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Introduction
Between the two
world wars, the historiography
usually interpreted the constitution
of the Yugoslav state as the
achievement of centennial aspiration
of the people of same or similar
ethnic origin. After the WWII the
historiography saw the 1918-41
Yugoslavia as a state of failed
hopes eventually fulfilled in its
renewal in 1945 – in a new form
(republic) and in a new type
(federation).
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Case
study
1
The St. Vitus Day
Constitution, the supreme law of the
newly established Yugoslav state,
attracted much attention of its
contemporaries. This is best
illustrated by a number of
constitutional drafts political,
ethnic and religious opposition and
outstanding individuals had put
forward – in parallel with the
governmental draft – all of which
revealing the complexity of the then
state.
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Case
study 2
The first decade
in the life of the Kingdom of Serbs,
Croats and Slovenians ended in
bloodshed: on June 20, 1928
Radicals’ MP of the parliamentary
majority Puriša Račić gunned down
two MPs of the Croatian Peasant
Party /HSS/ (Dr. Đuro Basariček and
Pavle Radić), wounded two (Dr. Ivan
Pernar and Josip Granđa), while the
fifth, the party leader (Stjepan
Radić) succumbed to his wounds a few
days later.
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Case
study 3
The murder of
political representatives of the
Croatian people committed in the
People’s Assembly on January 20,
1928 only deepened the ongoing
crisis in the Kingdom of SHS and
distrust among its constitutive
nations, the distrust historian
Milorad Ekmečić saw as worse than a
war. The situation after the
bloodshed in the parliament called
for “a statesmanlike solution.” But
who was there to find it?
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