Ruski Krstur
Ruski Krstur (also Ruski Kerestur ; Ruthenian Руски Керестур, Serbian - Cyrillic Руски Крстур ) is a village in western Batschka in northern Serbia . The village is part of the municipality of Kula .
According to statistical data from 2002, Ruski Krstur was home to 5557 people, mostly Russians (also called Ruthenians). Ruski Krstur is considered the cultural center of this national minority in Serbia .
history
Ruski Krstur is considered to be the oldest settlement with a Ruthenian population. The settlement and at the same time the foundation of the village took place in the years 1745/46, when a large Ruthenian ethnic group settled in Batschka . She came from Hornjica in the Carpathian Mountains and from Kosceljisko, which lies between Krstur and Kula. Another, larger, Ruthenian population comes from the Hungarian-Slovakian Kaschau (Košice), the Carpathian-Ukrainian Uschhorod and from the Hungarian Miskolc . In the archives of Austria-Hungary it should be noted that initially 11 families or people of Ruthenian origin settled in order to achieve better living conditions. The Ruthenians were used as field workers in the fields around Kula. Initially the village was called Bač Kerestur. It has been officially recognized as such since 1751. The resident population is predominantly of Greek Catholic denomination . Since 2003 the church has been the seat of the Apostolic Exarchate of Serbia and Montenegro, and since 2018 it has been promoted to the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas Ruski Krstur .
Web links
- Website of the village (Ruthenian) ( Memento of March 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 45 ° 34 ' N , 19 ° 25' E