Ruthenian Court, Šid

Ruthenian Court
Руски двор (Serbian) Руски двор (Rusyn)
General information
Architectural style	baroque[1]
Address	Šid, Vojvodina, Serbia
Coordinates	45°08′11″N 19°14′03″E
Year(s) built	1780[2]
Cultural Heritage of Serbia
Type	Cultural Monument of Great Importance
Designated	14 March 1967
Reference no.	СК 1358[3]

The Ruthenian Court (Serbo-Croatian: Руски двор, Ruski dvor, Rusyn: Руски двор) in Šid in Vojvodina, Serbia is a representative building constructed as a summer residence for the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Križevci.[2] 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.[1]

Background

The building was completed in 1780 and granted to the eparchy by the royal decree of Maria Theresa.[4] It was protected as a cultural heritage building in 1967 and received the designation Immovable Cultural Heritage of Great Importance in 1991.[2]

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.[2]

See also

• Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia

References

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