History of Slovenia

(Slovenščina)

Zgodovina Slovenije je zgodovina vseh prebivalcev na ozemlju današnje Republike Slovenije in v njeni neposredni soseščini od prazgodovine do danes. Ime Slovenija se v pomenu, ki je približno enak današnjemu, pojavi šele leta 1834 v knjigi ruskega zgodovinarja Jurija Venelina, Starodavni in današnji Slovenci, deset let kasneje pa še v pesmi Koseskega. Slovenija se kot politična enota prvič konstituira po letu 1945, kot samostojna država pa šele 1991.



(English)

The history of Slovenia chronicles the period of the Slovenian territory from the 5th century BC to the present. In the Early Bronze Age, Proto-Illyrian tribes settled an area stretching from present-day Albania to the city of Trieste. The Slovenian territory was part of the Roman Empire, and it was devastated by the Migration Period's incursions during late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. The main route from the Pannonian plain to Italy ran through present-day Slovenia. Alpine Slavs, ancestors of modern-day Slovenians, settled the area in the late 6th Century AD. The Holy Roman Empire controlled the land for nearly 1,000 years, and between the mid-14th century and 1918 most of Slovenia was under Habsburg rule. In 1918, most Slovene territory became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, and in 1929 the Drava Banovina was created within the Kingdom of Yugoslavia with its capital in Ljubljana, corresponding to Slovenian-majority territories within the state. The Socialist Republic of Slovenia was created in 1945 as part of federal Yugoslavia. Slovenia gained its independence from Yugoslavia in June 1991, and today it is a member of the European Union and NATO.