title: Bulletin WKU
abstract: The purpose of this study is to identify the specifics and differences of urban ethnocontact zones (ECZs). Due to the importance of interethnic interaction problem and research of ethnocontact zones surge, the article draws attention to different approaches to the definition of this concept. The authors consider ECZs as chorological objects of geographical science and the type of ethno-cultural regions. Methodological approaches to their study are defined. The specific features of ethnocontact z