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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Economics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Экономика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2329</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-8986</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">20761</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2329-2018-26-4-685-696</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>REGIONAL ECONOMY</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>РЕГИОНАЛЬНАЯ ЭКОНОМИКА</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Disintegration of the former SFR Yugoslavia and changes in the ethno-confessional structure of some cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Распад бывшей СФР Югославия и изменения в этноконфессиональной структуре некоторых городов Боснии и Герцеговины</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zekanović</surname><given-names>Igor</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Зеканович</surname><given-names>Игор</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">PhD in Geography, Associate Professor, Departman of Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Srpska</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">кандидат географических наук, доцент, декан географического факультета Университета Баня-Луки (Республика Сербская, Босния и Герцеговина).</bio><email>igor.zekanovic@pmf.unibl.org</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gnjato</surname><given-names>Rajko</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гнято</surname><given-names>Раджако</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Doctor of Geography, Full professor, President of the Geographical Society of the Republic of Srpska, Departman of Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republic of Srpska</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">доктор географических наук, профессор, президент Географического общества Республики Сербской, декан географического факультета Университет БаняЛуки (Республика Сербская, Босния и Герцеговина).</bio><email>gnjator@pmfbl.org</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">University of Banja Luka</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Баня-Луки</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>26</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 26, NO4 (2018)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 26, №4 (2018)</issue-title><fpage>685</fpage><lpage>696</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-03-18"><day>18</day><month>03</month><year>2019</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Zekanović I., Gnjato R.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Зеканович И., Гнято Р.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Zekanović I., Gnjato R.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Зеканович И., Гнято Р.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/20761">https://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/view/20761</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en">Disintegration of Yugoslav state union, which was carried out marked by ethnic conflicts and creation of new political and geographical subjectivities, resulted in major changes in ethnical and ethno-confessional structure of most of the urban settlements in Bosnia and Herzegovina and especially those which until 1992 had a heterogeneous structure according to listed features. In this context, the biggest changes were recorded in three urban settlements: Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar. Today, these settlements have a role of poles of development and affirmation of individual ethno-national ethno-confessional interests. Sarajevo - of Bosniaks and Islam, Banja Luka - of Serbs and Orthodoxy and Mostar - of Croats and Catholicism. Changes in ethnical and ethno-confessional structure of population of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the period from 1992 to 1995, strongly contributed to the territorial organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina into two entities, the Republic of Srpska with Serbian majority and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina within which the cantons are formed either with the Croatian or Bosniak majority. This division of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to ethnical or ethno-confessional principle, is again a source of different, and usually conflicting, geopolitical relations and aspirations between mentioned constituents.</abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru">Распад Югославского государственного союза, который сопровождался этническими конфликтами и созданием новых политических и географических субъектов, привел к серьезным изменениям в этнической и этноконфессиональной структурах большинства городских поселений в Боснии и Герцеговине, особенно тех, которые до 1992 г. имели гетерогенную структуру в соответствии с перечисленными особенностями. В этом смысле самые большие изменения были зафиксированы в трех городских поселениях: Сараево, Баня-Лука и Мостар. Сегодня эти поселения играют роль центров развития и утверждения индивидуальных этнонациональных и этноконфессиональных интересов: Сараево - боснийцев и ислама, Баня-Лука - сербов и православия, Мостар - хорватов и католицизма. Изменения в этнической и этноконфессиональной структурах населения Боснии и Герцеговины в период с 1992 по 1995 г. в значительной степени способствовали территориальной организации Боснии и Герцеговины в два образования: Республику Сербскую с сербским большинством и Федерацию Боснии и Герцеговины, в которых кантоны формируются либо с хорватским, либо с боснийским большинством. Это разделение Боснии и Герцеговины в соответствии с этническим или этноконфессиональным принципом сохраняется и является источником противоречий в геополитических отношениях и устремлениях между указанными участниками.</trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Bosnia and Herzegovina</kwd><kwd>disintegration</kwd><kwd>entities</kwd><kwd>cantons</kwd><kwd>ethnos</kwd><kwd>confessions</kwd><kwd>Sarajevo</kwd><kwd>Banja Luka</kwd><kwd>Mostar</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Босния и Герцеговина</kwd><kwd>распад</kwd><kwd>образования</kwd><kwd>кантоны</kwd><kwd>этносы</kwd><kwd>признания</kwd><kwd>Сараево</kwd><kwd>Баня-Лука</kwd><kwd>Мостар</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>CENSUS Ethnicity/Nationality, Religion, Mother Tongue Book 02. (2016). 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