State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs

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The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs was a short-lived South Slavic state established in 1918 from former Austro-Hungarian territories, which soon united with the Kingdom of Serbia to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia).


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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Slavic state
former state
short-lived state
alsoKnownAs SHS State
capital Zagreb
commonName State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
continent Europe
conventionalLongName State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
country no
currency Austro-Hungarian krone
dateDissolved 1918-12-01
dateEstablished 1918-10-29
deFactoCapital Zagreb
era World War I aftermath
establishedFrom Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Austro-Hungarian condominium)
Cisleithanian territories of Austria-Hungary
Duchy of Carniola
Duchy of Styria (southern parts)
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
Kingdom of Dalmatia
flagDescription horizontal tricolour of white, blue and red with a coat of arms (variant used)
governmentType provisional parliamentary monarchy (claimed)
headOfGovernment Anton Korošec
headOfGovernmentTitle President of the National Council
headOfState Anton Korošec
headOfStateTitle President of the National Council
historicalEra Interwar period (formation phase)
historicalSignificance precursor to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
includesTerritory Bosnia and Herzegovina (most of present-day)
Croatia (most of present-day)
Slovenia (most of present-day)
Vojvodina (parts of present-day)
legislature National Assembly
National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
mergedInto Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
mergedWith Kingdom of Serbia
nativeName Država Slovencev, Hrvatov i Srba
nativeNameLanguage Serbo-Croatian
Slovene
notRecognizedBy major Allied powers
officialLanguage Serbo-Croatian
Slovene
partOf South Slavic lands
politicalGoal unification of South Slavs outside the Kingdom of Serbia
reasonForCreation collapse of Austria-Hungary at the end of World War I
recognizedBy Kingdom of Serbia
region Balkans
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Islam
Roman Catholicism
status unrecognized state by the great powers
successorState Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Yugoslavia


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