Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia Југославија Jugoslavija
1918–1992 [source?] 1941–1945: Government-in-exile
Flag Top: 1918–1941 Bottom: 1945–1992 Coat of Arms / Emblem Top: 1918–1941 Bottom: 1963–1992
Anthem: "Himna Kraljevine Jugoslavije" (1919–1941) "Hej, Slaveni" (1945–1992)
Yugoslavia during Interwar period and the Cold War
Capital and largest city	Belgrade 44°49′N 20°27′E / 44.817°N 20.450°E / 44.817; 20.450
Official languages	Serbo-Croatian Macedonian Slovene
Demonym(s)	Yugoslav
Government	Monarchy (1918–1941) Socialist republic (1945–1990) Federal republic (1990–1992) Details Unitary constitutional monarchy (1918–1929, 1931–1939) Unitary absolute monarchy under a royal dictatorship (1929–1931) Federal constitutional monarchy (1939–1941) Government-in-exile (1941–1945) Provisional socialist government presiding over liberated territories (1943–1945) Federal Marxist–Leninist one-party authoritarian dictatorship (1945–1948) Federal Titoist one-party benevolent dictatorship (1948–1980) Federal Titoist one-party socialist republic (1980–1990) Federal parliamentary constitutional republic (1990–1992)
Historical era	20th century-early 21st Century
• Creation	1 December 1918
• Axis invasion	6 April 1941
• Admitted to the UN	24 October 1945
• Abolition of monarchy	29 November 1945
• Disintegration	28 April 1992 [source?]
Currency	Yugoslav dinar
Calling code	38
Internet TLD	.yu
Preceded by Succeeded by Serbia Montenegro Austro-Hungarian Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia-Slavonia Carniola Dalmatia Fiume Croatia Slovenia Republic of Macedonia Bosnia and Herzegovina Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Today part of	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  Kosovo  Montenegro  North Macedonia  Serbia  Slovenia

Yugoslavia was a country in Europe that lay mostly in the Balkan Peninsula. It existed in one of three forms from 1918 to 1992 ^[source?].^[1] 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. These included Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks, Slovenes, Herzegovinians, Montenegrins, Macedonians and Albanians.

From 1918 until 1928 it was called the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. From 1928 until World War II it was the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. After WWII it was renamed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with six republics, 2 autonomous provinces: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia and two autonomous provinces in Serbia: Vojvodina in the north, and Kosovo, next to Albania.

In 1991, came the independence of Slovenia, Croatia, in 1992, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, causing the end of the country. Serbia and Montenegro, were the last two republics in the Socialist Yugoslavia. In 1992, they formed a new Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) which ended in 2006 with Montenegro declaring independence.

1. ↑ Ramet, Sabrina: The Three Yugoslavia: State-building and Legitimation, 1918–2003. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006