Slavo-Serbia

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Slavo-Serbia Славеносрбија / Slavenosrbija Слов'яносербія Славяносербия Slavoserbia
territory of Russian Empire
1753–1764
Capital	Bakhmut (Bahmut)
History
• Established	1753
• Abolished	1764
Succeeded by Novorossiysk Governorate
Today part of	Ukraine

Slavo-Serbia or Slaveno-Serbia (Ukrainian: Слов'яносербія, romanized: Slov'yanoserbiya; Russian: Славяносербия, romanized: Slavyanoserbiya; Serbian: Славеносрбија / Slavenosrbija or Славосрбија / Slavosrbija; Slavo-Serbian or Slaveno-Serbian: Славо-Сербія or Славено-Сербія; Romanian: Slavoserbia), was a territory of Imperial Russia between 1753-64. It was located by the right bank of the Donets River between the Bakhmutka River (Бахмут) and Luhan (Лугань) rivers. This area today constitutes the territories of present-day Luhansk Oblast and Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. The administrative centre of Slavo-Serbia was Bakhmut (Bahmut).

History[]

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By the decree of the Senate of May 29, 1753, the free lands of this area were offered for settlement to Serbs, Romanians, Bulgarians, Greeks and other Balkan peoples of Orthodox Christian denomination to ensure frontier protection and development of this part of the steppes.^[1]

Slavo-Serbia was directly governed by Russia's Governing Senate and College of War. The settlers eventually formed the Bakhmut hussar regiment in 1764. Also in 1764, Slavo-Serbia was transformed into the Donets uyezd of Yekaterinoslav Governorate (now in Dnipropetrovs'ka oblast', Ukraine). Commandants of Slavo-Serbia were Colonels Rajko Depreradović and Jovan Šević. These Serbian colonels led their soldiers in various Russian military campaigns; in peacetime they kept the borderlands, along with the Cossacks, free from incursions by other states.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics[]

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The province had ethnically diverse population that included Serbs, Romanians, and others. In 1755, the population of Slavo-Serbia numbered 1,513 inhabitants (of both genders). In 1756, in the regiment of Jovan Šević, there were 38% Serbs, 23% Romanians, and 22% others.^[2] In 1763, the population of Slavo-Serbia numbered 3,992 male inhabitants, of whom only 378 were Serbs.

Places of Slavo-Serbia[]

See also[]

• New Serbia (historical province)
• Jovan Horvat
• Jovan Šević
• Jovan Albanez
• Rajko Depreradović

Notes[]

References[]

Mita Kostić (2001). "Nova Srbija i Slavenosrbija" (PDF). Novi Sad. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-06. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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

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  Map of present-day Ukraine with the territory of Slavo-Serbia indicated with red on the right side.

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  Slavo-Serbia location map.

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  Map of Slavo-Serbia.