The 4th Congress of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (

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: ''Četvrti kongres Komunističke partije Jugoslavije'',

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: Четврти конгрес Комунистичке партије Југославије) was a congress of the

Communist Party of Yugoslavia The League of Communists of Yugoslavia, mk, Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na komunistite na Jugoslavija known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, sl, Komunistična partija Jugoslavije mk ...

(CPY) held from 6 to 12 November 1928, in Zonenland,

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, in

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. It was held outside

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...

because the CPY was banned by the Yugoslav authorities.

Delegates

The delegates attending the congress included

Sima Marković Sima Marković (8 November 1888 in Kragujevac, Kingdom of Serbia – 19 April 1939 in Moscow, USSR) was a Serbian mathematician, communist and socialist politician and philosopher, known as one of the founders and first leaders of the Communist Pa ...

, Milorad Petrović, Živojin Pecarski, and

Kočo Racin Kosta Apostolov Solev ( Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian and bg, Коста Апостолов Солев; 22 December 1908 – 13 June 1943), primarily known by his pen name Kočo Racin ( Macedonian, Bulgarian and sh, Кочо Рацин), was a ...

Destruction of Yugoslavia

The Communist Party of Yugoslavia set destruction of Yugoslavia as one of its main goals which was to be achieved by strict adherence to the right to the self determination of nations. The strategy of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia relied on nationalistic anti-Serbian movements. This strategy was based on the resolution of the Third Congress of the CPY aimed against Serbian bourgeoisie perceived as "oppresor" who evolved from "oppressive Serb people". It was also based on the conclusions of the Fifth Congress of Comintern which posed the principle of "federal system of national states", setting the stage for the Croatian secession, independence of Macedonia and supporting Albanian nationalistic movement.

Croatian separatism

The 4th congress gave new impulse to the Croatian separatists and presented communists as deadly enemies of Yugoslav state.

Montenegrin nation

At the Fourth Congress of the CPY in Dresden came up the first reference to the Montenegrin nation.: "The first reference to "Montenegri-nation" came at the fourth congress of the CPY in Dresden (1928), which also advocated"

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1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...

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