Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, bordering Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, with its capital and largest city Zagreb. Croatian history began with the 6th century arrival of the Croats to Roman Illyria; Croatia was granted independence in 878 under Duke Branimir and elevated into a kingdom in 925, before a dynastic succession crisis placed it into personal union with Hungary in 1102 and it later aligned with the Habsburg monarchy. It reorganized into the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs before merging into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1918, was invaded by the Axis powers in World War II, and emerged as the Socialist Republic of Croatia within Yugoslavia in 1943. Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, successfully fighting the War of Independence until 1995, and modern Croatia is a representative democracy that is part of the European Union, United Nations, WTO and NATO.
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Start YearThe lead also names an earlier medieval Croatia, granted independence in 878 under Duke Branimir and elevated into a kingdom in 925; that medieval kingdom is a distinct pre-modern polity, not the modern republic's own founding, so 1991, the year the modern republic declared independence from Yugoslavia, is recorded here. Sources
1. Wikipedia: Croatia
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Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, successfully fighting the War of Independence until 1995.
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