Yugoslavia was once the most powerful country in Europe. The founder of the country was President Tito, and when Tito was the leader of Yugoslavia, the country pursued a very special line, although it was a socialist country, it was not afraid of the Soviet Union, and it was favored by the United States.
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Although Tito founded Yugoslavia, due to Tito's long reign, he was slack in his later governance of the country, and he also coveted enjoyment.
According to TIME, Tito's later pursuit of enjoyment was no less than that of The Romanian leader Ceausescu. Moreover, Tito's vanity was strong, and like Brezhnev in the Soviet Union, he was a lover who liked to collect medals.
In terms of eating, he pays attention to elegance, and it is said that Tito is very extravagant, he likes to eat roasted whole pork, Polish ham, Darbat red wine, and it is his usual standard.
In terms of hobbies, Tito likes to collect Alsatian dogs, but also likes tigers. Ethiopia, a country friendly to South Slava, also gave Tito an African leopard.
Tito was a figure-conscious man, and during the war years he insisted on shaving every day. But later, after the stabilization of Yugoslavia, Tito was very strict in clothing, and there was a special team to design clothing for him. Of course, in the eyes of the people, he always wore civilian clothes.
Some people say that after Yugoslavia became independent and rich, Tito lived like an emperor, he had many villas in Yugoslavia, and after World War II, tito villas were not known much.
However, as a founding head, it is understandable to enjoy some, but after all, Yugoslavia is not like a highly developed country in the West, although it is stronger than the Warsaw Pact countries, but Tito's luxury was later dissatisfied by the people. This is a postscript.
After Tito's death, the contradictions in Yugoslavia began to appear, after all, it is difficult to see the contradictions under the strongman politics, but after the end of the strongman rule, the contradictions will accumulate and even erupt.
After the upheavals in Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia was not spared. In the 1990s, Yugoslavia continued to divide until it was divided into seven.
Tito died in 1980, 40 years ago, and now the people of the former Yugoslavia miss Tito very much.
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Tito was worshipped in the former Yugoslav countries mainly because he led the Yugoslav people in World War II to fight a guerrilla war against Nazi Germany, and Yugoslavia completely struggled on its own and won the independence and freedom of the country, which is one of the few countries in Europe.
After World War II, European countries entered the Cold War period, and many countries each chose the United States and the Soviet Union to join the Warsaw Pact and NATO respectively. As a socialist country, Yugoslavia did not lean closer to the Soviet Union or the United States in the Cold War, and Yugoslavia pursued a policy of friendly exchanges with all countries.
Yugoslavia, a Soviet-style regime, was able to stand out in the Cold War thanks to Tito's strategy. Romania has since followed suit.
Yugoslavia was a nation of different peoples, and how to ensure stability was the key, so Tito realized that this goal could only be achieved by continuously developing the economy and making the people rich and living and working in peace.
Therefore, Tito devoted himself to economic construction, and in twenty years, built Yugoslavia into a highly developed industry, and the industrial growth rate reached 9.1%.
The rapid economic development also led to continuous growth of per capita GDP, when Yugoslavia's per capita GDP growth rate was 6.5%, the agricultural population fell sharply, and by the end of the 1970s, Yugoslavia's per capita income reached 1500 US dollars, which was a mid-to-mid-level country at that time.
The development of Yugoslavia has attracted the attention of the world, and many countries are very envious of the development of Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia's rapid development was mainly due to the Tito policy, which did not implement a planned economy like the Soviet Union, but a development path that combined planning and market.
Tito privatized land in the countryside, encouraged trade in goods, and vigorously developed tourism, even supporting domestic enterprises to develop abroad. Wait, this made Yugoslavia's economy develop rapidly.
According to records, in 1976, 36% of Yugoslav households owned cars, 56% had televisions, and the popularity rate of refrigerators exceeded 40%.
Yugoslavia's prosperity is not found in the Warsaw Pact countries. At that time, Yugoslavia was rich and open, and even Western countries admired it.
In terms of national education, he provided free compulsory education to the people, and also built a perfect medical security system, and the cultural undertakings developed rapidly.
At that time, Yugoslavia was the most open of the Soviet-style countries, Tito allowed Western culture to enter the country, and Yugoslav Western film and television literature was everywhere.
Located in the Mediterranean Sea, Yugoslavia attracted more than 8 million tourists a year in the 1970s and generated a lot of foreign exchange for Yugoslavia.
We all know that Yugoslavia was a nation with many peoples at that time, and that ethnic contradictions were prominent, and that the subsequent disintegration of Yugoslavia was related to it. But during Tito's rule, the national problem was not yet exposed, but there were also hidden dangers.
Tito was a Croat, and some people say that he suppressed the Greater Serbian nation, and indeed some of the means were for the overall development of Yugoslavia, but they laid hidden dangers for the national struggle. Tito's goal is for all peoples and peoples to achieve common prosperity.
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Tito not only made great achievements in economic construction, but also made the people rich. Moreover, Yugoslavia's military strength at that time was also very strong, which was the credit of Tito.
After the Cold War, Tito realized that if he did not ally with the Soviet Union and not with the West, then the two superpowers would inevitably find a fork in the road, so he believed that a strong military force must be established to ensure the development of Yugoslavia.
Under Tito's leadership, the Yugoslav army developed rapidly in all aspects. There was an interesting phenomenon at the time. Tito fought against the Soviet leader, and the United States would support him. When Tito was dissatisfied with the West, the Soviet Union came to win him over, which made Yugoslavia enjoy the support of the two big countries of the United States and the Soviet Union in terms of economy, technology and military, so Yugoslavia developed science and technology and also led to military development.
According to records, in the 1970s, Yugoslavia's military strength was already feared, with more than 600,000 standing troops, more than 1,000 tanks, 600 anti-tank guns, 1,400 armored and more than 9,000 flames of various calibers.
The Navy reached 11,000 with 80 ships, and the Air Force had more than six hundred aircraft with 32,000 men.
Such a powerful military force is not even impossible for some European powers to oppose. At that time, the Soviet Union wanted to suppress Yugoslavia, and Tito immediately mobilized the national force to prepare for the war, but the Soviet Union did not dare to send troops.
Before the collapse of Yugoslavia, the country was stable, its population was rich, and it was respected in the world. However, after Tito's death, the contradictions in Yugoslavia were prominent, and after the drastic changes in Eastern Europe, the flag was changed, many countries became independent, and even the Kovovo War broke out, and the internal ethnic conflicts were also very serious, causing Tito to lay the foundation, because the war was exhausted.
Therefore, many people who have experienced the Yugoslav era, remembering the rich and contented life of that year, they certainly miss Tito. But Tito did not expect that it was the United States that was messing up Yugoslavia.
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