breakup of Yugoslavia
Also known as dissolution of Yugoslavia, dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, dissolution of SFRY, breakup of SFRY
process starting in the late 1980s leading to the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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The breakup of Yugoslavia was the process that dissolved the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia starting in the late 1980s, resulting in the formation of several independent countries in southeastern Europe. It matters because this breakup led to major geopolitical changes in Europe and was accompanied by devastating wars and conflict in the region during the 1990s.
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- start time
- 1991-06-25
- end time
- 1992-04-28
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- Maps of the Breakup of Yugoslavia
- point in time
- 1992-04-27
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After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, the constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart in the early 1990s. Unresolved issues from the breakup caused a series of inter-ethnic Yugoslav Wars from 1991 to 2001 which primarily affected Bosnia and Herzegovina, neighbouring parts of Croatia and, some years later, Kosovo.
Following the Allied victory in World War II, Yugoslavia was set up as a federation of six republics, with borders drawn along ethnic and historical lines: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. In addition, two autonomous provinces were established within Serbia: Vojvodina and Kosovo. Each of the republics had its own branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia party and a ruling elite, and any tensions were solved on the federal level. The Yugoslav model of state organisation, as well as a "middle way" between planned and liberal economy, had been a relative success, and the country experienced a period of strong economic growth and relative political stability up to the 1980s, under Josip Broz Tito. After his death in 1980, the weakened system of federal government was left unable to cope with rising economic and political challenges.