Malajnica Explained

Official Name:	Malajnica
Native Name:	Serbian: Malajnica /
Settlement Type:	Village
Pushpin Label Position:	bottom
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Serbia
Subdivision Type1:	District
Subdivision Name1:	Bor District
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Negotin
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	2002
Population Total:	683
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Pushpin Map:	Serbia
Coordinates:	44.2953°N 22.3856°W

Malajnica (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Mălainița; Serbian Cyrillic: Serbian: Малајница) is a village in the municipality of Negotin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 683 people.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]} 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.^{[4] [5]} The president of Romania Traian Băsescu visited the village on November 2, 2011.^{[6] [7]}

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.^[8]

Notable people

• Bojan Aleksandrović, vicar of Mălainița and Remesiana and presbyter of Dacia Ripensis.

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
• President of Romania, Traian Basescu in Negotin, Malajnica, with Romanians from the Timok

Notes and References

1. Popis stanovništva, domaćinstava i Stanova 2002. Knjiga 1: Nacionalna ili etnička pripadnost po naseljima. Republika Srbija, Republički zavod za statistiku Beograd 2003.
2. http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=654 "SERBIA: Romanian priest to pay for official destruction of his church"
3. http://www.rgnpress.ro/Politic/Haiducul-credintei-din-Valea-Timocului-Boian-Alexandrovici-decorat-de-presedintele-Basescu.html "Haiducul credintei din Valea Timocului, Boian Alexandrovici, decorat de presedintele Basescu"
4. http://www.hunsor.se/dosszie/ihf_report2006_serbia_montenegro.pdf Extract from the IHF report
5. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+CRE+20070903+ITEM-015+DOC+XML+V0//EN&query=INTERV&detail=1-028 Debates Monday, 3 September 2007 - Strasbourg
6. Web site: Hramul Bisericii din Mălainița/ Sărbătoare românească în Valea Timocului la Biserica părintelui Boian Alexandrovici . 2012-03-02 . 2011-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111202011932/http://www.optimalmedia.ro/stire-romanii-de-pretutindeni/hramul-bisericii-din-malainita-sarbatoare-romaneasca-in-valea-timocului-la-biserica-parintelui-boian-alexandrovici/5208 . dead .
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbGn3ddG6HE Vizita a lui Basescu la Malajnica Serbia Negotin 2 noiembrie 2011
8. Book: War and Society in East Central Europe: The first Serbian uprising 1804-1813 . 1982 . Brooklyn College Press . 978-0-930888-04-6 .