Kucura ( sr-cyr, Куцура; ; ) is a village in

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, in the Autonomous Province of

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. It is located in the municipality of Vrbas, in the

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. The village is ethnically mixed and has a population of 4,663 (2002 census).

History

Kucura is mentioned for the first time in a Turkish defter from 1580. At that time, Kucura had 18 taxpayers, probably

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. In the report of Bačka County from 1715, it is mentioned that Kucura was a small place with only 5 taxpayers. At that time, the Serbian population lived in Kucura. In 1763, the State Chamber instructed Peter Kiš from Krstur to recruit the Ruthenian population in the northern Hungarian counties for the settlement of Kucura, which he did after signing a contract with the regional administrator of Bačka, Redl. Thus began the settlement of Rusyns in Kucura. Kiš, according to the contract, was supposed to bring 150 Rusyns families from northern

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to Kucura, but he failed to do so. In 1763, 41 Rusyns families came to Kucura, and in 1767, only another 47 Rusyns families came. The State Chamber wanted Kucura to be a purely

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settlement, and in 1777 they ordered the Serbs, who were almost half of the population of Kucura, to move to Obrovac. In 1792, 258 Rusyns families already lived in Kucura.

Ethnic groups

1971

According to the 1971 census, ethnic

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comprised 60% of the population of the village.

2002

According to the 2002 census, the population of the village include: * 2,200 (47.18%)

* 1,808 (38.77%)

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* 352 (7.55%)

* others.

Historical population

*1961: 4,881 *1971: 4,655 *1981: 4,687 *1991: 4,713

Boris Hodak

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Gallery

Image:Kucura,_Uniate_church.jpg, The Uniate church. Image:Kucura_Orthodox_church.jpg, The Orthodox church. Image:Kucura,_Catholic_Church.jpg, All Saints Catholic Church.

References

*Slobodan Ćurčić, Broj stanovnika Vojvodine, Novi Sad, 1996.

External links

KucuraOnlineKucura location map
Places in Bačka South Bačka District Pannonian Rusyns {{SouthBačkaRS-geo-stub