The (Croatian: Hrvatsko proljeće ) was a major political and cultural movement in the Socialist Republic of Croatia between 1967 and 1971 . It sought greater autonomy for Croatia within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), economic reforms, and the preservation of Croatian cultural identity. 1. Origins and Nationalism
: Thousands of people were expelled from the Communist Party. Journalists, professors, and students were fired from their jobs. The Croatian Spring: Nationalism, Repression an...
: The movement is seen by many historians as the spiritual precursor to the Croatian quest for independence in the early 1990s. The leaders and ideas of the "Spring" resurfaced during the collapse of Yugoslavia. The (Croatian: Hrvatsko proljeće ) was a major
: It began largely with the 1967 "Declaration on the Name and Position of the Croatian Literary Language," which demanded the official recognition of Croatian as distinct from "Serbo-Croatian." Origins and Nationalism : Thousands of people were
: They called for a confederated Yugoslavia where constituent republics held more sovereign power.
By 1971, the movement had expanded from intellectual circles to the masses, including students and factory workers.