Serbia

Yugoslavia fell in the 1990’s into a mess of right-wing nationalistic states at war, resulted in numerous war crime, the bitter end was the result of the fragmented political atmosphere in the wake of Tito’s death. Significantly, though, the Soviet Union came to a relatively peaceful end due to Gorbachev’s leadership style, while the inability for different factions to compromise led to Milošević’s rise and the disturbing events of the 1990’s. Tito’s government, while deservedly less notorious than

World War II. The Soviet Union took control of Yugoslavia after the war and wrote a new constitution for the country that established six constituent republics in the federation: Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The Republic of Serbia also had two self-governing provinces: Vojvodina and Kosovo. Yugoslavia was a part of the Soviet Union until the Union dissolved in 1991 and as a result Yugoslavia soon followed, but this is about

until his death in 2006. In this prime example, the bell that is the adage: “justice delayed is not justice served” has never tolled truer. Due to Milosevic’s new regime, growing unrest between the new country of Bosnia, and the former Yugoslavia and Serbia gradually allowed for Karadzic’s Serbian political party within Bosnia to become power hungry. After Bosnia-Herzegovina became independent, Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic set up his own government. Known as the “Serbian National Assembly” (“Bosnian

Culture Essay Mallory McBlaine Sociology 121 I decided to interview Ola Krupinksa, a polish sixteen year old currently living in the United States. Ola was born in Poland but moved here at the age of five. Interview: 1.Your definition of culture? Answer: Beliefs, customs and arts of a particular society. 2.How do you define family? Answer: Family is people who you care about and would do anything for. 3. Who holds the most “status” in your family? Why? Answer: My dad; he is the

A unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo's February 17, 2008 has caused mixed reactions in the international community. To date, Kosovo's independence from Serbia was recognized by 110 states out of 193 (56.9%), the United Nations Member States (the United Nations). At the same time, other states - members of the United Nations (more than 1/3), including two permanent UN Security Council members (China and Russia), refused to recognize the independence of Kosovo or declared neutrality.

ended the lives of millions of people. On that day, Austria-Hungary officially declared war on Serbia as an act of revenge, though had ambitions to take control of Serbian lands. This small event would have big consequences, not only on the nations involved in the war, but on the people of those nations who had to sacrifice so much. During the period immediately following the declaration of war on Serbia, the quality of a person’s life began to drop very rapidly. Pre-industrial warfare is difficult

The Bosnian Genocide want not very good life to live. The country of Yugoslavia was formed in the year of 1929. The population of Bosnia is about 3.8 million people. Muslims represented the largest single population group by 1931. They were described as fundamentalists by the Serbs. The social federal republic of Yugoslavia was led by the Dictator Gossip Brazito.Three of the major groups in Yugoslavia were the Serbs, Croats, and the Slovenes. The Croatians were under the French and Austro

operating in the Austrian provinces. One year later, in 1909, Austria asked the Serbian government to put a stop to their revolution against Austria. The Narodna Odbrana was forced to listen and instead they concentrated on “education and propaganda” in Serbia. Many members of the Narodna Odbrana were not happy with this and decided to form a new, completely secret, organization. On May 9, 1911, ten men met together to form the Ujedinjenje ili Smrt which became known as the “Black Hand”. The

Slobodan Miloševićs role in the destruction of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević was an instrumental part of the Yugoslav Wars, his actions were the greatest factors in the ethnic tensions sparking into an all-out war. He used the Serbian media to great effect as he was able to change the Serbian people’s option of the conflict to benefit his actions. Also his influence over the Serbian people gave him unchecked authority with his internal actions. Everything spiralled down after the Leader of Yugoslavia

“I wouldn’t mind if they needed to take [Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic] out,'; said Chris Walter, 23, a college student living in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. I felt the same way about Saddam Hussein. I think the longer you keep the problem around, the sooner it is going to come back and bite you.'; From the Washington Post April 18th, 1999 The horrors of the atrocities committed against Kosovo such as the targeted attacks on civilians, “ethnic cleansing';, and most