Podrima - iz spisa prote Miloša Velimirovića

Abstract

Život srpskog stanovništva Stare Srbije u drugoj polovini 19. veka bio je obeležen pritiskom njihovih suseda Albanaca. I u Podrimlju, metohijskoj mikrooblasti, albanska nasrtljivost je takođe obeležila epohu. Nasilja Albanaca za posledicu su imala menjanje etničke i verske slike brojnih naselja na štetu pravoslavnih Srba. Iseljavanje Srba povlačilo je i urušavanje ili uništavanje pravoslavnih hramova i drugih materijalnih tragova srpske srednjovekovne državnosti. Tekst Miloša Velimirovića nastao je na osnovu njegovih sećanja na boravak u Podrimlju šezdesetih godina 19. veka, kada je bio đak manastira Dečana. On sadrži podatke o naseljima, onomastici, etničkom rasporedu, crkvama, manastirima i njihovim ostacima, te o običajima i načinu života podrimskih Srba. Budući da je sačuvano vrlo malo narativnih izvora o prošlosti podrimskih Srba pre poslednje četvrtine 19. veka, ovaj izvor predstavlja dragoceno svedočanstvo za lokalnu istoriju, ali i za istoriju Stare Srbije.

The Serbian population in Old Serbia in the second half of the 19th century lived under the pressure of their Albanian neighbours. The Albanian aggression in Podrimlje, a micro-region of Metohija, also marked the epoch. The consequence of the Albanians' violence was a change in the ethnic and religious image of numerous settlements to the detriment of Orthodox Serbs. The emigration of Serbs also implied the collapse or destruction of Orthodox churches and other material traces of Serbian medieval statehood. The text of Miloš Velimirović is based on his memories of his stay in Podrimlje in the 1860s, when he studied at the Dečani monastery. It contains information on settlements, onomastics, ethnic distribution, churches, monasteries, and their remains, as well as the customs and lifestyle of the Podrimlje Serbs. Given that very few narrative sources have been preserved about the past of the Podrimlje Serbs before the last quarter of the 19th century, this source is a valuable testimony to local history, as well as the history of Old Serbia as a whole.