The disintegration of Yugoslavia had a lasting impact on identities, migration, international law and the European Union at local, regional and global levels. The break highlighted ethnic identities in, The Yugoslav army besieged the Bosnian capital in after its declaration of independence. Nearly four years of armed conflict ensued, causing numerous casualties on all sides. almost. After the death of Marshal Tito, President of Yugoslavia, state representatives, including an impressive number of world leaders, attended his funeral. He was almost universally hailed as the last great leader of World War II, the first communist to successfully challenge Stalin, and the founder of national communism. However, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Yugoslavia quickly followed. During the 1990s, the former Yugoslavia was a hotbed of ethnic tensions, failing economies, and even civil war, a period now known as the Yugoslav Wars. Social and ethnic tensions that had been suppressed during the powerful, autocratic,