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Definition: Serbia from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary

country S Europe; a constituent republic of Serbia and Montenegro 2003–06 and of Yugoslavia before that (1946–2003) including Kosovo & Vojvodina ✽ Belgrade area 34,115 sq mi (88,358 sq km), pop 9,823,000


Yugoslavia

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Former country in the Balkans, in southeast Europe, consisting of a federation of constituent republics: Serbia , Montenegro , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Croatia , Slovenia , and Macedonia . In the period 1991–92 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia all declared independence and seceded from the federation, leaving Serbia and Montenegro to form the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. In 2003 the Federal Republic was renamed Serbia and Montenegro , and the name Yugoslavia became obsolete. History Originally inhabited by nomadic peoples from the central Asian plateau, and later by Slavs, the country came under the rule of the Greek and then Roman empires. During the early medieval period the future republics of Yugoslavia existed as substantially independent bodies, the most important being the kingdom of Serbia. During the 14th and 15th centuries much of the country was conquered by the Turks and incorporated into the Ottoman Empire, except for mountainous Montenegro, which…
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From Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence
Yugoslavian leader Josip Broz Tito, in uniform,...
The history of intelligence operations in Yugoslavia is closely intertwined with the country's long experience of internal conflict among its numerous ethnic and religious groups. Before the creation of Yugoslavia, Serbian police agents took an active role in suppressing ethnic minorities. In the…
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History The different languages, religions and cultures that make up the Balkan region - taking in Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Croatia and other states - not only sparked some of the bloodiest disputes in 20th-century history, but also made it difficult for a single sustainable film industry to…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Former state in Eastern Europe. Serbian-led demands for the unification of South Slavic lands contributed to the outbreak of World War 1 . After the war, a 'Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes' was formed under the Serbian king Peter I . In 1929 his successor, Alexander I , renamed the country…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(yō´´gōslä'vēӘ), Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavija , former country of SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula. Belgrade was the capital and by far the largest city. Yugoslavs (i.e., South Slavs) consisted of Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, Macedonians, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks (also known Bosnian Muslims). Closely…
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From The Oxford Companion to International Relations
Established in 1918 as the national home for all the South Slavs except Bulgarians, Yugoslavia represented the union of the previously independent kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro and most of the South Slavic lands of Austria-Hungary (Slovenian Carniola, with portions of Styria and Carinthia; …
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From Chambers Dictionary of World History
Yugoslavia
Formerly a federal republic in the Balkan Peninsula of south-eastern Europe, bounded to the north by Austria and Hungary; to the east by Romania and Bulgaria; to the south by Greece and Albania; and to the west by the Adriatic Sea. After World War I the Serbs of Montenegro and the Kingdom of Serbia…
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From Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures Full text Article Europe
The people of the southeastern European nation of Yugoslavia, currently comprising Serbia and Montenegro. The Yugoslavs were and are the product of an unsuccessful 20th-century attempt at nation-building. Following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian empire at the end of World War I, the SLOVENES…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Former federated country situated on the west-central Balkan Peninsula of southern Europe. Between 1929 and 2003 three federations bore the name Yugoslavia (“Land of the South Slavs”). After the Balkan Wars of 1912–13 ended Turkish rule in the Balkan Peninsula and Austria-Hungary was defeated in…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Former country in the Balkans, in southeast Europe, consisting of a federation of constituent republics: Serbia , Montenegro , Bosnia-Herzegovina , Croatia , Slovenia , and Macedonia . In the period 1991–92 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Macedonia all declared independence and seceded…
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From Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence
During the Cold War , the Yugoslav security apparatus, the Kontraobveščevalna Služba (KOS), acquired a reputation for ruthless enforcement of the communist regime's discipline. Created in 1946 as a successor to the wartime Odjeljenje za zaštitu naroda (OZNA), or Department of National Security, KOS…
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