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Jazak (village)
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Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. It is located in the Irig municipality, in the region of Srem
Syrmia
Syrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....
(Srem District
Srem District
Syrmia or Srem District is a northwestern district of Serbia. It lies in the regions of Syrmia and Mačva, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 309,981...
), Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
province. The population of the village numbering 1,100 people (2002 census), of whom 1,045 are ethnic Serbs
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
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Notable residents
- Teodor Avramović, the leader of the rebellion of the SyrmiaSyrmiaSyrmia is a fertile region of the Pannonian Plain in Europe, between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia in the east and Croatia in the west....
n peasants, which was known as the Tican's RebellionTican's RebellionThe Tican's Rebellion was a rebellion of the Syrmian peasants against feudal relations in society. The rebellion started in April 1807 on the estate of Ruma of earl Karlo Pejačević and estate of Ilok of earl Odescalchi...
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Family names of the villagers
Some of the prominent families in the village include: Božić, Goljevački, Grujić, Ilić, Janković, Jankulović, Jerkić, Jocić, Jovanović, Kostić, Majstorović, Maletić, Marić, Marojević, Mirković, Mihajlović, Mladenović, Mojsilović, Nedić, Nenadović, Nešković, Petaković, Popović, Radojčić, Radonić, Savić, Stanišić, Slavnić, Tešić, Utvić, Vukmirović, Živanović, etc.See also
- Jazak monasteryJazak monasteryThe Jazak Monastery is a Serb Orthodox monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbia, in the province of Vojvodina...
- List of places in Serbia
- List of cities, towns and villages in Vojvodina