About Yugoslavia

The death of Yugoslavia has been controversial and world-affecting world phenomena because of its influential leaders and ethnic groups which are now known as states and its Yugoslavia flag will no more be risen and be seen by the world.

Background of Its Death

The death and resurrection of the political life of Yugoslavia is no more and have finally laid to rest it phoenix-like life. However, the death of Yugoslavia will forever mark in history, in Yugoslavia history.

Its death come into arrival when Montenegro and Serbia declared independence at June 3 -5, 2006 which then followed by Kosovo. These three states are the last remaining standing then for Yugoslavian Union but fate has it for Yugoslavia, these three has declared respective independence from their YugoslavianUnion which they named it Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and renamed it to the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. It was finally over for Yugoslavia.

However, this union created by Montenegro and Serbia was not recognized to be the legitimate Yugoslavian Union by the former members of the defunct Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or so-called SFRY which is the former largest Yugoslavian Union or Yugoslav State that existed in the history of Yugoslavia, after the first Yugoslavian Union. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was officially dissolved on 1992 because of no any leader to depend it amidst the Yugoslav wars then. The Yugoslav wars between them were brought by their respective xenophobic attitude to one another. It is said that Yugoslav war is the successor or crime wars after World War II, because their ethnic wars is genocidal in nature. The Yugoslav war broke out after the death of Josip Broz Tito or so-called Tito who is the founder and head of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The war in Yugoslavia then begun.

The Yugoslav Union formed by Montenegro and Serbia was not recognized by the former members of Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia, perhaps because of their xenophobic tendencies though they are brothers within the Balkan Peninsula. Their hatred to their comrades created war in Yugoslavia and great schisms. Thus, despite to unite Yugoslavia, they still break off asunder. It is like sibling rivalry, is not it?

Actually, BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has made a documentary TV reports about the death of Yugoslavia first broadcast during 1995, after the official dissolution of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992 with a documentary title “The Death of Yugoslavia”. It has never-before-seen footages interspersed with interviews about what has happen to Yugoslavia why it has come to its demise. This BBC TV documentary has accompanying book with the same title (The Death of Yugoslavia) written by Allan Little and Laura Silber.

At present this BBC documentary can be viewed or watch at the internet for those who are interested about it or have not seen it yet.

The Former Yugoslavia

The map of the former Yugoslavia was part of the Balkan Peninsula or map of Southeastern Europe and the map of Yugoslavia were then divided by Ethic groups which has now really been divided into independent countries within the former Yugoslavia map.

The former Yugoslavia was then recognized as a single country with different or composes of different Ethnic groups. It was then called “The Kingdom of Yugoslavia”, but due to World War II, Yugoslavia has become weak and finally comes into its grave.

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