Serbs in Sarajevo

Serbs in Sarajevo

The Serbs of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, numbered 157,526 according to the 1991 census, making up more than 30% of the city's population. Today, following the Bosnian War, few Serbs remain in Sarajevo. Most have either moved abroad, to Serbia, Canada or other countries, or moved to a new settlement on the outskirts of Sarajevo, located in the Republika Srpska, known as East Sarajevo (previously "Srpsko Sarajevo").

Churches

There are three main Serb Orthodox Christian places of worship in Sarajevo: the Old Orthodox Church (Serbian: "Стара православна црква" or "Stara pravoslavna crkva"), dating back to the 16th century,Fact|date=February 2007 the Cathedral Church ("Саборна црква" or "Saborna crkva"), which was erected in the 1860s, and the Church of Sveto Preobraženje in Novo Sarajevo.

Prominent individuals

Notable Serbs who were born in or lived in Sarajevo include:
*Boris Tadić, the current President of Serbia
*Emir Kusturica, moviemaker
*Nele Karajlić, musician
*Zdravko Čolić, musician
*Duško Trifunović, writer
*Ognjen Koroman, football player
*Vojislav Šešelj, politician
*Predrag Danilović, basketball player
*Vladimir "Valter" Perić, Second World War resistance leader
*Mladen Savovich, structural engineer
*Neda Ukraden, musician
*Sima Milutinović Sarajlija

Demographic history

The Serb population of the district of Sarajevo, according to the 1921 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes religious population census, amounted to 56.3%. In 1921 there were 8 municipalities Serbs comprised a majority in 5 municipalities: Ilidža, Koševo, Pale, Rajlovac, and Trnovo. The same year the City of Sarajevo had 78,173 inhabitants, of whom 18,630 ("23.8%") were Serbian Orthodox Christians.

In 1991, there were 157,526 Serbs in Sarajevo and they made up about a third of the city's population. Their current proportion in the city's population is estimated at 5-12%, although no census has been conducted since the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Gallery

See also

*Sarajevo Old Orthodox Church
*Serb Orthodox Cathedral (Sarajevo)
*Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

External links

* [http://www.prosvjeta.com/ Prosvjeta - Serb Cultural Society]
* [http://www.mitropolija.org/ Serb Orthodox Mitropolitanate of Dabro-Bosnia]
* [http://www.staracrkva.org/ Official site of the Old Orthodox Church]


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