April 6 marks 20 years since the Bosnian war, which broke out after the recognition of the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina. More than 10,000 people have died in ethnic conflict, which lasted from 1992 to 1995. Almost half the population of pre-war Bosnia in 4.3 million people fled the country during the war. Were killed 10 000 people, mostly from a sniper bullet or a missile fire - during the 44-month siege of Sarajevo. This siege is the longest siege in modern history of the capital. By the end of the war the population of Sarajevo was only 64% of the prewar population. Serbian authorities in the 18 000 people surrounded the city with artillery, rocket launchers and antiaircraft guns. By the end of the siege the defenders of the city was only 5 tanks and 20 artillery pieces. The city was destroyed, the Bosnian government estimates the damage at more than $ 10 billion. And only in the mid 2000s, most buildings have been completely restored.
A. Left: a Bosnian teenager with water before going to the burned area Skenderi trams in the capital of Bosnia besieged Sarajevo, June 22, 1993. Right: A woman goes through the same area April 4, 2012. (REUTERS / Oleg Popov (L), Dado Ruvic)
Two. Back: Children climb the abandoned tank at the crossroads in front of the ruined building in the area of ​​Sarajevo Kovacic in February 1996. Bottom: the people go by the same road May 30, 2011. (REUTERS / Danilo Krstanovic and Dado Ruvic / Files)
Three. Burning building after a fire in the area Pofalichi in Sarajevo in April 1992 (top) and the same building May 30, 2011. (REUTERS / Danilo Krstanovic and Dado Ruvic / Files)
4. Above: UN peacekeeper in the place of refuge before the buildings collapsed UNITIC and the Orthodox Church in Sarajevo in March 1993. Below: The cars drive past the skyscrapers of updated April 1, 2012. (REUTERS / Danilo Krstanovic and Dado Ruvic)
Five. Upstairs: fragments of a tram on the street after the shooting area of ​​Sarajevo Skenderi in March 1992. Below: Tram rides on the same street May 30, 2011. (REUTERS / Danilo Krstanovic and Dado Ruvic)
6. Upstairs: three boys running for the Ukrainian armored UN, a passing tram on the burned area in the besieged Sarajevo Skenderi August 10, 1993. Below: the traffic in the same area April 1, 2012. (REUTERS / Danilo Krstanovic and Dado Ruvic)
7. Left: Woman erases things in the river Dobrinja in the same area of ​​Sarajevo, August 2, 1993. Right: The same river is April 1, 2012. (REUTERS / Laszlo Balogh and Dado Ruvic) |