Russian restaurants, taverns, and musicians of interwar Belgrade
Between the two world wars, Belgrade developed and expanded, while the cultural life of the city was on the rise. One of the characteristics of the interwar Yugoslav capital, which even European travel writers and the foreign press wrote about, wеre the taverns (in Serbian kafane ) and the nightlife of the city. A significant role in this entertainment was played by Russian emigrants who came to Belgrade after the Civil War in the early twenties. This article will focus on Russian taverns and restaurants in interwar Belgrade as little-known facilities in Serbian historiography, as well as on the forms of popular music-making that arrived with Russians - Russian gypsy romance and balalaika choirs. This essay is based on contemporaries’ memoirs, emigrant and Belgrade press and archival documents.