The newest city in Balkans

[Dušan]

This is thread about new and developing town in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The city of Еast Sarajevo was created due to war circumstances, 25 years ago, when over one hundred thousand Serb refugees, residents of Sarajevo, had to leave their homes that belonged to the Muslim-Croat federation. Some of them started new lives and found their new homes just a few kilometers away, in Republika Srpska, building their completely new city.



25 years ago this was empty land and meadow.





Nowadays it looks like this:






















Area with houses:






By night:







The creation of this city is a great success of Serbs, knowing all the war, expulsions, sanctions, poverty and other aggravating circumstances that my people went through.

I am so proud on East Sarajevo Serbs.

[Dušan]

This town tend to have new tree alleys all across the streets. And lot of parks








New street recently opened

[Dušan]

Few new photos






Place where lake will be constructed:





Churches:

[Dušan]

Very nice development

[RenaRyuguu]

It looks cool. But they need to raise the average wage in those countries otherwise everyone will leave in a 100 years.

[Faklon]

Looks impressive, probably the most well planned city in the peninsula.

[Dušan]

Looks impressive, probably the most well planned city in the peninsula.

I would say it looks impresive, despite it was not planned at all before some 30 years ago.
As a result of war, Serb refugees from Sarajevo needed new homes. They could go somewhere - to Serbia, or to western countries, but some of them choosed to build a new city few kilometers away of their own homes. They had a vision.
I am so proud on Sarajevo Serbs. They suffered a lot from Muslim extremists during last war, they deserve to live happy in their new city, that is becoming more European and modern than Sarajevo proper.

[Varda]

I would say it looks impresive, despite it was not planned at all before some 30 years ago.
As a result of war, Serb refugees from Sarajevo needed new homes. They could go somewhere - to Serbia, or to western countries, but some of them choosed to build a new city few kilometers away of their own homes. They had a vision.
I am so proud on Sarajevo Serbs. They suffered a lot from Muslim extremists during last war, they deserve to live happy in their new city, that is becoming more European and modern than Sarajevo proper.

Republika Srpska was better solution for Serbian refugees from Sarajevo and other parts of federacija than Serbia and especially than western countries. Serbian vast majority in RS must be preserved, it's our primary national interest. Except in East Sarajevo and Pale many Serbian refugees from Sarajevo settled in Bijeljina. Some of them of them ended up in Serbia and unfortunately in diaspora.

Trebinje as center of Serbian part of Herzegovina also has a future. Airport in Trebinje should be completed next year https://www.exyuaviation.com/2020/08...gets-2022.html
Except airport, few other large projects are currently underway in Trebinje. Also in the last about 10 years Russians have begun to buy land in Trebinje and surrounding villages. Med climate and the Serbian environment suit them, plus Dubrovnik and Bay of Kotor are close. Bay of Kotor has a Serbian majority and Russians are always welcome guests there, regardless of the official policy of state Montenegro which is anti-Russian.
In Trebinje settled many Serbian refugees from federal part of Herzegovina (Mostar, Stolac, Čapljina etc) like many Serbs of Sarajevo settled in East Sarajevo, Pale and Bijeljina.

[Dušan]

Republika Srpska was better solution for Serbian refugees from Sarajevo and other parts of federacija than Serbia and especially than western countries. Serbian vast majority in RS must be preserved, it's our primary national interest. Except in East Sarajevo and Pale many Serbian refugees from Sarajevo settled in Bijeljina. Some of them of them ended up in Serbia and unfortunately in diaspora.

Ethnic Serb majority of Republika Srpska of course will be preserved, since +90% among newborns in each generations are ethnic Serbs.
Building a completly new city in Republika Srpska is outsanding all expectatins, knowing for weak economy that Srpska had after the war. Indeed impresive project.

[Dušan]

This is pre-war ethnic map of Sarajevo and surroundings:



red - Serbs
green - Muslims
blue - Croats

Purple line is border between Republika Srpska and Muslim-Croat Federation.

Black lines are borders of municipalities.

Yellow area is place where new city East Sarajevo is developing.




As you can see, most of surrounding settlements around Sarajevo were mostly Serb, with some 30% in city itself.