (and largest city) Podgorica Serbian (Ijekavian dialect)1 (local also Albanian) Government Republic - President Filip Vujanović - Prime Minister Željko Šturanović Independence from Serbia and Montenegro - Declared June 3, 2006 - Recognised June 8, 2006 Area - Total 13. ...
| | Serb Orthodox Church
Patriarchs · Monasteries · Saints Flag of the Serbian Orthodox Church The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) (Serbian: СрпÑка ПравоÑлавна Црква / Srpska Pravoslavna Crkva; СПЦ / SPC) or the Church of Serbia is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Christian churches, ranking sixth after Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Russia. ...
This is a list of Patriarchs of Serbia, the person known officially as Patriarch of all Serbia, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci. ...
This is a list of Serb Orthodox monasteries. ...
Over the history of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the church has had many people who were venerated to saint hood. ...
| | Serbian languages and dialects
Serbian · Serbo-Croat
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Differences between standard
Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...
Serbo-Croatian (srpskohrvatski or hrvatskosrpski) is a name for a language of the Western group of the South Slavic languages. ...
The Romano-Serbian language is a language in the Western group of South Slavic languages. ...
The Slavoserbian language (ÑлавÑноÑербÑкій [slavjanoserbskij], ÑловенÑкій [slovenskij]; in Serbian ÑлавеноÑрпÑки/slavenosrpski) is a form of the Serbian language which was predominantly used at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century by educated Serbian citizens in Vojvodina, and the Serbian diaspora in other parts of the Habsburg Monarchy. ...
Shtokavian (Å tokavian, Å¡tokavski/штокавÑки) is the primary dialect of the Central South Slavic languages system, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian language. ...
Torlakian is the name used for the Slavic dialects spoken in Southern and Eastern Serbia, Northwest Republic of Macedonia (Kratovo-Kumanovo) and Northwest Bulgaria (Vidin-Bregovo). ...
Å atrovaÄki is a feature of permuting syllables of words used in Serbo-Croat (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian) and Macedonian. ...
The standard Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian languages differ in various aspects as outlined below. ...
The standard Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian languages differ in various aspects as outlined below. ...
| | History · Timeline · Monarchs
Origin of the Serbs This article presents the history of the Serbs. ...
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Coat of Arms of Serbia This is a list of Serbian monarchs. ...
Serbs are South Slavic people, living mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...
| | Persecution of Serbs
Serbophobia · Jasenovac
Persecution in World War II Serbophobia (Serbian, Croatian: Ñрбофобиjа, srbofobija), also called anti-Serbism means a sentiment of hostility or hatred towards Serbs, Serbia, or Republika Srpska. ...
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Serbs were heavily persecuted during the Second World War. ...
| | | | The city of Chicago is considered to be the second largest Serb-populated city.
History
Serbian immigrants first came to the Chicago region along with thousands of other Southern and Eastern European immigrants from the 1880s to the 1910s looking for unskilled work in the region's booming heavy industries. Most Serbian immigrants in the United States and the Chicago area did not come from Serbia proper, but rather from parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, mainly Croatia, Slavonia, and Vojvodina. Peasant men made up the bulk of these early immigrants, with women following later. Serbian professional men, including journalists, lawyers, teachers, politicians, and priests, also constituted a small portion of this immigration.
Serbian immigrants settled mainly in the steel district of the Southeast Side in the Calumet region, around Wicker Park in the West Town area, in Joliet, and in Gary, Indiana. Excluding the Wicker Park contingent, Serbian men largely earned their livings in the steel mills. The Wicker Park Serbs were mostly middle-class and served as local and national leaders in Serbian immigrant life.
Churchs The Chicago region's Serbian immigrants were Serbian Orthodox, an ethnic church that is part of Eastern Orthodoxy, and spoke Serbian, a Slavic language using the Cyrillic alphabet. These two aspects of Serbian culture served as the focal points of Serbian immigrant life. In 1905, the Wicker Park Serbs founded a church, Holy Resurrection, which briefly served as the seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North America. Holy Resurrection also served as the center for Serbian religious life in the Chicago region until Serbs founded churches elsewhere in the area.
Southeast Side Serbs founded St. Archangel Michael in 1919 and consecrated a permanent church building in 1927. St. Archangel Michael became the leading institution among working-class Serbs in the Calumet region. By this time, Serbs in both Gary and Joliet had also founded churches. This flurry of church founding symbolized the recognition among Chicago-area Serbs by the outbreak of World War I in 1914 that they would not return to their homelands and would become permanent residents of the Chicago area.
Society Serbian immigrants also founded a multitude of mutual benefit, fraternal, athletic, youth, and women's societies. By 1929, the Serb National Federation (SNF) had emerged to oversee this panoply of Serbian ethnic organizations in the Chicago region. The SNF provided sick and death benefits to its members, who often had no insurance. More important, the SNF and its women's auxiliaries served as a local, regional, and national umbrella under which Serbian life formed. For example, the SNF and its related institutions organized choral performances and commemorations of Serbian patriotic and religious holidays.
Serbian women also founded independent women's organizations. The leading national Serbian women's group with a strong presence in the Chicago area was the Circle of Serbian Sisters. Both Serbian churches in Chicago had these circles, which actively promoted immigrant support of the Kingdom of Serbia during World War I. After the war the Serbian Sisters of St. Archangel Michael raised funds to support the church and its varied activities.
Chicago's Serbs attracted national attention through material published by the local Palandech Press, founded by Serbian immigrant John R. Palandech. Palandech and his brothers published numerous local and national newspapers and commemorative volumes. After World War I, Palandech, supported by the local Serbian middle class, wanted Serbs to unite with Croats and Slovenes to form Yugoslavia.
World War I & II With the onslaught of the Great Depression in the 1930s, most working-class Serbs turned their attention to survival, as many found only seasonal work at the steel mills in the Calumet region, Joliet, and Gary. Concern over their own economic survival became mixed with fears for the fate of their homeland during World War II after Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia in 1941. The SNF and Chicago's middle-class Serbs focused much of their energy upon saving and defending Yugoslavia.
Communist ascendancy in post–World War II Yugoslavia sent tremors through Chicago's Serbian community. Many supported the king and wanted him to regain the throne, while a small minority supported Communism. The local Serbian Orthodox hierarchy split along similar lines. As a result of this split, in the 1940s and 1950s, the Chicago region also became a major focal point for cold war anti-Communist agitation within the United States.
Not all Serbs, however, concerned themselves with the politics of their homeland. Most worked to improve their own lives in the Chicago region. With the growth in suburbs and prosperity in the 1950s, many Serbs moved from Wicker Park and the Calumet region to such suburbs as South Holland, Lansing, and Palos Hills. Slowly, the local churches' strength withered as they lost parishioners to these suburbs. But with this suburban growth new churches were built to accommodate the shift in the Serbian population.
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