Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Also known as Yugoslavia, Jugoslavija

the official name of Yugoslavia during the period of 1929–1941 (de facto)/1945 (de jure)

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The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was the official name of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1941 (and technically until 1945), a period when the country was ruled as a monarchy in southeastern Europe. It matters historically because this era encompassed major political changes and eventually the country's occupation during World War II, marking a turbulent chapter in the region's development.

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Demonym: Југословен/Југословенка
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Commons category: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
inception: 1929-10-03
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1945-11-29
native label: Краљевина Југославија/Kraljevina Jugoslavija

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^ Serbian and Croatian, highly mutually intelligible standard languages, were officially considered eastern and western varieties of a common language, contemporarily known as Serbo-Croatian. Slovene was considered a dialect of the common language despite low mutual intelligibility with Serbo-Croatian. 'Serbo-Croato-Slovene' was declared the single official language (srbsko-hrvatsko-slovenački or srbsko-hrvatsko-slovenski; also translated "Serbocroatoslovenian"). In practice it functioned as Serbo-Croatian. ^ Peter II, still underage, was declared an adult by a military coup. Shortly after his assumption of royal authority, Yugoslavia was occupied by the Axis and the young King went into exile. In 1944, he accepted the formation of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia. He was deposed by the Yugoslav parliament in 1945. ^ Unicameral until 1931.