eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina is a historically contested, predominantly mountainous area along the Drina River that saw some of the most intense ethnic violence and atrocities during the Bosnian War of the 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
borderedByRiver Drina River
linked to: Drina
bordersCountryAcrossDrina Serbia
conflictPeriod 1992–1995
containsTown Bratunac
Foča
Goražde
Han Pijesak
Milići
Pale-Prača
Rogatica
Rudo
Skelani
Srebrenica
Ustiprača
linked to: Bileća

Višegrad
Vlasenica
Zvornik
Čajniče
Čelinac
country Bosnia and Herzegovina
experiencedConflict Bosnian War
experiencedEvent Srebrenica genocide
detention camps
ethnic cleansing
forced displacement
massacres of civilians
sexual violence in war
sieges of towns
summary executions
systematic destruction of property
historicalEmpire Austro-Hungarian Empire
Ottoman Empire
historicallyContested true
historicalPopulationGroup Bosniaks
Croats
Serbs
historicalState Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Yugoslavia
knownFor intense ethnic violence during Bosnian War
war crimes prosecutions at ICTY
locatedIn Balkans
Southeastern Europe
linked to: Balkans
partlyIn Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
partOf Bosnian interior
Republika Srpska
religiousCommunities Catholics
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Muslims
Orthodox Christians
riverValley Drina Valley
linked to: Drina River basin
terrain predominantly mountainous

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Višegrad massacres region eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Višegrad locatedIn eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shtokavian dialect hasHistoricalCenter eastern Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Radislav Krstić areaOfOperations eastern Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Srebrenica locatedIn eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Žepa locatedIn eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Goražde locatedIn eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnian dinar usedIn Republika Srpska-controlled areas (early 1990s)
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Drina Canyon locatedInRegion Eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Foča locatedInRegion East Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lim passesThroughRegion eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Zvornik locatedIn northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery locatedInRegion eastern Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Potočari locatedIn eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Battle of Drina location eastern Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Buk Bijela locatedIn eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pavle Đurišić regionOfActivity eastern Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Pionirska Street fire region eastern Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bikavac fire region eastern Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina
Southeastern Bosnia bordersRegion Eastern Bosnia
subject linked to: southeastern Bosnia
linked to: eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina