Description
The settlement of Slovaks to Kisač (slov. Kysáč) started in 1773, whereby the role of Count András Hadik stands out, who, probably because of his Slovak origin, wanted to settle a larger number of his compatriots on his Futog estate. The first Slovak who moved to Kisač was Michal Vardžík (1736–1792). Circumstantially, the year of the arrival of the Slovaks in Kisač was immortalized in the Serbian Orthodox church that was built in that very year.
The issuance of the Patent of Tolerance in 1781 encouraged the arrival of a new wave of settlers, which created the conditions for the establishment of a school and inviting the first teacher and the first priest. The Evangelical church in Kisač bears the oldest Slovak Vojvodina epigraphic inscription from 1802.
In a period of 250 years, the Slovaks in Kisač managed to survive and preserve their identity in a multinational environment thanks primarily to favourable socio-political circumstances. Unhindered establishment and functioning of key institutions, societies and associations of national character (in the 18th and 19th centuries, for example, a school, a church and the “Reading Society” were founded, and in the period between the two world wars the “Society of Czechoslovak Women”, “Sokolstvo Jedinstvo” Falconry Society, the “Tatra” football club, “Zanatsko društvo” Crafts Society, the local board of the Matica slovačka in Yugoslavia, etc.) had a positive effect on the spread of literacy, the preservation of the Slovak native language and the growth of national consciousness. Here we should highlight the exemplary coexistence with other nationalities in the area, above all Serbian-Slovak cooperation in all local institutions and beyond.
The issuance of this series of commemorative postage stamps indicates that the harmony of inter-ethnic relations in Serbia is based on historical memory and mutual respect of all its citizens.
Стручна сарадња: Савет Месне заједнице „Кисач”, доц. др Даниела Марчок Уметничка реализација издања: Марија Влаховић, академски графичар
