There is a community of

Serbs The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language. The majority of Serbs live in their na ...

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

( uk, Серби в Україні; sr, Срби у Украјини, translit=Srbi u Ukrajini), which includes Ukrainian citizens of ethnic Serb descent or

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

n-born people residing in the country. According to the 2001 census, there were 623 citizens in Ukraine that declared Serb ethnicity. It is estimated that the community numbers ca. 1,000 (2012).

History

Russian Empire

Demographics

The 2001 census registered 623 citizens declaring Serb ethnicity (Національність: серби), out of whom 219 had Serbian citizenship, 104 Ukrainian, 218 Russian, 68 other. The Serbian Ministry of Diaspora estimated in 2007 that there was a

Serbian diaspora Serbian diaspora refers to Serbian emigrant communities in the diaspora. The existence of a numerous diaspora of Serbian nationals is mainly a consequence of either economic or political (coercion or expulsion) reasons. There were different wa ...

community numbering ca. 15,000 people in Ukraine. This data includes emigrants from Serbia as well as ethnic Serbs or other minorities who view Serbia as their nation-state. In January 2012, it was estimated that the Serbian diaspora in the country only numbered 1,000.

Notable people

John of Tobolsk John of Tobolsk (1651–1715) was born as Ioann Maksimovich Vasilkovskiy in Nieżyn, in the Czernihow Voivodeship of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was the only one of the seven sons of Maksym Wasylkowski Maksymowicz to enter the ser ...

, prominent Eastern Orthodox ascetic and hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church of Serbian descent *

Yevgeny Vuchetich Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (–12 April 1974) (russian: Евгений Викторович Вучетич; uk, Євген Вікторович Вучетич, ''Evhen Viktorovych Vuchetych'') was a prominent Soviet sculptor and artist. He is ...

, prominent Soviet sculptor and artist of Serbian descent * Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer of Serbian descent *

Marko Devich Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also *Marco (disambiguation) *Markko (disambiguation) *Marka (disambiguation) *Markov *Marku Marku is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the ...

, Serbian-born Ukrainian football player * Vladimir Dišljenkovic, Serbian-Born Ukrainian football player *

Zlata Ognevich Inna Leonidivna Bordiuh ( uk, Інна Леонідівна Бордюг, Inna Leonidivna Bordiuh, ; born 12 January 1986), known professionally as Zlata Ognevich ( uk, Злата Огнєвіч, Zlata Ohnievich, links=no, ), is a Ukrainian sing ...

Singer

References

Sources

* *Дмитрієв, В.С., 2006. Серби в Україні (XVIII-початок XIX ст.). *Стрижок, О., 1993. Серби в Україні. Україна: наука і культура,-К, p.257. *Дмитрієв, В.С., 2005. Сербські переселенці в Україні: проблема міжетнічних зв’язків. Вісник Національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Історія, pp.77-79. Ethnic groups in Ukraine

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