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Josip Broz Tito ruled Yugoslavia for nearly four decades — a socialist leader, Cold War power broker, and paradoxical figure who defied Stalin while crushing dissent at home. From the Non-Aligned Movement to life under Titoism, discover how one man held a fragile nation together — and why his legacy still divides the Balkans today.
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Yes it was interesting country…I always say when somebody compare him with other dictators….he and his family didnt own anythink. They are not rich family today….maybe oposite…could you say he was honest in his life and ideas?
Much better than Tuɗmanism
every single one of my family members that lived in SFRJ yugoslavia said that it was the best country and the most respected one and that life under this country was Super quality
A very simplistic video, a bit too simplistic. I appreciate your efforts, but a bit more research would have helped.
Yes, the Yugoslavian passport was one of the strongest at the time, allowing travel to both the Eastern and Western blocs. However, in reality, leaving the country still required state approval and a valid reason. Most Yugoslav citizens never saw the world outside Yugoslavia, except for trips to Trieste in Italy, which many visited for shopping. It's true that country flourished thanks to Tito’s cunning and Balkan-style “hustle” – Yugoslavia profited enormously from the Cold War, receiving aid and investments from both the East and the West. But once Cold War ended and the money stopped poruing in – problems begun.
Croats and Slovenes, the more affluent republics, are not particularly fond of Tito because their wealth was redistributed to less affluent republics, and they often felt they received little to nothing in return. They were also generally underrepresented politically compared to rural Serbs, who dominated the army and government despite funding that same army and Yugolsav treasury them most.
Serbs have mixed feelings about him. They appreciated the Belgrade-centric policies, but Tito also created the Kosovo problem by granting the region more autonomy. Had this not happened, Kosovo would have never have the grounds to fully separate and declare independence. Strangely, Albanians from Kosovo tend to dislike him the most, despite the fact that his policies gave them more autonomy than before.
Montenegrins, who are culturally and historically Serbs (same way I'm from region of Dalmatia – not Dalmatian by ethnicity but Croatian), largely supported Tito but were politically and economically weaker compared to Serbia proper. Montenegro received investment under Tito’s development policies but remained one of the smaller and less influential republics in federal politics and were typically Serbs lackies – whatevery Serbs instructed them, Montenegrins would follow. They still like him I'ld say.
Northern Macedonians, like Bosnians, were economically and infrastructurally behind the more developed republics. They benefited from Tito’s investments in education, industry, and infrastructure. Politically, they gained recognition as a distinct nation within Yugoslavia which strengthened their national identity (and has helped them to avoid the Bulgar rule, althoug their language is closes to one of the Bulgarian dialects), but they were still a relatively small and less influential republic in federal matters. It kinds did mess them up a bit in the head – soon enough they started belieiving they are ancestors of Alexander the Great and his Macedonian region (who was a Greek, and has nothing to do with us Slavs as we migrated to the SE in the 6,7th century). It was deffo better for them to stick with Yugoslavia economically since the communist Bulgaria was very crap at the time, and just another Soviet satelite puppy torturing its own citizens – but they are really arent' realted to ancient Macedonians, more of south slavic Bulgar/Serbian mix I would say. I believe Tito is liked there the most.
The true beneficiaries of Tito’s policies were Bosnia and Herzegovina. After centuries under Ottoman rule, Bosnia had been left in ruins, with widespread illiteracy (over 90%; he made it compulsaory, for women as well to receive education) and a severe lack of infrastructure, such as roads and railways. By comparison, it was extremely rural compared to Slovenia, Croatia, or even Serbia (which was mostly rural outside of Belgrade and the northern region of Vojvodina that was built and developed by Hungarians before World War II). Bosnia arguably gained the most in terms of development under Tito and can be seen as a mini-Yugoslavia, with Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks living together. However, Bosniaks (Muslims, now making up roughly 50% of the population) often don't like him because he tended to view them through the lens of religious identity – Muslim Croats or Serbs, rather than acknowledging their distinct national identity. I say this because “Bosnia and Herzegovina” is just a name for two regions, not for a specific group of people – similar to how Montenegro is a regional name, or Vojvodina, or Slavonia (northeast Croatia), Istria (coastal north of Croatia), and Dalmatia (my region – the south coast of Croatia). Regionally, I am Dalmatian, but nationally and ethnically, I am Croatian (the same applies to someone from Istria or Slavonia). Even if Dalmatia were to declare independence one day and my nationality changes, my ethnicity would still be Croatian at the end of the day.
Anyways, its very ironical that that Kosovar Albanians and Bosniaks – who arguably benefited the most from his policies tend to dislike him the most. The region itself is beautiful and super safe (except Kosovo due to organ trafficking), but the people are very stubborn, proud, and narrow-minded, which hinders their ability to prosper and progress as nations. Take, for example, the language issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. It’s like an American insisting they speak “American,” or an Australian claiming their native tongue is “Australian,” or someone in Peru, Argentina, Colombia, Vezuela, Ecuador or Puerto Rico refusing to call it Spanish. Or even people from Kosovo saying they speak Kosovar rather than Albania; its very absurd; they all see themselves as “religious and traditional”, but yet fail to recognize the danger/ sin of pride.
This video is a joke… He was destructive like any other dictator. His "balancing" betwean east and west were just blackmail of western countries that if they not giving money he will join soviets, and THATS how people had some money in that failed economy model. He came to power by force, never give freedom and elections to people. Fkn pedo meried a 14 year old girl. You people are delusional
Bratstvo jedinstvo…
Mussolinis regime was pretty similar to titos regime.
very nice video
Аs a serb we hate tito and communism as they poiseoned our country with lies and inner destruction, brainwashness of people and deaths of those who opposed him, tito and comunists killed more of our people then germans in ww2 and caused later concequences like yugoslav wars and economic crisis…open histoy book somtimes
Wsg