Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro)
The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes was formed in 1918; its name was changed to Yugoslavia in 1929. Occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941 was resisted by various paramilitary bands that fought themselves as well as the invaders. The group headed by Marshal TITO took full control upon German expulsion in 1945. Although Communist, his new government successfully steered its own path between the Warsaw Pact nations and the West for the next four and a half decades. In the early 1990s, post-TITO Yugoslavia began to unravel along ethnic lines: Slovenia, Croatia, and The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia all declared their independence in 1991; Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992. The remaining republics of Serbia and Montenegro declared a new "Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" (FRY)in 1992 and, under President Slobodan MILOSEVIC, Serbia led various military intervention efforts to unite Serbs in neighboring republics into a "Greater Serbia." All of these efforts were ultimately unsuccessful. In 1999, massive expulsions by FRY forces and Serb paramilitaries of ethnic Albanians living in Kosovo provoked an international response, including the NATO bombing of Serbia and the stationing of NATO and Russian peacekeepers in Kosovo. There are Democratic Opposition of Serbia (DOS)-led coalitions governing at the federal and Serbian Republic levels, implementing a wide-ranging political and economic reform program. The governing coalition in Montenegro is seeking independence from the Federation. Kosovo has been governed by the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) since June 1999, under the authority of UN Security Council Resolution 1244.

Yugoslavia is slightly smaller than Kentucky. The climate in the north is continental (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall). The central portion is continental and Mediterranean and to the south the climate is adriatic along the coast. It has hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland.

Recipes

Sesame Chicken Soup - Soup

Ingredients
1 whole chicken
6 slices ginger root
2 c. cooking wine or sherry
5 c. water
2 t. sugar
1 t. salt

Directions
Remove any fat from the cavity of the chicken and cut the chicken into bit-size pieces. 2. Heat the wok and then add sesame oil. Stir-fry the ginger root until fragrant. 3. Add the pieces of chicken and stir-fry for 1 minute. 4. Add the cooking wine and bring to a boil. 5. Add (5 c. water, 2 t. sugar and 1 t. salt) and boil again, turn the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve.