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- Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina in communist Yugoslavia
- history of Serbia - The federation of Serbia and Montenegro
- Yugoslavia
- Montenegro - Federation with Serbia
- Slovenia - The communist era
- Serbia - The disintegration of the federation
- Croatia - Croatia in Yugoslavia , 1945β91
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Kosovo
- North Macedonia - The republic
- history of Serbia - The disintegration of the federation
- Slovenia - Interwar Yugoslavia
- Kosovo conflict
- Croatia - Croatia in Yugoslavia , 1918β41
- North Macedonia
- Serbia - Constitutional framework
Which modern countries were created from the breakup of Yugoslavia?
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Yugoslavia
The historical boundaries of Yugoslavia from 1919 to 1992.
The breakup of Yugoslavia led to the creation of several modern countries:
- Slovenia12
- Croatia34
- Bosnia and Herzegovina56
- North Macedonia78
- Serbia91011
- Montenegro1213
- Kosovo (declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but its status is disputed)1415
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in addition to these, included Serbia and Montenegro as constituent republics. The federation dissolved in the early 1990s, with Slovenia and Croatia being the first to declare secession in 1991. Bosnia and Herzegovina followed suit in 1992 after a referendum on independence. North Macedonia also declared independence in 1991. Serbia and Montenegro initially formed a new federation, which eventually dissolved in 2006 when Montenegro declared its independence.913681216