Malajnica
Village in Bor District, Serbia
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Malajnica (Romanian: Mălainița; Serbian Cyrillic: Малајница) is a village in the municipality of Negotin, Serbia. According to the 2002 census, the village has a population of 683 people.[1]
Ethnic groups (2002 census)
Politics
In 2004, the Romanian Orthodox Church, Malajnica, the first Romanian Church was built in eastern Serbia in two centuries.[2][3] The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia drew attention to the situation of the Romanian people living there, and to their right to preserve their national identity.[4][5] The president of Romania Traian Băsescu visited the village on November 2, 2011.[6][7]
History
In 1807 Karađorđe's soldiers during the First Serbian Uprising were joined by Russian troops, led by General Ivan Ivanovich Isaev in a battle against the Turkish army near Malajnica.[8]
Notable people
- Bojan Aleksandrović, vicar of Mălainița and Remesiana and presbyter of Dacia Ripensis.