Word: karageorgevitch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Twenty-five year old Peter Karageorgevitch, who ruled Yugoslavia for little more than a week between his coronation March 27, 1941 and the nation's defeat by the Axis in early April, is attempting to "familiarize" himself with American methods of business education...
...oldsters pining for their native land. Most came to Canada as adults; they have had difficulty learning English, continue to feel like strangers. Some are politically conscious Communists. Many are not. But none of the emigrants believes that Tito's regime can be more tyrannical than the Karageorgevitch dynasty whose oppression they fled...
...Karageorgevitch dynasty went down for the third time last week; it was the second time Russia's hand helped push it under...
...last week Peter II, now 22, wanted very much to remain a king. But Russia's friend, Marshal Tito, had his recently elected Skupshtina (national assembly) declare the Karageorgevitch dynasty ended. Yugoslavia was now a republic...
...years Peter Karageorgevitch had looked forward to his 18th birthday. It was the day he would constitutionally become King of Yugoslavia, a day of feasting and celebration around his Dedinje Palace near Belgrade...