The Croatian Spring, or Maspok, was a political conflict that took place from 1967 to 1971 in the Socialist Republic of Croatia, at the time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. As one of six republics comprising Yugoslavia at the time, Croatia was ruled by the League of Communists of Croatia (SKH), nominally independent from the League of Communists of Yugoslavia (SKJ), led by President Josip Broz Tito. The 1960s in Yugoslavia were marked by a series of reforms aimed at improving the economic situation in the country and increasingly politicised efforts by the leadership of the republics to protect the economic interests of their respective republics. As part of this, political conflict occurred in Croatia when reformers within the SKH, generally aligned with the Croatian cultural society Matica hrvatska, came into conflict with conservatives.
Večernji list issue of 13 December 1971 announcing the resignation of the SKH leadership with the title Jedinstvo na Titovoj liniji, lit. 'Unity in line with Tito'
The fall of Aleksandar Ranković ushered in a period of reformist dominance in Yugoslavia
The federal model adopted by the ZAVNOH (Andrija Hebrang shown speaking at its third session) was the declared aim of the Croatian leadership during the Croatian Spring.
An unsuccessful attempt was made during the Croatian Spring to restore the monument to Josip Jelačić to Zagreb's central square.
Socialist Republic of Croatia
The Socialist Republic of Croatia, commonly abbreviated as SR Croatia and referred to as simply Croatia, was a constituent republic and federated state of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. By its constitution, modern-day Croatia is its direct continuation.
"All in the fight for the freedom of Croatia", Partisan poster from World War II.
Coat of arms SR Croatia
Vladimir Bakarić, the first head of government of the SR Croatia.
Andrija Hebrang, 4th Secretary of the Communist Party of Croatia, a creator of the Five-Year Plan