2h 48min, jun 28, 1948 y - Yugoslavia expelled from Cominform
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The leader of Yugoslavia, Tito began to follow policies which were independent from Moscow’s in order to consolidate his power within the Balkans. Initially, after the end of World War II Tito had modeled Yugoslavia’s constitution after the Soviet Union’s. The constitution encouraged direct control over all state activities by the Communist party. However Tito was quick to realize that Yugoslavia’s ethnic and nationalist diversity would threaten the stability and efficiency of a central system of government. Tito understood that in order to maintain control over the Balkans he had to consolidate the regions that made up Yugoslavia . Tito began to liberalize his interpretation of Marxist-Leninism and encouraged the formation of a communist federation of constituent republics made up of political entities that existed within Yugoslavia. These republics were controlled by Tito’s dictatorial powers. Tito favored a federal system of communist government. Stalin was angered by this and on June 28th, 1948 the Cominform, issued a resolution that expelled Yugoslavia from the assembly, saying that Yugoslavia’s ruler, Josep Tito, had deviated from the correct communist line of governance. Stalin accused Tito of being guilty of flouting the “unified communist front against imperialism” and he also accused Tito of taking the road to nationalism.
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