Mapping the Dynamics of Ethnic Space in Serbia from 1991 to 2022
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https://doi.org/10.52575/2712-7443-2026-50-1-184-195Keywords:
index of ethnic homogeneity, ethnic core, Serbs, Hungarians, Albanians, YugoslaviaAbstract
The study into the dynamics of Serbia’s ethnic space after the collapse of Yugoslavia is important from the standpoint of understanding the ethnic transformation of Russia and the neighboring countries in the post-Soviet period. Previous studies on the demographic and ethnic dynamics of Serbia do not focus on the territorial aspect for which the cartographic method may be used. This work aims to identify the features of the dynamics of Serbia’s ethnic space territorial structure in the periods from 1991 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2022. The statistical and cartographic analysis in the study is based on changes in the ethnic homogeneity index calculated at the level of Serbian communities. Over the two designated periods, there was an increase in the homogeneity of the ethnic space in favor of the Serbs in most of the country. At the same time, in Kosovo and Metohija, the growth of ethnic homogeneity in favor of Albanians has slowed down significantly in the second decade of the 21st century. Ethnic space is among the most important layers of geocultural space, and the study contributes to the development of the corresponding concept of Russian cultural geography.
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