Ruski Krstur
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Ruski Krstur (Serbian: Руски Крстур, Ruski Krstur, Rusyn: Руски Керестур, Hungarian: Bácskeresztúr, Croatian: Ruski Krstur) is a village in Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. 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 Vojvodina and Serbia.
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[edit] Name
Its name means "the Rusyn Krstur" (There is also the village of Srpski Krstur in Vojvodina, meaning "the Serb Krstur").
The name "Krstur" itself derived from Serbian/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, having entered Hungarian via the Slavic languages which surround its speakers.
[edit] Ethnic groups
[edit] 1971
According to the 1971 census, ethnic Rusyns comprised 99.45% of population of the village.
[edit] 2002
According to the 2002 census, the population of the village include:
[edit] Historical population
- 1948: 5,874
- 1953: 6,115
- 1961: 5,873
- 1971: 5,960
- 1981: 5,826
- 1991: 5,636
- 2002: 5,213
[edit] Politics
There is an initiative among inhabitants of Ruski Krstur that this settlement become its own municipality completelly separate from Kula.
[edit] References
- Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Ruski Krstur - Web page about the village
- Ruski Krstur
- Ruski Krstur
- Ruski Krstur
- Rusyns in Serbia
- Vodica in Ruski Krstur
- “A Home for Town Planning Kula-Odzaci” Kula
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