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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 ...
The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro [a] or simply Serbia and Montenegro, [b] known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia [c] and commonly referred to as 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).
The FR Yugoslavia was reconstructed on 4 February 2003 as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro was itself unstable, and finally broke up in 2006 when, in a referendum held on 21 May 2006, Montenegrin independence was backed by 55.5% of voters, and independence was declared on 3 June 2006. Serbia ...
The history of Serbia covers the historical development of Serbia and of its predecessor states, from the Early Stone Age to the present state, as well as that of the Serbian people and of the areas they ruled historically. Serbian habitation and rule has varied much through the ages, and as a result the history of Serbia is similarly elastic ...
Belgrade was the capital of Yugoslavia from its creation to its dissolution. [note 1] In a fatally strategic position, the city has been battled over in 115 wars and razed 44 times, being bombed five times and besieged many times. [14] Being Serbia's primate city, Belgrade has special administrative status within Serbia. [15]
Serbia's arms industry, a legacy of Cold War Yugoslavia, is the leading weapons manufacturer in the Western Balkans and ranked 25th worldwide in arms exports, surpassing $1.6 billion in 2023 and employing 20,000 people. [300]
Derivative work of History_of_Yugoslavia.svg by NikNaks. Portions used contain parts of: Blank_map_of_Europe_1929-1938.svg and Blank_map_of_Europe_1956-1990.svg by Alphathon. These are in turn were derived from Blank map of Europe (with disputed regions).svg by maix, W!B:, Zirland, MrWeeble, CarolSpears, TimothyBourke, Collard, F7, Alphathon ...
English: Country merger dates in the creation of Yugoslavia, color-coded: 25 November 1918 — Banat, Bačka and Baranja into the Kingdom of Serbia; 26 November 1918 — Kingdom of Montenegro into the Kingdom of Serbia; 1 December 1918 — State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs with the Kingdom of Serbia