Pamćenje i vrijeme Sporazum Cvetković − Maček (1939.) u historijskoj perspektivi
REMEMBRANCE AND TIME THE CVETKOVIĆ-MAČEK AGREEMENT (1939) IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Summary/Abstract: The Yugoslav state union was a „result of international circumstances“ in 1918, one of the expressions of the outcome of World War I and Versailles peace solutions, a complex creation on the map of „New Europe“ made up of majority „main peoples“ (Serbs, Croats and Slovenes), and numerous national and religious minorities, in an unequal position, with different rights and hopes. It was based on an unstable foundation, with a misty future. The interpretations of the „rapid unification“ act have remained a matter of misunderstanding. Conflict between supporters of antagonistic national ideologies over the vision of the state was the most difficult internal problem. After 1918, Bosnia and Herzegovina maintained, through the National Government until July 1921, and subsequently the Provincial Administration, some forms of autonomy. The Provincial Administration functioned until February 1924, when, according to the regulations of the Vidovdan Constitution (1921), the centralization of the administration was introduced in the state. Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided into six areas, subordinate to the Belgrade government. In 1929 the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina was divided between Drinska, Vrbaska, Primorska and Zeta Banovina (administrative areas). Its status was dependent on the projections of the regime, as well as on the mutual Serbian-Croatian political relations, which was manifested both during the creation of the Banovina of Croatia (1939) and the delimitation of its borders, as well as in combinations around the further territorial reconstruction of the state. Serbian and Croatian politicians were not ready to accept the creation of a special „Bosnian Banovina“, as it was demanded by Muslim representatives. The difficult legacy of trying to resolve the internal organization of the country had a considerable impact on the divisions and conflicts in 1941 at the territory of occupied Yugoslavia. As its complex history showed (1918-1991), despite changing multiple forms of social and state order („old“ and „new“; „monarchist“ and „socialist“), the search for a „formula of sustainability“, with muted nationalism, and it has failed trying to be as a truly democratic state and community of nations. Many occurrences in its history, as well as in Bosnia and Herzegovina, were difficult to understand fully unless they were discussed in a broader context, from a deeper perspective - from the angle of the long duration process and their created, dramatic hubs. Past and present are inseparable, one interpreting the other.

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