Роль этнорелигиозных противоречий в Боснийском кризисе в 90-е гг. ХХ в.

Abstract

The article "The role of Ethnic-Religious Contradictions in the Bosnian Crisis in the 90s of the XX Century" gives an insight into the issues connected with the role of confessions in the process of shaping national identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Religion has been the differentiating factor in the region and played a special role in the Bosnian Moslems growing apart with their acquiring a separate national identity. The article surveys a range of issues involving the definition of the 'ethnos' of Bosnian Moslems and 'Bosnianism' (Boshnyachestvo). Special attention is paid to the process of emergence of a Moslem nation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to a number of problems and consequences connected with the recognition of this artificial construct. The article attempts to explain the causes for the conflict which broke out in early 90s of the XX century, exploring the historical development of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the specific ethnic and confessional interrelations in contrast to other Balkan regions. Not only political claims but also striving for national selfidentification of the three national communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina underlies the recent crisis in Bosnia.