CONTRIBUTION OF THE SERBIAN COLONISTS TO THE SOCIO-CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LUGANSK REGION IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
The article is devoted to the problem of colonization of the Lugansk region by the Serbs. The author shows reasons for the resettlement of the Serb Frontier Troops to the territory of the Russian Empire in the middle of the 18th century. On the basis of historical sources, the problems in adaptation of these military colonists in the territory of Slavyanoserbia are analysed. Contribution of the Serbs to the economic and cultural development of the Lugansk region in the 19th century is characterized.
