Pub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.2.dim.435-454
Bojan Dimitrijević
Članak daje pregled događaja koji su prethodili zauzimanju objekata Jugoslovenske narodne armije u Bjelovaru, potom je posvećen opisu napada na te objekte 29. septembra 1991. i sudbini pojedinih starešina, ubistvima ili zarobljavanju. Rad je nastao na sačuvanoj arhivskoj, sudskoj građi i izjavama pripadnika garnizona Bjelovar datim organima bezbednosti po dolasku u Srbiju. Sve izjave korišćene u ovom radu, sudeći po pečatima sa numeričkim oznakama – brojevima, čuvaju se u Vojno-bezbednosnoj agenciji. Taj materijal je korišćen u procesu suđenja pripadnicima hrvatskih snaga za ratni zločin, a autoru je predala ćerka ubijenog komandanta brigade u Bjelovaru pukovnika Rajka Kovačevića. Korišćena je i neobjavljena originalna arhivska građa 32. (varaždinskog) korpusa, koja se čuva u Hrvatskom memorijalno-dokumentacijskom centru Domovinskog rata u Zagrebu, zaplenjena prilikom predaje korpusa.
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U članku se analizira časopis „Istorija 20. veka“. Najpre se opisuju okolnosti koje su dovele do njegovog pokretanja 1983. godine, obraća se pažnja na teme koje su pokretane i reakciju naučne i stručne javnosti na prvu objavljenu svesku časopisa. Ključni deo rada predstavlja statistička analiza tekstova po uredništvima, tipu i tematici radova, rubrikama, jeziku kojim su radovi pisani, afilijaciji i poreklu autora i drugim parametrima. Na kraju teksta, data je analiza međunarodne vidljivosti časopisa kroz uključivanje u svetske indeksne baze. Rad se završava zaključno sa četrdesetim godištem časopisa, odnosno sa 2022. godinom.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.2.ant.503-532
Michael Antolović
Tokom prethodne tri decenije unutar glavnih tokova istorijskog mišljenja naročit značaj stekle su svetska, transnacionalna i globalna istorija. Polazeći od duge tradicije pisanja svetskih istorija u članku se, u kontekstu društvenih i intelektualnih promena od 80-ih godina 20. veka, naročito okončanja Hladnog rata i snaženja procesa globalizacije, analiziraju nastanak ovih disciplina, njihova karakteristična teorijsko-metodološka obeležja, glavne teme istraživanja te njihovi najznačajniji rezultati. Pored inovativnosti svetske, transnacionalne i globalne istorije, u radu se ukazuje i na njihova inherentna ograničenja.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.1.nei.139-158
Vukašin Neimarević
This paper analyzes the diplomatic relations between Hungary, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union during the Soviet intervention in Hungary in 1956, with a primary focus on the case of Imre Nagy’s capture. The crisis that arose during Nagy’s hiding in the Yugoslav embassy reveals the background of these countries’ relations, in which Yugoslavs showed ambiguousness to maintain the achieved status of a free socialist country on the one hand, and on the other, to keep good relations with the Soviet Union. Furthermore, the author attempts to provide answers on Yugoslav role in Nagy’s arrest after he left his hideout within the Yugoslav embassy. The author argues that Yugoslavs were not aware of any Soviet plans to capture Nagy after he left the embassy, even though there are other claims present in this paper that suggests the opposite.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.1.cve.177-197
Srđan Cvetković
Rad se bavi analizom slike o Josipu Brozu Titu koja je sistematski građena kroz medije, prosvetni i naučni sistem, partijsko i šire društveno delovanje. Stvorena slika bila je splet čitavog niza klasičnih motiva: ratnog heroja i nepogrešivog stratega, svetskog lidera, mudrog učitelja, pobednika nad silama zla (Hitlerom, kasnije Staljinom), ali i specifičnih i njemu svojstvenih osobina kao čoveka iz naroda sa kraljevskim manirima, šarmera omiljenog među ženama koji zna da vlada ali i da uživa u životu. Sve je to uslovilo da se Tito poput ranije obožavanih monarha u narodu sa već nasleđenom autoritarnom političkom kulturom olako prihvati kao nepogrešiv vođa i gotovo mesija.
这是一个类似于Josipu Brozu Titu koja的分析系统,它是一个医疗系统,prosvtni i naučni系统,partijsko išire društveno delovanje。这幅画是一套经典的动机:战争英雄和错误的战略、世界领导人、明智的老师、战胜邪恶势力的胜利者(希特勒,后来的斯大林),但也有具有皇室礼仪的人的特定特征,在懂得统治但享受生活的女性中很有魅力。所有这些都表明,蒂托作为一位曾经备受爱戴的君主,在这个已经继承了独裁政治文化的国家,他很容易被视为一位非正常领导人,几乎是救世主。
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.1.ili.19-44
Borče Ilievski
The paper analyzes the size and structure of the Albanian population in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The population censuses of 1921 and 1931 are the main source for the research. The statistical and census materials are compared to a number of studies from the fields of historiography, ethnography and anthropogeography. A number of papers raising doubts about how objective the census results are in regard to the number of Albanians in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia are also critically addressed.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.1.fil.221-240
V. Filipović
This article analyzes the views on the intervention from the perspective of different actors in one of the states in the region, Croatia. Drawing on the national media archives as well as president Tuđman’s archive, the paper focuses on the views of the following actors: (i) the media and the public, (ii) state officials, (iii) the opposition, and (iv) ethnic minorities. This allows for an exploration of a variety of positions, views and different interests which motivated reactions ranging from wholehearted support to reluctance, and even opposition to the intervention among different actors. The continuous media support for the intervention, shared by the ruling party and opposition at the beginning of the intervention later turned into reluctance on the side of the government, which became concerned with the intervention’s consequences and potential negative impact. The paper concludes by contrasting the emotional satisfaction among the intervention’s supporters with the political and economic concerns regarding the destabilizing effects of the intervention for the Croatian regime, pointing out the complex relations and ties among countries in the region and their citizens.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.1.sur.1-18
Tijana Šurlan
The paper studies international legal recognition of a state using the example of the recognition of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1919-1920. One aspect of the paper is based on historiographical literature, presenting and analysing the factual situation, which forms the basis for the legal analysis. The legal analysis is based on the nature of state recognition, as perceived at the beginning of the 20th century. The backbone of the paper is the actual course of recognition of the Kingdom of SCS. Nevertheless, the paper also touches on the topic of the origin of the Kingdom of SCS and problematizes the issue of whether that state was new or old. The main emphasis for the topic is the exploration of whether the Kingdom of SCS, at the time when it was striving to obtain recognition from the allies in the Great War, satisfied the conditions of statehood from the point of view of the then relevant norms of International Public Law. The paper follows a dual theoretical understanding of the international legal concept of recognition through both declarative and constitutive theories, reflecting different understanding of recognition both in the period following the end of the First World War and today in the 21st century. To that extent, consideration of the historical concept of legal recognition contributes to a more complete understanding of this issue in contemporary international law as well.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.1.mil.83-98
Ratomir Milikić
U članku se na osnovu arhivske građe britanske provenijencije rekonstruiše pokušaj evakuacije britanskih državljana okupljenih oko osoblja britanskog poslanstva u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji na kraju Aprilskog rata 1941. godine. U više neuspešnih pokušaja, u tu akciju bili su uključeni britanski vazduhoplovi i podmornica Regent, koja je izronila u već okupiranom Bokokotorskom zalivu i čiji je komandant otpočeo pregovore sa neprijateljem – italijanskom vojskom. Na kraju je italijanska vlada odlučila da propusti internirane britanske državljane u Španiju.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.29362/ist20veka.2023.1.ban.199-220
Biser Banchev
The link between Tito’s illness and death, the events in Afghanistan and the Macedonian question is explored through newly declassified archival documents and memoir sources. In 1980, Belgrade and the world feared that Yugoslavia would descend into chaos after Tito’s death. The Soviet Union was expected to invade Yugoslavia after Afghanistan in order to reach the Adriatic coast before its NATO adversaries. Soviet troops would attack through Bulgarian territory, and Bulgaria would take advantage of the situation to settle the Macedonian question in its favour. “The Bulgarian threat” has served as one of the important instruments for preserving the internal cohesion of the nations of the federation.
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