>>So, if I understand correctly, in this case it was not
only a change in name, but rather, the new name reflected a more fundamental change, right?
>
>Hilmar,
>Yougoslavia appears in 1919, when Kingdom Serbia annexed a lot of territories form their lost I WorldWar neighbors.
>In 1991 it was divided to many independent republics – Slovenia, Hrvatska, Bosnja, Macedonia, Kosovo, Monte Negro & Serbia. Some of them lead a war to receive their independence. Last one, which left Serbia is Monte Negro.
OK, thank you.
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