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19 paź 2024 · Yugoslavia, former country that existed in the west-central part of the Balkan Peninsula from 1929 until 2003. It included the current countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, and the partially recognized country of Kosovo.
The concept of Yugoslavia, as a common state for all South Slavic peoples, emerged in the late 17th century and gained prominence through the Illyrian Movement of the 19th century. The name was created by the combination of the Slavic words jug ("south") and Slaveni/Sloveni (Slavs).
29 sty 2019 · Yugoslavia was located in the Balkan region of Europe, to the east of Italy. There have been three federations of Balkan nations called Yugoslavia. The first originated in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars and World War One.
22 maj 2006 · A brief history of the dramatic and violent changes that took place as the Yugoslav Federation disintegrated during the 1990s. Yugoslavia was first formed as a kingdom in 1918 and then...
29 mar 2019 · Yugoslavia was born after World War I from remnants of the Austro–Hungarian Empire in Southeast Europe, with the union of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. In 1929, the state was renamed the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. And then World War II happened. Yugoslavia was invaded by the Axis Powers.
7 gru 2023 · This chapter gives a brief history of Yugoslavia. The chapter focuses on the post-Versailles settlement, early Serb chauvinism, the rise of socialist Yugoslavia as a world player under Tito, and Milošević’s nationalist agenda.
And where do we situate the short life of Yugoslavia in the long history of the twentieth century? This book tells the story of why and under which conditions Yugoslavia was created, what held the multinational state together for more than seventy years, and why it finally broke apart in violence.
