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14 hours ago · From 1921 Belgrade was the capital of the three successive Yugoslav states, including the rump Yugoslavia. The city’s rapid population growth since World War II resulted primarily from the migration from rural areas of Serbia as a consequence of industrialization.
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Within Serbia was the Yugoslav capital city of Belgrade as well as two autonomous Yugoslav provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina. The SFR Yugoslavia traces its origins to 26 November 1942, when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia formed during World War II to resist Axis occupation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Freed from Ottoman rule in 1867, it became capital of the newly created Yugoslavia in 1929. The city suffered much damage under German occupation in World War 2. In 1999 Belgrade was further damaged by Allied air strikes after Milošević sent federal troops into Kosovo.
This southern province is considered the ancestral homeland of the Serbs, whose civilization began here before they moved their capital north to Belgrade, fleeing the Ottomans after the Battle of Kosovo Polje. Under Ottoman rule, Kosovo was opened up to settlement by (Muslim) Albanians, who quickly came to represent a majority of the population.
Capital City: Belgrade. Largest City: Belgrade (1,500,000) Unit of Money: Yugoslav new dinar. Major Languages: Serbian, Albanian. Natural Resources: Oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper. The Place. Yugoslavia, located on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe, is made up of Serbia and Montenegro. Yugoslavia's capital and largest city is Belgrade.
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