Ruski Krstur

Ruski Krstur (Serbian Cyrillic: Руски Крстур, Rusyn: Руски Керестур) is a village in Vojvodina, Serbia. It is located in the municipality of Kula, West Bačka District. The village has a Rusyn ethnic majority. Its population numbered 5,213 in the 2002 census. Ruski Krstur is the cultural centre of the Rusyns in Serbia. The number of Rusyns in Ruski Krstur is in constant decline as many of them have moved out to Canada concentrating in the town of North Battleford, Saskatchewan .[1]
The village is the seat of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur, part of the wider Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia.

Ruski Krstur

Руски Крстур (Serbian)
Руски Керестур (Rusyn)
Village (Selo)
Ruski Krstur
Coordinates: 45°34′N 19°25′E
Country Serbia
Province Vojvodina
RegionBačka
DistrictWest Bačka
MunicipalityKula
Population
 (2002)
 • Total5,213
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
The Uniate cathedral.

Name

Its name means "the Rusyn Krstur" (There is also a village called Srpski Krstur, meaning "the Serb Krstur", in Vojvodina).

The name "Krstur" itself derived from Slavic word krst (крст) ("cross" in English). The Hungarian name for the village derived from the Hungarian word "kereszt", which also means "cross" in English. The first written record of Ruski Krstur was made during the administration of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1410 and then in 1452, mentioning it under name Kerezthwr.

In Hungarian the village is known as Bácskeresztúr; in Slovak as Ruský Kеrеstur; and in Croatian as Ruski Krstur, in Rusyn Руськый Керестур.

Ethnic groups

1971

According to the 1971 census, ethnic Rusyns comprised 99.45% of population of the village.

2002

According to the 2002 census, the population of the village include:

Historical population
  • 1948: 5,874
  • 1953: 6,115
  • 1961: 5,873
  • 1971: 5,960
  • 1981: 5,826
  • 1991: 5,636
  • 2002: 5,213

Politics

There is an initiative among inhabitants of Ruski Krstur that this settlement become its own municipality completely separate from Kula.

See also

References
  • Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
  1. Sa bačke crnice na led i sneg Kanade Archived 2009-03-06 at the Wayback Machine

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