Krušcic
Encyclopedia
Kruščić is a village in Serbia
. It is situated in the Kula
municipality, West Bačka District
, Vojvodina
province. The population of the village is ethnically mixed and numbering 2,353 people (2002 census).
Hungarian
: Veprőd, in German
: Weprovatz
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 situated in the Kula
Kula (Vojvodina)
Kula is a town and municipality in the West Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town Kula has a population of 19,293, while the Kula municipality has a population of 48,306.- Name :...
municipality, West Bačka District
West Backa District
West Bačka District is a northern district of Serbia. It lies in the region of Bačka, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It has a population of 215,916...
, 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 is ethnically mixed and numbering 2,353 people (2002 census).
Name
Name of the village is by national hero from WW2 Vukman Kruščić. Its former name was Veprovac (Вепровац), which derived from Serbian word "vepar" ("boar" in English).Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
: Veprőd, in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
: Weprovatz
Ethnic groups
According to the 2002 census, ethnic groups included:- 768 (32.64%) Montenegrins
- 744 (31.62%) SerbsSerbsThe 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...
- 280 (11.90%) Hungarians
- 149 (6.33%) UkrainiansUkrainiansUkrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...
- others.