Yugoslavs in Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Југословени у Србији, Jugosloveni u Srbiji) refers to a community in
Serbia
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that view themselves as ''
Yugoslavs
Yugoslavs or Yugoslavians ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslaveni/Jugosloveni, Југославени/Југословени; ; ) is an identity that was originally conceived to refer to a united South Slavic people. It has been used in two connotations: ...
'' with no other ethnic
self-identification. Additionally, there are also
Serbs
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian Cultural heritage, ancestry, Culture of Serbia, culture, History of Serbia, history, and Serbian lan ...
,
Croats
The Croats (; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and other neighboring countries in Central Europe, Central and Southeastern Europe who share a common Croatian Cultural heritage, ancest ...
,
Montenegrins,
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks (, Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavs, South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia (region), Bosnia, today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who sha ...
and people of other ethnicities in Serbia who identify themselves as Yugoslavs. However, the latter group does not consider itself to be part of a Yugoslav nation, which is the way the first group identifies itself. People declaring themselves as Yugoslavs are concentrated in multicultural
Vojvodina
Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...
and
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...
, where slightly over 80% of all Yugoslavs in Serbia are found.
According to the 2022 census, 27,143 people or 0.41% of all inhabitants of Serbia (excluding
Kosovo
Kosovo, officially the Republic of Kosovo, is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe with International recognition of Kosovo, partial diplomatic recognition. It is bordered by Albania to the southwest, Montenegro to the west, Serbia to the ...
) declared their ethnicity as exclusively Yugoslav, while an unknown number of people self-identify as Yugoslav in addition with other ethnicities.
Ahead of the 2022 census, a newly formed organization called (National Movement "Yugoslavs") began encouraging citizens of Serbia to freely self-identificate as Yugoslavs, an initiative joined by an increasing number of public figures. One of them is a radio host , who also announced that work is underway for establishing the National Council of Yugoslavs in Serbia, following the example of other minority communities, for self-identifying Yugoslavs to enjoy equal minority rights.
Milinović sees all nations as
invented and agreed upon, where "the only difference is who did it when". According to him, Yugoslavs are a nation not in an ethnic sense, but as a community of common values.
Among the younger generations who never lived in former Yugoslavia, identifying as Yugoslav tends to be due to their multi-ethnic background but also in
protest against nationalism.
Demographics
Notable people
*
Lepa Brena (born 1960), singer, Bosnian Muslim parentage
*
Joška Broz (born 1947), politician, grandson of the former Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito
*
Oliver Dulić (born 1975), politician, of mixed
Serb and
Bunjevac parentage
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* Predrag Ejdus, actor, of mixed Jewish and Serb parentage
References
External links
Yugoslav club in Serbia
{{Ethnic groups in Serbia
Ethnic groups in Serbia