New Serbia (historical province)

New Serbia Нова Србија Новая Сербия Нова Сербія territory of Russian Empire ← 1752–1764 → Capital Novomyrhorod (Novomirgorod) History  - Formation 1752  - Abolished 1764

New Serbia (Ukrainian: Нова Сербія or Nova Serbiya; Russian: Новая Сербия; Serbian: Нова Србија or Nova Srbija; archaic Serbian name: Нова Сербія or Ново-Сербія; Romanian: Noua Serbie) was a territory of Imperial Russia from 1752 to 1764. It was mostly located in the territory of present-day Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine, although some of its parts were located in the territory of present-day Cherkasy Oblast, Poltava Oblast and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The administrative centre of New Serbia was Novomyrhorod (Novomirgorod).

History

The region was named after Serbs, who migrated in 1752 to Russian Empire from the Habsburg Monarchy (mainly from the territory of present-day Vojvodina, a province of modern Serbia, and other areas of the Pannonian Plain, which are today part of Croatia, Romania and Hungary). Russian authorities gave these Serbian settlers a land, which thus acquired its name, New Serbia.

New Serbia was a military province located on the Russian-Polish border and purpose of its existence was a protection of southern borders of the Russian empire as well as participation in Russian military operations near that region. Commandant of New Serbia was Jovan Horvat.

Demographics

Before the formation of New Serbia, its territory was mostly populated by Ukrainians and included 3,710 houses of settlers from the Hetmanate, Slobozhanshchina and Zaporizhia, 643 houses of native inhabitants and 195 houses of Ukrainian settlers from Poland and Moldavia. When New Serbia was formed, the Russian senate ordered that all these settlers, except native inhabitants, must return to the places where they had previously lived.

After the formation of New Serbia, its initial new settlers were Serbs, but also many Moldavians and other Romanians (Mocani from Transylvania), Ukrainians, Bulgarians and others settled in the area.

Some of the original Ukrainian settlers who left the territory of New Serbia settled in the southern regions of modern-day Ukraine. In 1745, before the formation of New Serbia, its territory was populated by 9,660 inhabitants, while in 1754, the number of inhabitants was 3,989.

Because of the large number of Moldavian settlers, the largest ethnic group in the province in 1757 were not Serbs, but Moldavians.^[1] In 1757, population of New Serbia numbered 5,482 inhabitants, including:^[2]

• 75.33% Moldavians
• 11.56% Serbs
• 13.11% others

Settlements

Settlements of New Serbia

In their new home, Serbs established new places, and consequently gave them same names such as the names of the places in their old home in the Pannonian Plain (in modern-day Serbia, Croatia, Romania and Hungary). Serbs also changed names of some older settlements, giving them Serb names. Of the 41 settlements that existed in New Serbia, 26 were founded before arrival of the Serbs.

Older Ukrainian/Russian name (1.)	Serbian name from the middle of the 18th century	Ukrainian/Russian name from the middle of the 18th century (1.)	Newer or modern Ukrainian/Russian name (1.)
Skaleva	Semlak (2.)	Semlik	Skaleva
-	Novoarhangelsk / Arhangelsk	Novoarkhangelsk / Novoarkhangelysk	Novoarkhangelsk / Novoarkhangelysk
Ganivka	Kalniblat / Kalnibolot	Kalnibolot / Kalynibolot	Kalynibolota
-	Nadlak (2.)	Nadlak	Nadlak
Davidivka	Petrovo Ostrovo / Petro-Ostrov (2.)	Petroostriv	Petroostriv
Korobchino	Pečka (2.)	Bechka	Korobchine
Trisyaga	Novomirgorod / Novi Mirgorod	Novomirgorod	Novomyrhorod / Novomirgorod
Yermina Balka	Martonoš (2.)	Martonosh	Martonosha
Olykhovatka	Pančevo (2.)	Panchevo	Pancheve
Tri Bayraki	Kanjiža (2.)	Kanizh	Kanizh
Mogilovo	Senta (2.)	Senta	Mogiliv / Rodnikivka
-	Vukovar (2.)	Vukovar	Bukvarka
-	Feldvar / Fedvar (2.)	Fedvar	Pidlisne
Mala Adzhamka	Subotica (2.)	Subotitsa	Subottsi
Nekrasivska	Mošorin (2.)	Moshorin	Moshorine
-	Cibuljev / Cibulev	Tsibuliv	Tsibuleve
-	Dmitrovka	Dmitrivka	Dmitrivka
Dikivka	Sombor (2.)	Sombor	Dikivka
Protopopivka	Varaždin (2.)	Varazhdin	Protopopivka
Usikivka	Bečej (2.)	Becha	Usikivka / Oleksandriya
-	Glinsk	Glinsk	Glinsk
Pantaziyivka	Jenova	Yaniv	Ivanivka
-	Mandorlak (2.)	Mandorlak	-
Kosivka	Glogovac (2.)	Glogovats	Kosivka
Butivka	Pavliš (2.)	Pavlish	Pavlish
-	Piljužnica	Pilazhnitsa	-
Onufriyivka	Blagovat	Blagovat	Onufriyivka
-	Sentomaš (2.)	Sentomash	-
-	Kovin (2.)	Kovin	-
-	Čanad (2.)	Chonad	-
-	Slankamen (2.)	Slankamin	-
Nesterivka	Vršac (2.)	Vershats	Vershatsi
Stetsivka	Šoljmoš / Šolmoš (2.)	Sholmosh	Stetsivka
Andrusivka	Čongrad (2.)	Chongrad	Velika Andrusivka
-	Krilov	Krilov	Kryliv
-	Taburište / Taburino	Taburishche	Svitlovodsk
-	Krjukov	Kryukiv	Kryukiv
-	Kamjanka / Kamenka	Kamyanka	Kamyani Potoki
Plakhtiyivka	Zemun (2.)	Zemun	Uspenka
Deriyivka	Vilagoš (2.)	Vilagosh	Deriyivka
-	Turija (2.) (3.)	Turiya	Turiya

Notes:

• (1.) Ukrainian and Russian names are given in Latin script transliterations.
• (2.) These names were brought by Serbs from their old homeland in southern Pannonian Plain. Places with same names are also existing (or existed) in modern-day Serbia (Vojvodina), Croatia, Romania and Hungary.
• (3.) Serb settlement of Turiya (Turija) was located in what sources are describing as a nominal Polish territory. The border between New Serbia and Poland was, however, often disputed and unstable.

Origin of settlement names

Places in New Serbia whose names can be also found in the territory of the Pannonian Plain (mostly in Vojvodina and Pomorišje) include:

• Sombor, named after Sombor in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Sentomash (Sentomaš), named after Sentomaš, modern Srbobran in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Slankamin (Slankamen), named after Slankamen in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Vershats (Vršac), named after Vršac in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Subotitsa (Subotica), named after Subotica in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Moshorin (Mošorin), named after Mošorin in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Senta, named after Senta in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Kanizh (Kanjiža), named after Kanjiža in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Martonosh (Martonoš), named after Martonoš in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Panchevo (Pančevo), named after Pančevo in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Nadlak, named after Nădlac in Romania
• Turiya (Turija), named after Turija in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Vukovar, named after Vukovar in Croatia
• Fedvar (Feldvar), named after Feldvar/Feldvarac, modern Bačko Gradište in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Chongrad (Čongrad), named after Csongrád in Hungary
• Zemun, named after Zemun, today part of Belgrade, in Serbia
• Varazhdin (Varaždin), named after Varaždin in Croatia
• Kovin, named after Kovin in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Vilagosh (Vilagoš), named after Vilagoš, modern Şiria in Romania
• Becha (Bečej), named after Bečej in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Semlik (Semlak), named after Semlak in Romania
• Petroostriv (Petrovo Ostrovo), named after Petrovo Ostrovo in Romania
• Bechka (Pečka), named after Pečka in Romania
• Mandorlak, named after Mandorlak in Romania
• Glogovats (Glogovac), named after Glogovac in Romania
• Pavlish (Pavliš), named after Pavliš in Vojvodina, Serbia
• Chonad (Čanad), named after Cenad in Romania
• Sholmosh (Šoljmoš), named after Šoljmoš in Romania

Notes

1. ^ Olga M. Posunjko, Istorija Nove Srbije i Slavenosrbije, Novi Sad, 2002, page 36.
2. ^ Olga M. Posunjko, Istorija Nove Srbije i Slavenosrbije, Novi Sad, 2002, page 36.

References

• Mita Kostić, Nova Srbija i Slavenosrbija, Novi Sad, 2001.
• Pavel Rudjakov, Seoba Srba u Rusiju u 18. veku, Beograd, 1995.
• Olga M. Posunjko, Istorija Nove Srbije i Slavenosrbije, Novi Sad, 2002.

See also

• Slavo-Serbia
• Peter Tekeli

External links

• Nova Srbija i Slavenosrbija

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  New Serbia location map

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  New Serbia location map

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  This map from 1862 mention the Serb colonists in New Serbia

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  This ethnic map of 1899 shows an Romanian-speaking population in the region