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YUGOSLAVIA, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija), state in South-Eastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula Area - 244.1 thousand km2. Population - 58.1 million people (1993). Capital - Belgrade In the northwest it borders with Italy and Austria; in the northeast - with Hungary; in the east - with Romania and Bulgaria; in the south - with Greece and Albania. The Republic of Yugoslavia was proclaimed in 1943 and formed from the Kingdom of Yugoslavia under the name Democratic Federal Yugoslavia. In 1946 it changed its name to the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. Finally, in 1963 - to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). Since 1953, the SFRY was led by President Broz Tito (since 1974 - president for life). After Tito's death in 1980, tensions between the peoples of the SFRY led to its dissolution in 1991. Monetary system: 1 Yugoslav dinar = 100.
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