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)

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

External links

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 .