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The breakup of Yugoslavia was a process that started with the death of Tito in 1980 and ended with the recognition of Kosovo's independence in 2008. The web page lists the major events and developments that led to the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Yugoslav wars.
Learn about the dissolution of Yugoslavia and the formation of independent successor states in 1991-1992, as well as the causes and consequences of the Yugoslav Wars. The article covers the historical, political, and ethnic background of the breakup, as well as the role of Germany and other factors.
Yugoslavia was a South Slavic country that existed from 1918 to 1992, under different political systems and names. It was invaded by the Axis powers in World War II, became a communist federation after the war, and disintegrated into several independent states in the 1990s.
Learn about the history and evolution of the administrative units of Yugoslavia, from provinces and oblasts to republics and provinces. Find out the names and capitals of the Yugoslav cities and regions from 1918 to 1992.
From 1918 to 1922, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia maintained the pre-World War I subdivisions of Yugoslavia's predecessor states. In 1922, the state was divided into 33 oblasts or provinces and, in 1929, a new system of nine banates (in Serbo-Croatian , the word for "banate" is banovina ) was implemented.
April 25: Đuro Đaković, a prominent Trade unions' activist in Yugoslavia and the First secretary of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, was murdered by Yugoslav policemen at the Yugoslav-Austrian boundary in the present-day Slovenia, after four days of torturing and questioning in Zagreb police station.
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro [a] or simply Serbia and Montenegro, [b] known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, [c] FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, [d] was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFR Yugoslavia).
A historical overview of Yugoslavia, a former socialist state in Southeastern Europe that existed from 1945 to 1992. See maps, flags, anthems, languages, and political history of Yugoslavia and its constituent republics.