Ethnic Conflicts in Yugoslavia by Selim Gurkas https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm en-us 2021-01-28 17:37:37 UTC 2026-03-17 20:42:51 UTC hello@padlet.com 1878 selimgurkas244 https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137649174 Balkan Slavs from Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, and Montenegro gained independence from the Ottoman Empire.]]> 2021-01-28 17:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137649174 1912 selimgurkas244 https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137674628
The annexation of Bosnia by Austria-Hungary scared many Balkan countries at the time. Fearful that Austria-Hungary would continue to expand in eastern Europe, Serbia organized an alliance called the Balkan League. In 1913, the Balkan League  gained control over the remaining Ottoman-held territory in Europe.  Serbia emerged as a strong military leader in the region.

]]> 2021-01-28 17:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137674628 1914 selimgurkas244 https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137687087 Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo,  modern-day capital of Bosnia.]]> 2021-01-28 17:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137687087 1918 selimgurkas244 https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137694498 The Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires collapsed at the end of World War I. Serbia and other former Austrian-controlled states joined together as a nation that would later call itself Yugoslavia (in 1929).]]> 2021-01-28 17:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137694498 1945-1948 selimgurkas244 https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137892509 When World War II ended and the Cold War began in 1945, Eastern Europe came under Communist rule. Josip Broz Tito, communist leader of Yugoslavia, broke away from the influence of the Soviet Union and became the leader of the Non-Aligned Movement. ]]> 2021-01-28 18:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137892509 1989 selimgurkas244 https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137905690 Large-scale public demonstrations lead to the fall of the Communist governments in Eastern Europe. The former Yugoslavia found itself in a civil war.]]> 2021-01-28 18:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137905690 1992-2007 selimgurkas244 https://padlet.com/selimgurkas244/8upk2q17f28apuqm/wish/1137908606 Yugoslavia split in 1992 after the Civil War. Slowly, more places started getting recognized as countries:

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Croatia were recognized by The United Nations. (1992)
Macedonia got admitted to the UN. Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The EU was also formed around this time. (1993)
EU admitted the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. (2004)
Montenegro declared independence from Serbia. (2006)
Bulgaria and Romania joined the European Union. (2007)


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