League of Communists of Yugoslavia Savez komunista Jugoslavije Савез комуниста Југославије Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија Zveza komunistov Jugoslavije | |
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| Leader | Josip Broz Tito |
| Founded | 20 April 1919 |
| Dissolved | 22 January 1990 |
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The League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ) was the founding and ruling party of socialist Yugoslavia.
History
War
The SKJ had 12,000 members at the start of the Nazi invasion, but 8,000 died during the war. The party gained 140,000 members during the war and 360,000 more by 1948. The membership included some kulaks and petty bourgeois.[1]
Tito–Stalin split
After Tito split with Stalin in 1948, he started a purge against pro-Stalin elements of the party, arresting the CC members Andrija Hebrang and Sreten Žujović and killing General Slavko Rodić.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ludo Martens (1996). Another View of Stalin: 'From Stalin to Khrushchev' (p. 246). [PDF] Editions EPO. ISBN 9782872620814