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Bookmark or Share- Yugoslavia - Encyclopedia.comYUGOSLAVIA. THE LAND AND PEOPLE ECONOMY CULTURE AND THE ARTS HISTORY AND POLITICS BIBLIOGRAPHY. Yugoslavia (meaning "South Slavia" or "land of the South Slavs"), was created twice in the twentieth century—both times after a world war—and it disintegrated twice: the first time because of an invasion and partition during the Second World War and the second time at the end of the Cold War ...
- Slobodan Milosevic - Encyclopedia.comSlobodan Milosevic was a political leader of Serbia and a key figure in the Yugoslav ethnic wars of the 1990s and the breakup of the socialist federation of Yugoslavian states. Milosevic led Serbia's Socialist Party from 1992 to 2001. He maintained power by suppressing political opponents and controlling the media.
- Balkan Wars - Encyclopedia.comSerbia was the principal victor in the Balkan Wars, gaining the lion's share of Macedonia as well as Kosovo. Bulgaria was the loser. In many respects, Russia lost as well because the continuing instability in the Balkans undermined its need for peace in the region, a situation clearly demonstrated by the events of the summer of 1914.
- Serbia - Encyclopedia.comserbia location, size, and extent topography climate flora and fauna environment population migration ethnic groups languages religions transportation history government political parties local government judicial system armed forces international cooperation economy income labor agriculture animal husbandry fishing forestry mining energy and power industry science and technology domestic ...
- Yugoslavia - Encyclopedia.comThe Volksdeutsch settlements of Vojvodina and Slavonia largely disappeared. Perhaps 100,000 people—half the ethnic German population in Yugoslavia—fled in 1945, and many who remained were compelled to do forced labor, murdered, or later ransomed by West Germany. Some 20,000 Hungarians of Vojvodina were killed in reprisals.
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