Ruthenian Court, Šid

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The Ruthenian Court (Serbo-Croatian: Руски двор, Ruski dvor, Pannonian Rusyn: Руски двор) in Šid in Vojvodina, Serbia is a representative building constructed as a summer residence for the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.[1] The name of the building is sometimes mistranslated as a Russian Palace due to the archaic homonyms used for the possessive adjectives related to the local Pannonian Rusyns (predominantly Greek Catholic community) and ethnic Russians.[2]

Background

The building was completed in 1780 and granted to the eparchy by the royal decree of Maria Theresa.[3] It was protected as a cultural heritage building in 1967 and received the designation Immovable Cultural Heritage of Great Importance in 1991.[1]

A female monastery was opened in the building in the 1930s, and during World War II in Yugoslavia, it served as a hospital for Yugoslav Partisans, which had a stronghold on the nearby Fruška Gora.[1]

References

  1. 1.[1.2][1.3]"Руски двор у Шиду" (in Serbian). Информациони систем непокретних културних добара. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. 2."Ruthenian Court Sid". Castles Of Serbia. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. 3."Руски двор – Шид" (in Serbian). The Municipality of Šid. Retrieved 17 May 2023.