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Yugoslavia (/ ˌ j uː ɡ oʊ ˈ s l ɑː v i ə /; lit. ' Land of the South Slavs '; Serbo-Croatian: Jugoslavija / Југославија [juɡǒslaːʋija]; Slovene: Jugoslavija [juɡɔˈslàːʋija]; Macedonian: Југославија [juɡɔˈsɫavija]) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.
May 21, 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.
May 22, 1992 · Yugoslavia and Successor States: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was an original Member of the...
Yugoslavia—the land of South (i.e. Yugo) Slavs—was created at the end of World War I when Croat, Slovenian, and Bosnian territories that had been part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire united with the Serbian Kingdom.
After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, the constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart, but the unresolved issues caused a series of inter-ethnic Yugoslav Wars. The wars primarily affected Bosnia and Herzegovina, neighbouring parts of Croatia and, some years later, Kosovo .
May 21, 2024 · Yugoslavia - Federalism, Breakup, Nations: On June 25, 1991, Slovenia and Croatia declared their secession from the Yugoslav federation. Macedonia (now North Macedonia) followed suit on December 19, and in February–March 1992 Bosniaks (Muslims) and Croats voted to secede.
Jan 29, 2019 · At the end of the nineteenth century, the two empires which previously dominated the region – Austria-Hungary and the Ottomans – began to undergo changes and retreats respectively, sparking discussion among intellectuals and political leaders about the creation of a united South Slav nation.
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or Socialist Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, breaking up as a consequence of the Yugoslav Wars.
Feb 17, 2011 · In Yugoslavia, what began as a noble idea ended in war, destruction and poverty. As the remnant of the old Yugoslavia legislates itself into extinction, Tim Judah traces the story of a troubled...
Yugoslavia means “land of the south Slavs”. The name comes from people who left Poland, which was to the north of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia contained a wide range of different ethnic groups that spoke different languages, used different alphabets and worshipped different religions.
