Bulgarians in Serbia (Serbian: Бугари у Србији, romanized: Bugari u Srbiji; Bulgarian: Българи в Сърбия) are a recognized national minority in Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the population of ethnic Bulgarians in Serbia is 12,918, constituting 0.2% of the total population. The vast majority of them live in the southeastern part of the country that borders Bulgaria and North Macedonia.
Bulgarians in Serbia
Бугари у Србији Bugari u Srbiji Българи в Сърбия
Flag of the National Council of the Bulgarian minority in Serbia
Total population
12,918 Serbian citizens, 0.19% of Serbia's population (2022)[1]
Unveiling of the monument of Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski in BosilegradEthnological map by Professor Constant Desjardins (1787‒1876). This map bears the title „Serbia and the districts in which Serbian language is spoken". It was issued in Belgrade in 1853. The author states that his map had been put together according to Serbian authors.
The regional names once used by many people in the Torlakian-speaking region was Torlaci and Šopi speaking a transitional speech between Bulgarian and Serbian. Before the Ottoman conquest, the borders of the region frequently shifted between Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian rulers. According to some authors during the Ottoman rule, the majority of native Torlakian Slavic population did not have a distinct national consciousness in the ethnic sense.[3] The first known literary monument, influenced by Torlakian dialects is the Manuscript from Temska Monastery from 1762, in which its author, the Monk Kiril Zhivkovich from Pirot, considered his language as: "simple Bulgarian".[4]
A Silesian traveler stated in 1596 that the road of his trip from Sofia to Niš was filled with corpses and described the gates of Niš as standing in front of freshly beheaded heads of poor Bulgarian peasants by the Ottoman army.[5] The Pirot Rebellion broke out in 1836, followed by the Niš rebellion in 1836, which also included Pirot. According to Ottoman statistics during the Tanzimat the greater part of the population up to the Sanjak of Niš was treated as Bulgarian.[6] According to all authors between 1840 and 1872 the delineation between Bulgarians and Serbs is undisputed and ran north of Niš.[7] The Serbian researchers (such as Dimitrije Davidović in 1828 and Milan Savić in 1878) also accepted South Morava river as such delineation and added Niš outside the borders of the Serbian people.[7][8] It was also stipulated the area to be ceded to Bulgaria according to the Constantinople Conference in 1876 and most of it according to the Treaty of San Stefano in 1878. From 1870 until then the area was part of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, before that the area had been under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć.
According to the 2011 census, there were 18,543 Bulgarians in Serbia. They are primarily located in two municipalities near Serbia's border with Bulgaria: in Bosilegrad there are 5,839 Bulgarians i.e. 71.9% of population while in Dimitrovgrad (Tsaribrod) there are 5,413 Bulgarians or 53.5% of population.[9][10]
The dominant religion among ethnic Bulgarians in Serbia is Orthodoxy. Islam never arrived in areas like Bosilegrad because of the mountainous terrain and most inhabitants dwelled in high mountain villages where they were hard to reach. They use both Serbian and Bulgarian churches due to the low number of Bulgarian clergymen present in the region. There is a church in every village around Bosilegrad, and the oldest ones date to the 11th century.
^ ab"Population by ethnicity, by areas" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
^Roudometof, Victor; Robertson, Roland (2001). Nationalism, globalization, and orthodoxy: the social origins of ethnic conflict in the Balkans. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 68-71. ISBN0313319499.
^Василев, В.П. Темският ръкопис – български езиков паметник от 1764 г, Paleobulgarica, IX (1986), кн. 1, с. 49-72
^Ottoman Bulgaria in the First Tanzimat Period — The Revolts in Nish (1841) and Vidin (1850) Mark Pinson, Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 11, No 2 (May, 1975), pp. 103-146.
^ abLight, Andrew; Smith, Jonathan M. (1998). Philosophy and Geography II: The Production of Public Space. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 240, 241. ISBN9780847688104.
^Savić, Milan (1981). "Istorii︠a︡ na bŭlgarskii︠a︡ narod". google.bg.
^"Ethno-confessional and language mosaic of Serbia" (PDF). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2014.
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Bulgarians in Serbia Serbian Bugari u Srbiјi romanized Bugari u Srbiji Bulgarian Blgari v Srbiya are a recognized national minority in Serbia According to the 2022 census the population of ethnic Bulgarians in Serbia is 12 918 constituting 0 2 of the total population The vast majority of them live in the southeastern part of the country that borders Bulgaria and North Macedonia Bulgarians in SerbiaBugari u SrbiјiBugari u SrbijiBlgari v SrbiyaFlag of the National Council of the Bulgarian minority in SerbiaTotal population12 918 Serbian citizens 0 19 of Serbia s population 2022 1 Regions with significant populationsBosilegrad4 075 67 19 2 Dimitrovgrad3 669 45 62 2 LanguagesBulgarian SerbianReligionBulgarian Orthodox Serbian OrthodoxRelated ethnic groupsSouth Slavs Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 Notable people 4 References 5 See alsoHistory edit nbsp Unveiling of the monument of Bulgarian revolutionary Vasil Levski in Bosilegrad nbsp Ethnological map by Professor Constant Desjardins 1787 1876 This map bears the title Serbia and the districts in which Serbian language is spoken It was issued in Belgrade in 1853 The author states that his map had been put together according to Serbian authors See also Serbianisation Torlakian dialect and Shopi The regional names once used by many people in the Torlakian speaking region was Torlaci and Sopi speaking a transitional speech between Bulgarian and Serbian Before the Ottoman conquest the borders of the region frequently shifted between Byzantine Bulgarian and Serbian rulers According to some authors during the Ottoman rule the majority of native Torlakian Slavic population did not have a distinct national consciousness in the ethnic sense 3 The first known literary monument influenced by Torlakian dialects is the Manuscript from Temska Monastery from 1762 in which its author the Monk Kiril Zhivkovich from Pirot considered his language as simple Bulgarian 4 A Silesian traveler stated in 1596 that the road of his trip from Sofia to Nis was filled with corpses and described the gates of Nis as standing in front of freshly beheaded heads of poor Bulgarian peasants by the Ottoman army 5 The Pirot Rebellion broke out in 1836 followed by the Nis rebellion in 1836 which also included Pirot According to Ottoman statistics during the Tanzimat the greater part of the population up to the Sanjak of Nis was treated as Bulgarian 6 According to all authors between 1840 and 1872 the delineation between Bulgarians and Serbs is undisputed and ran north of Nis 7 The Serbian researchers such as Dimitrije Davidovic in 1828 and Milan Savic in 1878 also accepted South Morava river as such delineation and added Nis outside the borders of the Serbian people 7 8 It was also stipulated the area to be ceded to Bulgaria according to the Constantinople Conference in 1876 and most of it according to the Treaty of San Stefano in 1878 From 1870 until then the area was part of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church before that the area had been under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Serbian Patriarchate of Pec Following World War I four territories now known to the Bulgarian community as the Western Outlands passed to the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes from Bulgaria as a war indemnity and the remains of the old border can be seen at Vlasina lake citation needed In the Interwar Period the Internal Western Outland Revolutionary Organisation countering Yugoslav rule in the region was engaged in repeated attacks against the Yugoslav police and army During World War II Bulgaria retook the Western Outlands as well as Pirot and Vranje After the Second World War these regions were returned to Yugoslavia After Serbia s independence these areas remained within Serbia Demographics editAccording to the 2011 census there were 18 543 Bulgarians in Serbia They are primarily located in two municipalities near Serbia s border with Bulgaria in Bosilegrad there are 5 839 Bulgarians i e 71 9 of population while in Dimitrovgrad Tsaribrod there are 5 413 Bulgarians or 53 5 of population 9 10 The dominant religion among ethnic Bulgarians in Serbia is Orthodoxy Islam never arrived in areas like Bosilegrad because of the mountainous terrain and most inhabitants dwelled in high mountain villages where they were hard to reach They use both Serbian and Bulgarian churches due to the low number of Bulgarian clergymen present in the region There is a church in every village around Bosilegrad and the oldest ones date to the 11th century Year census data Number of ethnic Bulgarians Number of Bulgarian speakers Percent of national population 1948 59 472 1 0 1953 60 146 59 166 1 0 1961 58 494 0 9 1971 53 800 49 942 0 7 1981 33 455 35 269 0 4 1991 26 698 25 408 0 3 2002 20 497 16 459 0 3 2011 18 543 13 337 0 3 2022 12 918 7 939 0 2 Notable people editHelena of Bulgaria regent of Serbia 1355 1356 Gregory Tsamblak c 1365 1420 medieval writer and cleric Vene Bogoslavov 1932 2015 mathematicianReferences edit Final results Ethnicity Pochetna 2023 07 14 Retrieved 2023 12 07 a b Population by ethnicity by areas PDF Retrieved 2023 12 07 Roudometof Victor Robertson Roland 2001 Nationalism globalization and orthodoxy the social origins of ethnic conflict in the Balkans Greenwood Publishing Group pp 68 71 ISBN 0313319499 Vasilev V P Temskiyat rkopis blgarski ezikov pametnik ot 1764 g Paleobulgarica IX 1986 kn 1 s 49 72 Kultur der Nationen in German p 110 Ottoman Bulgaria in the First Tanzimat Period The Revolts in Nish 1841 and Vidin 1850 Mark Pinson Middle Eastern Studies Vol 11 No 2 May 1975 pp 103 146 a b Light Andrew Smith Jonathan M 1998 Philosophy and Geography II The Production of Public Space Rowman amp Littlefield pp 240 241 ISBN 9780847688104 Savic Milan 1981 Istorii a na bŭlgarskii a narod google bg Ethno confessional and language mosaic of Serbia PDF Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia 2014 http www isac fund org download sr bg BUG pdf a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help See also editBulgaria Serbia relations Serbs in Bulgaria Western Outlands Bulgarians in Greece Bulgarians in North Macedonia Bulgarians Macedonian Bulgarians Shopi Portals nbsp Bulgaria nbsp Serbia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bulgarians in Serbia amp oldid 1214604986, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
