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The Serbs of Borovo Selo (Serbo-Croatian: Srbi u Borovo Selo, Срби у Борово Село) are one of traditional communities living in the multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-confessional eastern Croatian town of Borovo Selo on the border with Serbia.[1][2] The Serb community constitutes over 90% of the entire population of Borovo according to 2011 Census. Other significant communities include the Croats, as well as Slovaks, Hungarians and historically, Yugoslavs and Germans.
The town is the seat of numerous ethnic organizations and institutions, including the headquarters of Radio Borovo. The surrounding region is ethnically heterogeneous. The Serb rural communities constitute the majority in physically adjacent Vukovar and the municipalities of Trpinja and Negoslavci. Prominent Serbs from Borovo include Ratomir Dujković, Nikola Perlić and Vukašin Šoškoćanin.
During the Croatian War of Independence, Borovo became one of the major hotspots of Serb-Croat ethnic conflicts, especially at the time of the Battle of Borovo Selo, which served as an escalation of war for both sides. After the Operation Storm, the signing of the Erdut Agreement and end of the UNTAES mission of the United Nations gradual process of reconciliation started aimed at the establishment of sustainable peace.
History[edit]
War in Croatia[edit]
On 1 May 1991, an elderly Serb resident of Bršadin was killed by his Hungarian neighbour with media reporting that the murderer was a member of Croatian Democratic Union leading to blockade of the D55 road despite victim's family calls against it. Serbian media reported that the victim worn Serbian tricolor and was murdered by a Croat while at the same night 2 Croatian policemen were taken hostages in Borovo in the event which will next day lead to the Battle of Borovo Selo leading to the direct involvement of the Yugoslav People's Army in the conflict in the region.
Croatian independence referendum was called on 19 May 1991 while Serb local authorities called for a boycott of the vote, which was largely followed by Croatian Serbs.[3] On June 25, 1991, at the same day as the Socialist Republic of Croatia declared its withdrawal from Yugoslavia, a self-proclaimed SAO Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia was established. In 1992, the oblast joined the breakaway Republic of Serbian Krajina. In 1995, it fell and the Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia remained as a short-lived Serb parallel entity. After the Erdut Agreement, the territory was reintegrated into Croatia within UN peacekeeping mission UNTAES. On 22 of May 1997, the Borovo Municipality was established for a fourth time.[4] It became one of the founding municipalities of the Joint Council of Municipalities.
References[edit]
- ^ "Population by Ethnicity, by Towns/Municipalities, 2011 Census: County of Vukovar-Sirmium". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
- ^ "Istorija Borova i struktura stanovništva". Borovo Municipality. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ Sudetic, Chuck (20 May 1991). "Croatia Votes for Sovereignty and Confederation". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ "Istorija Borova i struktura stanovništva". Borovo Municipality. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
Sources[edit]
- Filipović, Vladimir (2022). "Srpska pobuna u selima vukovarske općine 1990. - 1991" [Serb Rebelion in the Villages of Vukovar Municipality 1990. - 1991.]. Scrinia Slavonica (in Croatian). 22 (1). Department for the History of Slavonia, Srijem and Baranja of the Croatian Institute of History: 291–319. doi:10.22586/ss.22.1.9. Retrieved 4 December 2022 – via Hrčak.