State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs | |||||||||||||||||
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1918 | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs in 1918. Istria was a disputed area, officially ceded to Italy by the Treaty of Rapallo. Southern Carinthia and Lower Styria were also disputed areas, with the Treaty of Saint-Germain demarcating the border of the newly-created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes with Austria. | |||||||||||||||||
Status | Unrecognised provisional government seeking unification with Serbia | ||||||||||||||||
Capital | Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||
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President of National Council | |||||||||||||||||
• 1918 | Anton Korošec | ||||||||||||||||
Vice President | |||||||||||||||||
• 1918 | Ante Pavelić Sr. | ||||||||||||||||
• 1918 | Svetozar Pribićević | ||||||||||||||||
Legislature | National Council of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs | ||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period World War 1 | ||||||||||||||||
• Proclaimed secession | 29 October 1918 | ||||||||||||||||
1 December 1918 | |||||||||||||||||
Population | |||||||||||||||||
• Estimate | 6,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||
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The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Serbo-Croatian: Država Slovenaca, Hrvata i Srba / Држава Словенаца, Хрвата и Срба; Slovene: Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov) was a political entity that was constituted in October 1918, at the end of World War I, by Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (Prečani) residing in what were the southernmost parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although internationally unrecognised, this was the first incarnation of a Yugoslav state founded on the Pan-Slavic ideology.[1] Thirty-three days after it was proclaimed, the state joined the Kingdom of Serbia and the Kingdom of Montenegro to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.