Disagreements between former Yugoslavs over their nineteenthcentury history, although deep, pale into insignificance when compared to different interpretations of more contentious subjects, such as the Second World War in Yugoslavia () Because the wars of the 1990s have finished so recently it is too early to predict how the former At this point in our river cruise we are entering the former Yugoslavia It is extremely difficult to explain why this country broke up in the 1990s, so I am reprinting this article from fellow travel writer Rick Steves' website I think it will be helpful in understanding this part of the world For uptodate specifics, see the latest edition of the Rick Steves' Eastern Europe guidebook Seven countries make up former Yugoslavian republics, including Bosnia and Herzegovnia, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Kosovo Most of these republics became independent nations after ethnic cleansing and civil war swept through the former Yugoslavia during the early 1990s
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