Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the end of World War II to the Yugoslav wars. It was a communist republic that comprised the area of the present-day states of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovenia.

Administrative divisions

Internally, the state was divided into six Socialist Republics, and two Socialist Autonomous Provinces that were part of SR Serbia. The federal capital was Belgrade. Republics and provinces were (in alphabetical order):

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• Socialist republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with capital in Sarajevo,
• Socialist republic of Croatia, with capital in Zagreb,
• Socialist republic of Macedonia, with capital in Skopje,
• Socialist republic of Montenegro, with capital in Titograd,
• Socialist republic of Serbia, with capital in Belgrade, which also contained:
  5a. Socialist autonomous province of Kosovo, with capital in Pri?tina
  5b. Socialist autonomous province of Vojvodina, with capital in Novi Sad
• Socialist republic of Slovenia, with capital in Ljubljana.