The fate of Austria and the Yugoslav territorial claims to it: the position of the USSR in inter-allied relations (June 1941 – May 1945)

  • Anatol P. Salkov Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

The article shows the development of the Slovenian-Austrian national-territorial conflict in South Carinthia and the Slovenian border areas of Styria during the Soviet-German war of 1941–1945. The position of the USSR on the events in the region is covered in the framework of Soviet foreign policy priorities and inter-allied relations. The nature and reasoning of the Yugoslav territorial claims to Austria, intermediate results of the conflict are shown.

Author Biography

Anatol P. Salkov, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliežnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (history), docent; head of the department of Southern and Western Slaw’s history, faculty of history

References

  1. Bukharkin I. B. (ed.) [Relations of the USSR (Russia) with Yugoslavia. 1941–1945] : doc. and mat. Moscow, 1998 (in Russ.).
  2. Kynin G., Filitov A. M., Laufer J. (eds). Die UdSSR und die deutsche Frage. 1941–1949 : dokumente aus dem Archiv fur Aussenpolitik der Russischen Foderation: in 4 vol. Мoscow, 1996–2012. Vol. 1: 22 Juni 1941 – 8 Mai 1945. 1996 (in Russ.).
  3. Karner S., Stelzl-Marx B., Tschubarjan A. (eds). Die Rote Armee in Osterreich. Sowjetische Besatzung 1945–1955 : dokumente. Graz ; Wien ; München, 2005 (in Russ. and Germ.).
  4. Bordugov G., Muller V., Neimark N., Suppan A. (eds) [Soviet policy in Austria. 1945–1955] : collect. of doc. Moscow, 2006 (in Russ.).
  5. Vatlin A., Kotov B., Sorokin A., Shirinyants A., Shutov A. (eds). [The USSR and Austria on their way to the State Treaty. Pages of documentary history. 1945–1955. Images and texts]. Moscow, 2015 (in Russ.).
  6. Hosler J. Slowenien: von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Regensburg, 2006 (in Germ.).
  7. Votselka K. [History of Austria. Culture, society, politics]. Moscow, 2007 (in Russ.).
  8. Kirilina L. A., Pilko N. S., Churkina I. V. [History of Slovenia]. Saint Petersburg, 2011 (in Russ.).
  9. Brodnik V. (ed.). Slovenska novejsa zgodovina 1848–1992: dva zvezka. Ljubljana, 2005 (in Sloven.).
  10. Vodopivec P. Od Pohlinove slovnice do samostojne drzave: Slovenska zgodovina od konca 18. stoletja do konca 20. stoletja. Ljubljana, 2010 (in Sloven.).
  11. Pilko N. S. [Slovenia during the years of occupation]. 1941–1945. Saint Petersburg ; Мoscow, 2009 (in Russ.).
  12. Cronin A. K. Great power politics and the struggle over Austria, 1945–1955. Ithaca, 1986.
  13. Stourzh G. Um Einheit und Freiheit. Staatsvertrag, Neutralität und das Ende der Ost-West-Besetzung Osterreichs 1945–1955. Wien, 1998 (in Germ.).
  14. Nećak Dušan. Koroški Slovenci v drugi avstrijski republiki (1945–1976). Osnutek za politično zgodovino. Ljubljana, 1985 (in Sloven.).
  15. Pleterski J. Avstrija in njeni Slovenci, 1945–1976. Ljubljana, 1998 (in Sloven.).
  16. Dušan N. (ed.). «Nemci» na Slovenskem 1941–1955: izsledki projekta : zbornik. Ljubljana, 2002 (in Sloven.).
  17. Salkov A. P. [The Yugoslav-Austrian conflict in South Carinthia and the Slovenian regions of Stiria (November 1918 – October 1920)]. Vneshnepoliticheskie interesy Rossii: istoriya i sovremennost’ : collect. mat. III All-Russian Sci. Conf. (Samara, April 29, 2016). Samara, 2016. P. 182–192 (in Russ.).
  18. Salkov A. P. [Carinthia and Stiria regional problem in Soviet interests of foreign policy (October 1920 – June 1941)] Vneshnepoliticheskie interesy Rossii: istoriya i sovremennost’ : collect. mat. IV All-Russian Sci. Conf. (Samara, April 28, 2017). Samara, 2017. P. 199 –210 (in Russ.).
  19. Gusarov Е. P. (ed.). [Documents of the USSR foreign policy. June 22, 1941 – January 1, 1942]. Мoscow, 2000. Vol. XXIV (in Russ.).
  20. Titov V. G. (ed.). [Documents of the USSR foreign policy. 1942]. Tula, 2010. Vol. XXV : in 2 books. Book 1 : [January 2 – June 30] (in Russ.).
  21. Titov V. G. (ed.). [Documents of the USSR foreign policy. 1942]. Tula, 2010. Vol. XXV : in 2 books. Book 2 : [July 1 – December 30] (in Russ.).
  22. Sevostyanov G. N. (ed.). [Moscow – Washington: Politics and diplomacy of the Kremlin, 1921–1941] : collect. doc. : in 3 vol. Мoscow, 2009. Vol. 3: [1933–1941] (in Russ.).
  23. Titov V. G. (ed.). [Documents of the USSR foreign policy. 1943]. Maikop, 2016. Vol. XXVI : in 2 books. Book 1: [January 2 – August 31] (in Russ.).
  24. Gromyko А. А. (ed.). [The Soviet Union at the international conference of the Grate Patriotic War] : in 6 vol. Мoscow, 1979–1984. Vol. 1: [Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers of the USSR, the United States and Great Britain (October 19–30, 1943)] : collect. doc. (in Russ.).
  25. Yampolsky V. P. [The organs of state security of the USSR in the Grate Patriotic War] : collect. doc. : in 8 vol. Мoscow, 1995–2014. Vol. 5. Book 2 : [The borders of the USSR have been restored (July 1 – December 31, 1944)]. 2007 (in Russ.).
  26. Gromyko А. А. (ed.). [The Soviet Union at the international conference of the Grate Patriotic War : in 6 vol. Мoscow, 1979–1984. Vol. 4: [The Crimean Conference of the leaders of the three Allied Powers (February 4–11, 1945)] : collect. doc., 1979 (in Russ.).
  27. Zolotarev V. A. (ed.). [Russian archive: The Grate Patriotic War. The Red Army in the countries of Central, Northern Europe and the Balkans: 1944 –1945] : doc. and mat. Vol. 14–3 (2). Мoscow, 2000 (in Russ.).
  28. Zemskov N. I. (ed.). [USSR – Austria, 1938–1979] : doc. and mat. Мoscow, 1980 (in Russ.).
  29. Anikeev A. S. [As Tito left Stalin: Yugoslavia, USSR and United States initial period of the «cold war» (1945–1957)]. Мoscow, 2002 (in Russ.).
  30. Anderson K. M., Tschubarjan A. O. (eds). [The Comintern and the Second World War] : doc. : in 2 parts. Мoscow, 1994–1998. Part 2 : [after June 22, 1941]. 1998 (in Russ.).
  31. Murashko G. P. (ed.). [Eastern Europe in the documents of Russians archives. 1944–1953] : in 2 vol. Мoscow ; Novosibirsk, 1997–1998. Vol. 1 : [1944 –1948. 1997] (in Russ.).
  32. Milovan D. [Conversations with Stalin]. Мoscow, 2002 (in Russ.).
  33. Yampolsky V. P. (autor-originator). [The organs of state security of the USSR in the Grate Patriotic War] : collect. doc. : in 8 vol. Мoscow, 1995–2014. Vol. 6 : The Victory (January 1 – May 9, 1945) (in Russ.).
  34. Salkov A. P. [The Yugoslav-Austrian contradictions in South Carinthia in the Soviet intra-bloc policy format and the international settlement of the Austrian question (May 1945 – February 1948)]. Russian-Austrian almanac: historical and cultural parallels. Issue VI. Stavropol, 2017 (in Russ.).
  35. Salkov A. P. [The problem of Slovenian Carinthia as a factor Soviet-Yugoslav conflict (March 1948 – November 1949)]. Gumanitarno-ekonomicheskii vestnik. 2016. No. 3–4 (in Russ.).
Published
2017-09-29
Keywords: Yugoslav-Austrian border, South Carinthia, Slovenian border areas of Styria, Austrian issue
Supporting Agencies The article was implemented with the financial support and within the framework of the sub-project 1.1.05.4 «National-territorial conflicts in Central and South-Eastern Europe (early XX – early XXI century)» of task 1.1.05 «General History. Belarus and the World: International Relations, Diplomacy, Diaspora» subprogram «History and Culture» of the State Budget Research Program «Economics and Humanitarian Development of the Belarusian Society» for 2016–2020.
How to Cite
Salkov A. P. The fate of Austria and the Yugoslav territorial claims to it: the position of the USSR in inter-allied relations (June 1941 – May 1945) // Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 2017. 3. PP. 76-86.