Socialist Republic of Croatia

Socialist Republic of Croatia (often abbreviated SR Croatia; Serbo-Croatian, Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, SR Hrvatska) was a socialist state and a sovereign constituent country of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It is the predecessor of the modern-day Republic of Croatia. It was formed during World War II through the actions of ZAVNOH. In 1990, the state was reformed as Croatia adopted a multi-party system and free market economy.

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The Socialist Republic of Croatia was founded as the Federal State of Croatia () on May 9, 1944 at the 3^rd session of the ZAVNOH. Yugoslavia was then called the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (Demokratska Federativna Jugoslavija, DFJ), it was not a constitutionally socialist state, or even a republic, in anticipation of the conclusion of the war, when these issues were settled. On November 29, 1945, the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia became the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (Federativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavia, FNRJ), a socialist People's Republic. Accordingly, the Federal State of Croatia became People's Republic of Croatia (Narodna Republika Hrvatska, NR Hrvatska).

On April 7, 1963, the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (FPRY) was renamed into the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). Yugoslavia (and therefore Croatia) gradually abandoned Stalinism...
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