Author: The School of Russian and Asian Studies

When Football Mattered: Yugoslav Resilience and the Tito-Stalin Split, 1948-1952

This project examines Yugoslav history between June 1948 and July 1952, beginning with the Tito–Stalin Split and ending with Yugoslavia’s symbolic football victory over the Soviet Union at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. While the split has been well studied politically, this paper additionally emphasizes its broader social impact, showing how the political rift resonated with […]