Pannonian Rusyns
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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| (16,583 (2011)) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
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Serbia: 2,337 (2011) |
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| Languages | |
| Panonian Rusyn | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Rite Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Rusyns, Ukrainians, Slovenes, Serbs, Croats, Poles, Slovaks & other Slavic peoples |
Serbia:
14,246 (2011)
Rusyns in Pannonia, or simply Rusyns or Ruthenians (Rusyn: Руснаци or Русини, Serbian Cyrillic: Русини, Croatian: Rusini) are a Slavic nation in Serbia and Croatia.
They are also considered to be a part of the northern Rusyns (Ruthenians) who live mostly in Ukraine and in Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, and Hungary.
Rusyns in Pannonia mostly live in the autonomous province of Vojvodina in Serbia. There are 14,246 declared ethnic Rusyns in Serbia (2011 census). The village of Ruski Krstur in the Kula municipality is the cultural centre of the Pannonian Rusyns. There is a considerable concentration of Rusyns in Novi Sad, where in 1820 the construction of St. Peter and Paul Greek Catholic parish church started and was subsequently completed in 1834/1837. Other villages with a Rusyn majority include Kucura in the Vrbas municipality, and Bikić Do in the Šid municipality. There are Pannonian Rusyn communities in Slavonia (Croatia), forming a majority in the village of Petrovci, Bogdanovci municipality, in Vukovar-Srijem county.
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