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Informbiro (also the Informbiro period or the Time of the Informbiro) was a period (1948-1955) in the history of Yugoslavia characterized by conflict and schism with the Soviet Union. The word Informbiro is a Yugoslavian abbreviation for "Information Bureau," from "Communist Information Bureau" (also: "Cominform"). Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Informbiro. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official language Serbo-Croatian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovenian, Bosnian, Macedonian Capital Belgrade Largest city Belgrade Area (1991)  - Total  - % water Ranked xxst 255,804 km² Negligible Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked xxth 20,522,972 80/km² Currency Yugoslav dinar Time zone  - in summer CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) National anthem... The Cominform (from Communist Information Bureau) is the common name for what was officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers Parties. It was the first official forum of the international communist movement since the dissolution of the Comintern, and confirmed the new realities after World...

The term refers to the Cominform Resolution of June 28, 1948 (resulting from the Tito-Stalin Split) that accused the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY), among other things, of "depart[ing] from Marxism-Leninism," exhibiting an "anti-Soviet attitude," "meeting criticism with hostility" and "reject[ing] to discuss the situation at an Informbureau meeting." Following these allegations, the resolution expelled the CPY from Cominform. As a result, Yugoslavia fell outside of the Soviet sphere of influence, and the country's brand of Communism, with its independence from the Soviet line, was called Titoism by Moscow and considered treasonous. Party purges against suspected "Titoites" were conducted throughout Eastern Europe. (Some entries on this page have been duplicated on August 1. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Informbiro. ... SKJ flag in Serbo-Croat, with Cyrillic script SKJ flag in Serbo-Croat, with Latin script SKJ flag in Albanian SKJ flag in Hungarian SKJ flag in Italian SKJ flag in Macedonian SKJ flag in Slovenian The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (after 1952 the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) was... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... SKJ flag in Serbo-Croat, with Cyrillic script SKJ flag in Serbo-Croat, with Latin script SKJ flag in Albanian SKJ flag in Hungarian SKJ flag in Italian SKJ flag in Macedonian SKJ flag in Slovenian The Communist Party of Yugoslavia (after 1952 the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) was... Titoism is a term describing political ideology named after Yugoslav leader, Josip Broz Tito, primarily used to describe the schism between the Soviet Union and Socialist Yugoslavia after the Second World War (see Cominform) when the Communist Party of Yugoslavia refused to take further dictates from Moscow. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: ) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... In history and political science, to purge is to remove undesirable people from a government, political party, profession, or from community/society as a whole, usually by violent means. ... Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ...

Significant evidence supports the opinion that the actual reason for the Cominform Resolution was the unwillingness of Josip Broz Tito to obey the instructions of Joseph Stalin. The most serious disputes concerned policy in the Balkans. In particular, Yugoslavia was considered to be pushing too fast towards unification with Bulgaria and Albania; although following Stalin's proposal for a series of such unifications, Tito was seen to be proceeding without proper consultation with Moscow. Another issue was Tito's eagerness to "export revolution" to Greece. Portrait of Tito by Paja Jovanović Tito redirects here. ... (Russian, in full: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин [Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin]; December 18 [O.S. December 6] 1878[1] – March 5, 1953) was the leader of the Soviet Union from mid-1920s to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953), a...

The Cominform Resolution is seen as a failed attempt by Stalin to command obedience not only from Tito, but from other national Communist parties as well.

Considering Stalin's brutal repression of other satellites' independent moves, it remains unclear what prevented him from military intervention. In his memoirs, Nikita Khrushchev asserted that he was "absolutely sure that if the Soviet Union bordered Yugoslavia, Stalin would have intervened militarily." (Russian: ; surname commonly anglicized as Khrushchev, IPA: ; April 17, 1894 – September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ...

Khrushchev reconciled with Tito in 1956. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

This period was also marked by dissent within the CPY and subsequent repression and deportations of many pro-Soviet members to labor camps and prisons, notably Goli Otok island. A labor camp is a simplified detention facility where inmates are engaged in penal labour. ... Goli otok in Adriatic sea Goli otok (literal translation: barren island) is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rabs northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Republic of Croatias Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. ...

This period figures prominently in Yugoslavian literature and cinema.

Informbiro timeline

• February 1948 - Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov threatens Tito that "serious differences of opinion about relations between our countries" will result if Tito does not clear his actions with Moscow.
• March 27, 1948 - the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) sends a letter of warning to the Central Committee of the CPY.
• April 12 - 13, 1948 - A CC CPY plenum discusses the CPSU letter.
• May 4, 1948 - The CC CPSU sends a new letter to the CC CPY with additional allegations.
• May 9, 1948 - At a meeting in Belgrade the CC CPY issues its reply to the CKVKP(b) letter.
• May 20, 1948 - The CC CPY issues a statement that the CPY will not send a delegation to the next Cominform meeting.
• June 28, 1948 - Cominform circulates the "Resolution on the situation in the CPY."
• October 25, 1948 - The USSR expels the Yugoslavian ambassador. Other pro-Soviet governments follow suit.
• November 29, 1948 - From the scheduled meeting in Budapest, Cominform issues a new resolution that states in part that "the transformation of Yugoslavia from the phase of bourgeois nationalism into fascism and direct betrayal of national interests is complete."
• September, 1948 - The USSR unilaterally annuls its treaty with Yugoslavia. Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Czechoslovakia follow suit.
• 1949 - Goli Otok prison camp is established for the internment of "supporters of the Informbiro."

• June 6, 1953 - Under Khrushchev, the USSR suggests the exchange of ambassadors with Yugoslavia. Hungary, Bulgaria and Albania follow suit.
• 1954 - Poland and Czechoslovakia also restore relations with Yugoslavia.
• June 2, 1955 - Yugoslavia and the USSR sign a joint declaration in Belgrade.

• 1995 - Goli Otok internees from post-Yugoslav republics seek damages.

Vyacheslav Molotov Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov (Russian: ) (March 9 [O.S. February 25] 1890 –November 8, 1986), Soviet politician and diplomat, was a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s, when he rose to power as a protege of Joseph Stalin, to the 1950s, when he was dismissed from... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the All... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... Nickname: Paris of the East, Pearl of the Danubeor Queen of the Danube Official website: www. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix Nationalism is an ideology that holds that (ethnically or culturally defined) nations are the fundamental units for human social life, and makes certain cultural and political claims based upon that belief; in particular, the claim that the nation is the only legitimate... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Goli otok in Adriatic sea Goli otok (literal translation: barren island) is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rabs northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Republic of Croatias Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Belgrade (disambiguation). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Informbiro in cinema

• When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) by Emir Kusturica, 1985.
• Red Boogie by Karpo Godina, 1982.

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu), 1985 is a film by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. ... Serbian filmmaker, Emir Kusturica Emir Kusturica (pronounced: koo-stûr-ÉT-sä; Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Кустурица) (born November 24, 1954) is a Serbian filmmaker born in Sarajevo, Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina). ...

References

• Leonid Gibianskii, "The Soviet-Yugoslav Split and the Cominform" in: The Establishment of Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe, 1944-1949; Norman Naimark & Leonid Gibianskii (eds.) (Boulder, CO, 1998)
• Leonid Gibianskii, The Idea of Balkan Unification and Plans for its Implementation during the 40s of the 20th Century (in Russian); Voprosy Istorii, (2001 nos. 11-12), pp. 38-56.

See also

• Cominform
• Comintern
• Sreten Zujovic

The Cominform (from Communist Information Bureau) is the common name for what was officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers Parties. It was the first official forum of the international communist movement since the dissolution of the Comintern, and confirmed the new realities after World... The Comintern (from Russian Коммунистический Интернационал (Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional) – Communist International), also known as the Third International, was an independent international Communist organization founded in March 1919 by Vladmir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and the Russian Communist Party (bolshevik), which intended to fight by all available means, including armed force, for the overthrow of... Sreten Žujović (Сретен Жујовић) (1899 - 1976) was a Serbian veteran of World War I and long-time communist. ...

External link

• June 1948 Cominform Resolution