The Socialist Republic of Croatia (often abbreviated SR Croatia; Croatian: Socijalistička Republika Hrvatska, SR Hrvatska) was a sovereign constituent country of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the "second Yugoslavia"). It was formed during World War II, became a socialist state after the war and was renamed four times during its forty-eight year existence (see below). By territory and population, it was the second largest republic in Yugoslavia after the Socialist Republic of Serbia.
In 1990, the government made a series of moves away from socialism and towards the independence of Croatia, formally seceding from Yugoslavia in 1991 and thereby contributing to its dissolution.
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