Tito
Belgrade's longtime leader
Tito most commonly refers to Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980), the Yugoslav communist revolutionary who led partisan resistance against Nazi occupation and ruled Yugoslavia as president until his death.
His authoritarian but relatively independent brand of socialism—distinct from Soviet control—kept Yugoslavia's ethnic tensions suppressed, a unity that collapsed after his death.
Tito is also a Spanish and Italian masculine name, and a brand of vodka.
Serbia's main city
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- CroatiaBalkan Adriatic republic
- SloveniaBalkan republic, Alpine north
- BosniaSoutheastern European region
Montenegro · Macedonia · Socialist · Federation · Balkans · Marshal · breakup · dissolution
Not favoring any side
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- Bandung Conference1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- independenceFreedom from external control
diplomacy · Nehru · Nasser · coexistence · foreign policy · mediation · neutrality · Global South
Irregular armed fighter
- partisanBiased toward one side
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- LeninismVanguard-led revolutionary doctrine
comrade · insurgency · rebellion · radical · liberation · anti-fascist · underground · clandestine
Informal substitute name
- LatinoLatin American by heritage
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
- RobertoSpanish or Italian name
familiar · affectionate · informal · pet name · surname
Belgrade
Serbia's main city
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- CroatiaBalkan Adriatic republic
- SloveniaBalkan republic, Alpine north
Bosnia · Montenegro · Macedonia · Socialist · Federation · Balkans · Marshal · breakup · dissolution · Slavic
neutral
Not favoring any side
- Cold WarProlonged East-West standoff
- Bandung Conference1955 Afro-Asian diplomatic gathering
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
independence · diplomacy · Nehru · Nasser · coexistence · foreign policy · mediation · neutrality · Global South · Yugoslavia
guerrilla
Irregular armed fighter
- partisanBiased toward one side
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
Leninism · comrade · insurgency · rebellion · radical · liberation · anti-fascist · underground · clandestine · World War II
nickname
Informal substitute name
- LatinoLatin American by heritage
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- diminutiveVery small, or nickname form
Roberto · familiar · affectionate · informal · pet name · surname
- Independence LeadersMandela, Nehru, Ho Chi Minh, Sukarno, Gandhi
- Balkan LeadersMilosevic, Rama, Meta
- EmperadoresNapoleon, Hirohito, Meiji, Haile Selassie
- historical figureshistorical figures, leaders, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Joan of Arc
- World LeadersChurchill, Winston Churchill, Eisenhower, Gorbachev, Thatcher
- communismMarx, Marxism, Leninism, Lenin, proletariat
TitoStalin
Soviet autocrat, mid-century
Joseph Stalin · Stalinist · Pol Pot · Kim Il-sung · totalitarian
- Josip Broz Tito
- Tito PuenteLatin jazz percussionist icon