| Malajnica
Malajnica / Малајница (Serbian) Mălainița (Romanian) | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Malajnica | |
| Coordinates: 44°17′43″N 22°23′8″E / 44.29528°N 22.38556°E / 44.29528; 22.38556 | |
| Country |  Serbia |
| District | Bor District |
| Municipality | Negotin |
| Population | |
| • Total | 683 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Malajnica (Romanian: Mălainița; Serbian Cyrillic: Малајница) is a village in the municipality of Negotin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 683 people.
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
- Serbs = 364
- "Vlachs" (Romanians) = 225
- Romanians (self-declared) = 4
- Croats = 1
- undeclared = 42
- unknown = 47
Politics
In 2004, the Romanian Orthodox Church, Malajnica, the first Romanian Church was built in eastern Serbia in two centuries. The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia drew attention to the situation of the Romanian people living there, and to their right to preserve their national identity. The president of Romania Traian Băsescu visited the village on November 2, 2011.
History
In 1807 Karađorđe's soldiers during the First Serbian Uprising were joined by Russian troops, led by General Ivan Ivanovich Isaev in a battle against the Turkish army near Malajnica.
Notable people
- Bojan Aleksandrović, vicar of Mălainița and Remesiana and presbyter of Dacia Ripensis.
References
- Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003. ISBN 86-84433-00-9
- "SERBIA: Romanian priest to pay for official destruction of his church"
- "Haiducul credintei din Valea Timocului, Boian Alexandrovici, decorat de presedintele Basescu" Archived 2008-09-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Romanian)
- Extract from the IHF report
- Debates Monday, 3 September 2007 - Strasbourg
- "Hramul Bisericii din Mălainița/ Sărbătoare românească în Valea Timocului la Biserica părintelui Boian Alexandrovici". Archived from the original on 2011-12-02. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
- Vizita a lui Basescu la Malajnica Serbia Negotin 2 noiembrie 2011
- War and Society in East Central Europe: The first Serbian uprising 1804-1813. Brooklyn College Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-930888-04-6.
External links
- Vizita a lui Basescu la Malajnica Serbia Negotin 2 noiembrie 2011
- Hramul Bisericii din Mălainița/ Sărbătoare românească în Valea Timocului la Biserica părintelui Boian Alexandrovici Archived 2011-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
- President of Romania, Traian Basescu in Negotin, Malajnica, with Romanians from the Timok