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The Death of Yugoslavia (broadcast as Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation in the US) [2] is a BBC documentary series first broadcast in September and October 1995, and returning in June 1996. It is also the title of a BBC book by Allan Little and Laura Silber that accompanies the series.
In 1968 Denitch secured a major research position for a study of elites in Yugoslavia, through the Bureau of Applied Social Research at Columbia University. He moved back to New York in 1969 to complete work on an MA in sociology at Columbia, awarded in 1970 (the university waived its requirement of a BA degree, which Denitch had never completed).
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was created by the unification of the Kingdom of Serbia (the Kingdom of Montenegro had united with Serbia five days previously, while the regions of Kosovo, Vojvodina and Vardar Macedonia were parts of Serbia prior to the unification) and the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (itself formed from territories of the former Austria-Hungary ...
Yugoslavia (/ ˌ j uː ɡ oʊ ˈ s l ɑː v i ə /; lit. ' Land of the South Slavs ') [a] was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992. It came into existence following World War I, [b] under the name of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from the merger of the Kingdom of Serbia with the provisional State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, and constituted the ...
Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Political party Representing Refs Took office Left office Time in office Vice Presidents of the Presidency of the National Assembly: N/A: Moša Pijade (1890–1957) 1946 1953 6–7 years KPJ SKJ: Serbia – Josip Rus (1893–1985) Slovenia: Dimitar Vlahov (1878–1953) Macedonia: Filip Lakuš (1888–1958 ...
The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was established on 26 August 1939, during the government of Dragiša Cvetković. It was initially held by Vladko Maček. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of SFR Yugoslavia was established on 2 February 1946, during the government of Josip Broz Tito.
Birth name: Dragoljub Mihailović: Nickname(s) Čiča Draža (Uncle Draža) Born 27 April 1893 Ivanjica, Kingdom of Serbia: Died: 17 July 1946 (aged 53) Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia: Cause of death: Execution by firing squad: Allegiance Serbia (1910–18) Yugoslavia (1918–41) Yugoslav government-in-exile (1941–44) Chetniks (1941–46)
The last crown prince of Yugoslavia, Alexander, has lived in Belgrade at the Dedinje Royal Palace since 2001. As the only son of the last king, Peter II, who never abdicated, and the last official heir of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia he claims to be the rightful heir to the Serbian throne in the event of restoration.