Nastanek Države Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov 29. oktobra 1918 in njen narodnozgodovinski pomen

Abstract

Key words: State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs, National Government of SHS in Ljubljana, National Council of SHS in Zagreb, Confederate statehood of Slovenia in State of SHS, United Slovenia Abstract: The state of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs (State of SHS), which was established by the Habsburg Yugoslavs upon their secession from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on October 29, 1918, met all the criteria required by international law for the emergence and existence of states. It was a real state union and next to the Kingdom of Serbia the second predecessor state of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which was established o December 1, 1918. With the emergence of the State of SHS, the experience of their confederate statehood began for the Slovenians. Its factor was the first Slovenian national government, the National Government of SHS in Ljubljana (the National Government), which had all the authority in Slovenian lands and independently decided on the territory's political, social, cultural, economic, and military development. This position of Slovenian lands in the State of SHS was also recognized by the National Council of SHS in Zagreb, the supreme authority in the State of SHS, which transferred the exercise of its supreme authority for the Slovenian territory to the National Government in Ljubljana. Confederate national statehood is a key acquisition that defines the importance of the State of SHS in recent Slovenian historical development. With its creation, the first Slovenian state-building experience came to life.