Yugoslavia2

=**Yugosalvia (1918-2006)**=

1945 -After WWII, Joseph Broz Tito takes over the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes and becomes a communist replubic and renamed it to the Federal Peo ple's Republic of Yugoslavia. (Political)

-It was made out of six different republics: Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovenia, and Montenegro, it also contains two provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina.(Political)

1949 - Tito concludes the treaty with European powers after Russia breaks off connections with Yugoslavia.(Political)

1953 -Tito is declared the offical president of yugoslavia by Parliament.(Political)

1955 -Tito and Khrushchev meet in Belgrade to settle things between with the Soviet Union.(Social)

-They recovered the relationships between Yugoslavia and USSR, by signing the Belgrade Declaration.(Political)

1963 -The official name of the country is changed to Socialist Fedral Republic of Yugoslavia.(Political)

1970 -Tito makes a collective presidency consisting of 6 member republics, 2 provinces, and 14 representatives with himself as the leader or chairman.(Political)

1974 -The Constitution of Yugoslavia changes. Now giving greater autonomy to the two smaller provinces and greater equality of all republics. The revised constitution also declares Tito as President for life.(Social)

1980 -Tito, the president of Yugoslavia dies. Tito's tight rein on Yugoslavia keeps ethnic tensions in check until his death in 1980. Without his pan-Slavic influence, ethnic and nationalist differences begin to flare.(Social) (Political)

1981 -Many attempts to reunite Yugoslavia, but results with injury and death.(Political)

1984 -Winter Olympics opened in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.(Social)

1989 -Kosovos's autonomy was abolished.(Political)

1990 -Overwhelming vote Slovenians to declare indenpendence and their republic secession from Yugoslavia. Contributes more to the downfall of Yugoslavia.(Political) (Social)

1991 -Slovenia and Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia, this causes a conflict with the Serbs who wish to remain with yugoslavia.(Political)

-Fighting breaksout as a result of this secession.As a result of the war in Croatia hundred of thousands of Refugees are established.(Social)

1992 -Nationalism began to take hold and the yugoslavia federation begins to deterirate.(Social)

-Macedonia declares independence from Yugoslavia.(Social)

-Bosnia and Herzegovina also declare independence from yugoslavia.(Political) (Social)

-The Serbs wanted to stay in Yugoslavia inorder to build a stronger nation. War erupts in Bosnia.(Political) (Social)

-The Serbs are backed by extremists in Belgrade who intenf to cleanse the Bosnia trpublic of all Muslim influence.(Social)

1993 -The Serbs control 70% of all Bosnia.(Social)

1995 -The war with Bosnia ended with the dayton peace accord that was signed by Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia.(Political)

-The agreement creates two sepearte governments in Bosnia: the Bosnian Serb Republic and the Muslim(Bosnjak)-Croat Federation. Each government has their own parliament and army.(Political)

-Under the settlement Croatia got back the majority of land taken by the Serbs.(Social)

1999 -Kososvo begins to rebel against Serbian rule. The kosovo liberation army is fromed to rebel agiant the serbs.(Social)

-In March of 1999 of the NATO ordered airstrikes on Yugoslavia in an attempt to stop the crisis in the the nation.(Political) (Social)

2001 -The UN war crimes tribunal in Belgium annoced that Slobodan Milosevic, former Yugoslav president would be charged for genocide during the Bosnia War(1992-1995). (Social) (Political)

-Milosevic dies during the trail during 2006. (Political)

2002 -Yugoslavia falls when Montenegro and Serbia agreed to rename their country: //Serbia and Montenegro//. (Political)

-U.S kept up with the economic aid with Yugoslavia, and forgave Yugoslavia 2/3s of the debt they owe to them. (Economic)

2003 -Montenegro lawmakers agreed with Montengero and Serbia that Yugoslavia should be abolished and make it into loose union of semi independent states called: //Serbia and Montenegro.// (Political)

-In Febuary, the Yugoslavian parliment transformed the country into semi independent states and retired the name Yugoslavia. (Political)

2006 -Slobodan Milosevic, after causing many bloodshed during his country's breakup by declaring war with many countries, was found dead in his prison cell.This was still during the time where his trail of genocide took place. (Social) (Political)