Serbs of Dubrovnik
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The Serbs of Dubrovnik made up 3.25% of the town's population according to the 2001 Croatian population census.[1] Their number before the Yugoslav Wars was higher - in the 1991 census, 4,765 (6.7%) people in Dubrovnik municipality declared as Serbs.[2] The Serb Orthodox Church in Dubrovnik was built in the 19th century. Historically, a number of notable Dubrovnik Catholics came to espouse a Serb national ideology and political goals.[3]
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[edit] Organisations
- Zadruga Srpkinja Dubrovkinja - founded in 1887
- Srpska dubrovačka akademska omladina - founded in 1900
- Srpska Zora - founded in 1901
- Gimnastičko-sokolsko društvo Dušan Silni - founded in 1907 and headed by Mate Gracić
- Matica srpska - founded in 1909, thanks to Konstantin Vuković
- Pasarićeva štamparija
- Štamparija Mata Gracića
- Savez srpskih zemljoradničkih zadruga
- Srpska štedionica
- Dubrovnik - a Serb newspaper
[edit] Notable individuals
- Medo Pucić
- Ivo Vojnović (disputed)
- Milan Rešetar
- Sava Mrkalj - worked there as a teacher
- Milan Milišić
[edit] The Serbs of Dubrovnik and the War in Croatia
During the War in Croatia, from October 1991 to May 1992, the Serb dominated Yugoslav People's Army assisted by Serb & Montenegrin paramilitaries put the city of Dubrovnik under siege and bombarded it, ostensibly to protect the Serbs.[4] The first victim of the Serb bombing of Dubrovnik was a local Serb, poet Milan Milišić.[citation needed] ICTY indictments have been issued for generals and officers of the Yugoslav People's Army who were involved in the bombing. The legacy of the war includes widespread mistrust and antagonism between the majority Croats and minority Serbs.
