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[[File:Former-Yugoslavia-Political-Map 6695.jpg|frame|CIA map of Yugoslavia. Note that Montenegro and Kosovo are now independent states (though the independence of the latter is disputed by some countries)]] |
[[File:Former-Yugoslavia-Political-Map 6695.jpg|frame|CIA map of Yugoslavia. Note that Montenegro and Kosovo are now independent states (though the independence of the latter is disputed by some countries)]] |
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{{quote|''I am the leader of one country which has two alphabets, three languages, four religions, five nationalities, six republics, surrounded by seven neighbours, a country in which live eight ethnic minorities.''|[[Josip Broz Tito]]}} |
{{quote|''I am the leader of one country which has two alphabets, three languages, four religions, five nationalities, six republics, surrounded by seven neighbours, a country in which live eight ethnic minorities.''|[[Josip Broz Tito]]}} |
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"Yugoslavia" was a name given to three different states that existed on the western part of the Balkan peninsula during most of the 20th century. The name is a portmanteau of "jug" (south) and "slaveni" (Slavs). |
"Yugoslavia" was a name given to three different states that existed on the western part of the Balkan peninsula during most of the 20th century. The name is a portmanteau of "jug" (south) and "slaveni" (Slavs). |