User talk:Zoupan/Croatian Serbs in Serbia

There is a large community of Croatian Serbs in Serbia, mainly stemming from Serb refugees that settled Serbia during and after the Croatian War (1991–95), notably during the Operation Storm (4–7 August 1995). There had earlier been state-organized colonization programs of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, mainly in Vojvodina, and during the expulsion of Serbs by the Ustaše regime in the Independent State of Croatia (1941–45).

Some 350,000 Serbs were resettled in Serbia during and after the Croatian War, of which the larger part took Serbian citizenship. In 2002, there were 284.334 Serbs from Croatia living in Serbia (without Kosovo). The majority lived in Vojvodina (127.884), then in Central and South Serbia (114.434). The largest part of the community stated that they wanted integration (60,6%), while only 4,3% wanted to return, while there were 27,4% who were undecided. In 2013, ca. 45,000 from Croatia still had refugee status in Serbia.

Interwar period
Serbs from Croatia settled in Vojvodina during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

World War II
The Ustaše intended to create an ethnically "pure" Croatia, and viewed those Serbs then living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as the biggest obstacle to this goal. Ustaše ministers Mile Budak, Mirko Puk, and Milovan Žanić declared in May 1941 that the goal of the new Ustaše policy was an ethnically pure Croatia. The strategy to achieve their goal was to have one third of the Serbs killed, one third expelled, and one third forcibly converted to Catholicism.

In a six-month period in 1941, some 120,000 Serbs were expelled to Nazi-occupied Serbia, and tens of thousands fled. The general plan was that prominent people be deported first, so that property could be nationalized and the remaining Serbs be more easily manipulated. By the end of September 1941, about half of the Serbian Orthodox clergy, 335 priests, had been expelled.

Colonization of Vojvodina (1945–48)
The number of Serbs in Vojvodina increased from 593,735 to 841,246 in the 1940–48 period. The Ministry of Colonization saw problem with the selection and moving of colonists due to overflowing requests from peasants that were not first priority; the Ministry had intended for Yugoslav Partisan fighters to be rewarded first.

Arts

 * Momčilo Bajagić (b. 1960), Serbian rock musician, born in Bjelovar.
 * Biserka Cvejić (b. 1923), Serbian opera singer, born in Krilo.
 * Bogdan Diklić (b. 1953), Serbian actor, born in Bjelovar.
 * Boris Komnenić (1957), Serbian male actor, born in Pula.

Historians

 * Sima Ćirković (1929–2009), Serbian historian, born in Osijek.
 * Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian historian, born in Zagreb.

Journalism

 * Slavko Ćuruvija (1949–1999), Yugoslav journalist and newspaper publisher

Clergy

 * Patriarch Pavle of Serbia (1914–2009)
 * Josif Rajačić (1785–1861), metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian patriarch, administrator of Serbian Vojvodina and baron
 * Gerasim Zelić (1752–1838), Serbian Orthodox archimandrite, traveler, and writer

Politicians

 * Mirko Marjanović (1937–2006), a former Prime Minister of Serbia and high-ranking official in SPS

Sportspeople

 * Active
 * Danijel Aleksić, Serbian footballer, born in Pula.
 * Novica Bjelica, Serbian volleyball player, born in Pula.
 * Dejan Borovnjak, Serbian basketballer, born in Knin.
 * Nenad Čanak, Serbian basketball manager, former player, born in Zagreb.
 * Konstantin Čupković, Serbian volleyball player, born in Virovitica.
 * Tanja Dragić, Serbian Paralympian athlete, born in Knin.
 * Zoran Erceg, Serbian basketballer, born in Pakrac.
 * Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer, born in Šibenik.
 * Đorđe Gagić, Serbian basketballer, born in Benkovac.
 * Milan Gajić, Serbian basketballer, born in Vukovar.
 * Goran Jagar, Serbian rower, born in Virovitica.
 * Danijel Ljuboja, Serbian footballer, born in Vinkovci.
 * Milan Mačvan, Serbian basketballer, born in Vukovar.
 * Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball coach, former player, born in Otočac.
 * Siniša Mihajlović, Serbian football manager, former footballer, born in Vukovar.
 * Damir Mikec, Serbian sports shooter, born in Split.
 * Nenad Mirosavljević, Serbian footballer, born in Požega.
 * Kosta Perović, Serbian basketballer, born in Osijek.
 * Ilija Petković, Serbian football manager, former Yugoslav player, born in Knin.
 * Jelena Popović, Serbian handball player, born in Karlovac.
 * Andrija Prlainović, Serbian water polo player, born in Dubrovnik.
 * Duško Savanović, Serbian basketballer, born in Zagreb.
 * Jasna Šekarić, Serbian sports shooter, grew up in Osijek.
 * Ljubomir Travica, Serbian volleyball player and coach, born in Knin.
 * Nenad Vučković, Serbian handball player, born in Pula.
 * Vladimir Vujasinović, Serbian water polo player and coach, born in Rijeka.
 * Nemanja Zelenović, Serbian handball player, born in Knin.


 * Retired
 * Dragan Andrić, retired Yugoslav water polo player, born in Dubrovnik
 * Gordana Bogojević, Serbian basketballer, born in Zagreb.
 * Goran Bunjevčević (born 1973), retired Serbian footballer, born in Karlovac.
 * Borislav Cvetković, retired Yugoslav footballer and manager, born in Karlovac.
 * Milan Damjanović, retired Serbian footballer, born in Knin.
 * Borislav Dević, retired Serbian track and field athlete, born in Ravni Kotari.
 * Zorica Ðurković, retired Yugoslav basketballer, born in Dubrovnik.
 * Mira Golubović, retired Serbian volleyball player, born in Metković.
 * Branko Kokir, retired Serbian handball player, born in Karlovac.
 * Dane Korica, retired Yugoslav track and field athlete, born in Kutina.
 * Aleksandar Kozlina, retired Yugoslav footballer and manager, born in Skrad.
 * Ines Kresović, retired Serbian basketballer, born in Šibenik.
 * Predrag Savović, retired Serbian basketballer, born in Pula.
 * Zoran Marojević, retired Yugoslav basketballer, born in Matulji.
 * Vladimir Milić, retired Yugoslav track and field athlete, born in Žegar.
 * Miloš Milošević, retired Croatian swimmer, born in Split.
 * Milan Nenadić, retired Yugoslav wrestler, born in Petrinja.
 * Radivoje Ognjanović, retired Yugoslav footballer and manager, born in Strošinci.
 * Svetlana Ognjenović, Serbian handball player, born in Osijek.
 * Nikola Plećaš, retired Yugoslav basketballer, born in Zadar.
 * Peja Stojaković, retired Serbian basketballer, born in Požega.
 * Petar Trifunović (1910–1980), Yugoslav chess champion, born in Dubrovnik.
 * Dušan Vemić, retired Serbian tennis player, born in Zadar.
 * Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist and founder of Real Aikido.
 * Gojko Zec, football manager.