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State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
Origins
As Austria-Hungary disintegrated, the National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs in Zagreb, formed earlier in October 1918, took power. On 29 October the Croatian Sabor broke ties with Hungary and Austria, and the new state was proclaimed, covering Slovenia, Croatia-Slavonia, Dalmatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vojvodina, with the Slovene politician Anton Korošec as president.
Rule and society
The state had no army and no international recognition, and its authority was weak in the countryside, where returning soldiers and peasants rioted. The Austro-Hungarian fleet at Pola was handed to it, but Italy seized Istria and parts of Dalmatia under the armistice. Svetozar Pribićević led those pushing for rapid union with Serbia.
Decline and legacy
Fearing Italian expansion, the National Council sent a delegation to Belgrade, and on 1 December 1918 the state united with the Kingdom of Serbia to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later called the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/state-of-slovenes-croats-and-serbs
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