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Milovan Djilas
Milovan Djilas , 1911-95, Yugoslav political leader and writer, b. Montenegro. A Communist party member from 1932, he helped Josip Broz Tito organize volunteers to fight in the Spanish civil war . He was active in the Yugoslav resistance in World War II and after the war rose to high posts in par... Read more
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito , 1892-1980, Yugoslav Communist leader, marshal of Yugoslavia. He was originally Josip Broz. Rise to Power The son of a blacksmith in a Croatian village, Tito fought in Russia with the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I and was captured by the Russians. He served with dis... Read more
Cominform
Cominform [acronym for Communist Information Bureau], information agency organized in 1947 and dissolved in 1956. Its members were the Communist parties of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. The Cominform attempted to reestablish inf... Read more
Peter II
Peter II 1923-70, king of Yugoslavia (1934-45). He succeeded under the regency of his cousin, Prince Paul, when his father, King Alexander , was assassinated in Marseilles. In World War II, when Paul's government signed (Mar., 1941) an agreement with the Axis Powers, the army and people of Yugosla... Read more
Monica Seles
Monica Seles , 1973-, Yugoslav-American tennis player, b. Serbia, of Hungarian heritage. She won her first major tournament, the French Open, in 1990, at the age of 16 and soon dominated women's tennis. In 1991 and 1992 she won the Australian, French, and U.S. opens. In 1993 she won the Australian O... Read more
Rijeka
Rijeka or Fiume , city (1991 pop. 167,964), W Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea and the Gulf of Quarnero. Croatia's largest seaport, the city's industries include shipbuilding, oil refining, paper milling, and engine building. Dating from Roman times, Rijeka was later held by the Franks. From the 9th... Read more
Władysław Gomułka
Władysław Gomułka , 1905-82, Polish Communist leader. Long a Communist, he helped establish the Polish Workers' party and was (1943-49) secretary of its central committee. After World War II, he served (1945-49) as deputy premier of Poland. A Polish nationalist, he was purged in 1949 ... Read more
Imre Nagy
Imre Nagy , 1896-1958, Hungarian Communist leader. Nagy was a symbol of the 1956 Hungarian revolt against the Soviet Union. As an agricultural expert he held several government posts in postwar Hungary before serving (1953-55) as premier. His "new course" de-emphasized heavy industry, stopped fo... Read more
Franjo Tudjman
Franjo Tudjman , 1922-99, Croatian nationalist leader, first president of independent Croatia (1991-99). He joined Tito 's Partisans in 1941 and after World War II rose to the rank of major general (1960) in the Yugoslav army. A history professor at Zagreb Univ. from 1963, he lost his post and his ... Read more
Zog
Zog , 1895-1961, king of Albania. Originally Ahmad Zogu, he came from a Muslim family and served in the Austrian army in World War I. He became Albanian minister of the interior in 1920, minister of war in 1921, and premier in 1922. A revolution in 1924 led to his flight, but he returned with Yugosl... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "yugoslav"

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Country statistics area...se Europe. The landlocked Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM) is...government. The break-up of the Yugoslav Federation led to Macedonia's declaration...
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia See Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Yugoslav literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Yugoslav literature literature written in Serbo-Croatian, Slovenian, and, especially...Dositej Obradović (1742-1811) introduced fable writing into Yugoslav literature. The Nineteenth Century: Nationalism and Romanticism The southern...
Josip Broz Tito
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Josip Broz Tito , 1892-1980, Yugoslav Communist leader, marshal of Yugoslavia...assigned to him the reorganization of the Yugoslav Communist party, and in 1941 he emerged as a leader of Yugoslav partisan resistance forces after the defeat...
Tito, Marshal
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Died: May 4, 1980 Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Yugoslav politician and president The Yugoslav statesman Marshal Tito became president of...the Central Committee and Politburo of the Yugoslav Party, the top offices of the Communist Party...
Marshal Tito
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Marshal Tito The Yugoslav statesman Marshal Tito (born 1892...Central Committee and Politburo of the Yugoslav party. In the Stalinist purges, all...members of the Central Committee of the Yugoslav Communist Party had been liquidated...
Milan Kucan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...citizens of Slovenia. The first former Yugoslav state to enter negotiations for...and in 1971 helped to prepare the Yugoslav constitutional amendments which...about decentralization in the former Yugoslav federation. He became president...
Koča Popović
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...269;a Popović , 1908-80, Yugoslav soldier and political leader. He early joined (1933) the Yugoslav Communist party and fought (1937...as chief of the general staff of the Yugoslav army (1945-53), minister of foreign...
Kosovo, NATO Intervention
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security ...Atlantic Treaty Organization) action in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo in 1999, marked the...marked a key date in the transition from Yugoslav communism to Serbian nationalism. On...x2014; a Communist party leader in the Yugoslav federation — spoke at commemoration...
Momir Bulatovic
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1970s, the most prosperous period in Yugoslav history. After finishing compulsory...professor Bosko Gluscevic, a prominent Yugoslav economist with strong political connections...x2014;an event without a precedent in Yugoslav history. Bulatovic and a group of young...

Dictionary entries related to "yugoslav"

Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of (FYROM) A land-locked...this stage rejecting membership of a Yugoslav Union of States. The declaration was...condition that it be known as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Negotiations...
Yugoslav
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...x259;- / • n. a native or national of Yugoslavia or its former constituent republics, or a person of Yugoslav descent. • adj. of or relating to Yugoslavia, its former constituent republics, or its people.
Zaseda
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...of the most controversial films of the Yugoslav Black Cinema. Pavlovic, who is also...from raw material supplied by the first Yugoslav writer to call attention to the darker...Venice in 1969. Pavlovic's influence on Yugoslav cinema has been profound. In a 1983...
Yugoslavia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...increasingly open debate about the nature of the Yugoslav state and the viability of Communist...Serb nationalists to gain control of the Yugoslav state apparatus was met with increasing rejection of the Yugoslav state by its other constituent republics...
Drnovšek, Janez
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...became a Slovenian deputy in the Yugoslav parliament. In 1989, he was appointed...Slovenia's representative in the Yugoslav State Council, whose chairman he...resigned shortly thereafter, when the Yugoslav army moved into Slovenia. In 1992...
Underground
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Documentary footage of selected moments of Yugoslav history is used as a background against...director Emir Kusturica's personal take on Yugoslav history. In the film they follow closely...coincide with the highlighted moments of Yugoslav history. Marko and Blacky both have...
Tito, Marshall
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...and a locksmith by trade, Tito was a Yugoslav revolutionary and eventually occupied...1980). He was supreme commander of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II (1941...1945), and, after the war, of the Yugoslav People's Army (1945–1980...
Dom za Vesanje
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Movie Maker Laments the Death of the Yugoslav Nation" in The New York Times, October...Mother, Myth, and Cinema: Recent Yugoslav Cinema," in Film Criticism (Meadville...pessimistic narrative based on a true story of Yugoslav gypsies selling their own children into...
Virius, Mirko
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art ...Virius, Mirko (1889–1943). Yugoslav naive painter, born in the village of...nearby village of Hlebine, the centre of Yugoslav naive painting; together they were known...great that its sale was forbidden by the Yugoslav state. Since that time it has been exhibited...
Skuplijaci Perja
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Petrovic, one of the grand old men of the Yugoslav cinema who died shortly after completing...may be elated now, however, for this Yugoslav movie has been nominated for an Academy...named Bora, played by Bekim Fehmiu, a Yugoslav actor strongly reminiscent of Jean...

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Yugoslav Military Arrests American; Diplomat Accused Of Espionage Tied To Milosevic Trial
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/16/2002; ; 700+ words ; The Yugoslav military arrested a U.S. diplomat and a former Yugoslav general at a restaurant just outside Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital, Thursday evening and charged them with espionage, according to Yugoslav and Western officials. The detentions...
Yugoslav Ambassador says his country is back on the peace track, THE STAR
Newspaper article from: The Star (Jordan, Middle East); 11/26/1998; 700+ words ; ...1998 EDITOR'S NOTE: Jordanian-Yugoslav relations, the current situation in...Yugoslavia have been traditionally friendly. Yugoslav experts came to [this country] in 1953...tragic events have influenced Jordanian- Yugoslav bilateral relations and their positive...
Yugoslav forces kill 6, seal border
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 4/21/1999; ; 700+ words ; ROZAJ, Yugoslavia -- The Yugoslav military has moved into the northeast, Muslim region of the Yugoslav republic of Montenegro, leading to fears...around the Muslim municipality of Rozaj by Yugoslav Army soldiers or paramilitary soldiers...
EDS-CORRECTION.Corrects name of Yugoslav official in paragraph 10 EDS-CORRECTION.Corrects name of Yugoslav official in paragraph 10. NATO YUGOSLAVIA PEACE TALKS COLLAPSE, AIR STRIKES TO CONTINUE
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 6/7/1999; 700+ words ; ...of all the refugees" or the full withdrawal of Yugoslav forces. But Yugoslav spokesman Neboja Vujovic said after the talks that...agreement based on the principles ... of respect for Yugoslav territorial integrity with Kosovo as an integral...
New Yugoslav-Iraqi Ties Alleged; U.S. Says Defense Firms Developing Cruise Missile for Baghdad
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/27/2002; ; 700+ words ; Yugoslav defense companies have been working for...document delivered by U.S. diplomats to Yugoslav government officials this month. The...embargo on Iraq, according to a senior Yugoslav official who has knowledge of the U...
COMRADES AND ADVERSARIES: YUGOSLAV-SOVIET CONFLICT IN 1948 -- A REAPPRAISAL.
Magazine article from: East European Quarterly; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...independent even after the war. The Yugoslav case was much more significant because...the image of the leadership, and Yugoslav influence in regional affairs. This...This assumption goes against official Yugoslav historiography, particularly the one...
1,000 desert Yugoslav army
Newspaper article from: The Topeka Capital-Journal; 5/20/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...troops are believed to have deserted Yugoslav army units in Kosovo to return to their...military vehicles after hearing that Yugoslav authorities had sought to suppress anti...demonstrations that have sprung up in three Yugoslav towns this week, they said. "You...
Security Council, in presidential statement, condemns violence by ethnic Albanian extremists in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Foreign Minister of Former Yugoslav Republic briefs Council -- Part 1 of 2.
M2 Presswire; 3/8/2001; 700+ words ; ...by ethnic Albanian extremists in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Foreign Minister of Former Yugoslav Republic briefs Council -- Part 1 of...extremists in the north of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and in particular...
Yugoslav Co. Said to Sell Iraq Arms
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/23/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...AP) _ Revelations that a state-run Yugoslav arms dealer may have sold military equipment...official said Wednesday. Although the Yugoslav government has not fully admitted that...Zoran Djindjic to blast his archrival, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, whom he...
NATO, Yugoslav Generals to Map End of Hostilities
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/5/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...detailed timetable for a withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from Kosovo and an end to the...of the weekend or early next week if Yugoslav commanders agree to the terms of the...inspired peace deal accepted Thursday by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. The meeting...