JUGOSLOVENSKA 1948. DISOLUCIJA SISTEMA REALNOG SOCIJALIZMA
YUGOSLAVIA IN 1948 AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SYSTEM OF »REAL SOCIALISM«

Summary/Abstract: The conflict between the Yugoslav Communist Party (KPJ) and the Cominform passed through various phases but in the beginning, at least, it had little to do with ideological or theoretical issues. The main problems troubling Yugo-Soviet relations had a different significance and background. They revolved around the conduct of one state towards the other and the attempt at breaking down Yugoslav independence. Yugoslavia’s unprecedented political insubordination represented a dangerous example of opting for an autonomous course in social development, and was considered highly detrimental to the monolithic structure of the international proletarian organization, which was based on this organization’s absolute loyalty and submission to »the foremost socialist country«. Yugoslavia was the first country to offer this sort of resistance to Soviet pressure, and the nature of the ensuing conflict made the »Yugoslav deviation« an important generator of disintegration within the East-European model of socialism. It was a step towards modern times and conditions, in which the concepts of justice, freedom and equality would be practiced without the revolutionary mortgage at all costs.

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