Ancient history

Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes historical kingdom, Balkans [1918–1929]

The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , Balkan state, was founded on December 1, 1918. Ruled by the Serbs The new kingdom of Karadjordjević dynasty included the previously independent kingdoms of Serbia and Montenegro as well as the South Slavic areas in areas formerly under the Austro-Hungarian Empire:Dalmatia, Croatia-Slavonia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Vojvodina. In 1919, four small Bulgarian territories in the southeast, including Strumica, were ceded to the new state. In 1925 the monastery of St. Naum was moved from Albania to Serbia. To local nationalism , proclaimed King Alexander I. a royal dictatorship and renamed the state Yugoslavia in 1929. He was determined that Serbian, Croatian or Slovene nationalism should give way to a broader allegiance, the Yugoslav ("South Slavic") patriotism.