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The set up of Yugoslavia
Soviets set up Yugoslavia as a socialist state in 1945 after the Axis powers were defeated in World War II. Consisted of 6 different countries Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. Serbia also had two autonomous provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina -
Economic depression
Yugoslavia goes into a economic depression due to inflation and lack of enterprise -
liberal reforms
Yugoslavia makes major changes to the government. They wrote a new constitution. They expanded self mangment from economics to social life this creted councils for everything edu, welfare, heathcare, political administrations -
GATT
Yugoslavia joined the general agreement on tariffs and trade in 1965. Much like NAFTA today tried to abloish tarrifs internationaly. -
Praxis cricle
a group of intellectuals in Zagreb and Belgrade, known collectively as the Praxis circle, circulated unorthodox interpretations of Marx, supported student demonstrations, and criticized the rigidity of party positions. Despite official efforts to suppress it, the Praxis circle flourished and spoke out until 1975 -
failing soviet relations
Soviet Yugoslav relations were sagging due to the remaining warsaw pact members invading czech. right after Tito got back from saying he was supporting Dubceks plan -
Coming out of the depression
Yugoslavia grows out of the depression. Unemployment went down and the standard went up, but they still had the problem of inflation making it hard for bisnesses to make money -
constitutional admendments
the Skupstina adopted constitutional amendments in 1971 that transformed Yugoslavia into a loose federation. This amendment limited the goverenments responsibilities in defence, foreign affairs, -
Fall of Yugoslavia
The Yugoslav government was falling apart at this point. Nationalism had replaced communism like it always does inthe Balkans. -
Breakaways
Slovenia and then Croatia were the first to break away from the federation. Then -
Serbian-Croatia war
Due to Croatia's departure from Yogoslavia, Serbia declared war against them. Fought in Croatia and it was very brutal even compared to the fighting in the 1940s -
Bosnia-Serbia war
Bosnia declared independance from Yugoslavia. This angered the Serbs even more. Because they were trying to make a greater Serbia consiting of the Yugoslavian countries. The Serbs declare war on the Bosnias -
Bosnia-Serbian war continued
The serbs were supported by religous extremist groups in Belgrade. Muslims were driven from their homes in carefully planned operations that become known as "ethnic cleansing". By 1993 the Serbs had Sarajevo, surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces who controlled around 70% of Bosnia -
Dayton peace agreement
This agreement created two self-governing bodies within Bosnia - the Bosnian Serb Republic and the Muslim(Bosnjak)-Croat Federation. Tried to reintigrate human rights into Bosnian culture. Coratia also got back some of the land Serbia had taken earlyer that year
