The Idea of a United Yugoslavia

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Professor Milos Velimirovic is director of the Center for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Virginia, who grew up in Belgrade. Beginning with a description of the different ethnic groups involved, Professor Velimirovic gives an overview of early Yugoslavian history. Velimirovic relies on the history of a unified Yugoslavia to show how a unified Yugoslavia could again emerge at the end of the current conflict. In the end, Professor Velimirovic answers questions about religion, the Serbian royal family, and current solutions to the Bosnian conflict.