THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE POLITICAL STRUCTURES OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CROATIA 1945-1950

Rad se bavi pitanjima uspostave Narodne Republike Hrvatske unutar druge Jugoslavije. U uvodnom je dijelu naglasak stavljen na period tijekom Drugog svjetskog rata te organizaciju narodnooslobodilačkih odbora i ZAVNOH-a kao tijela koja će odigrati značajnu ulogu u formiranju državne uprave NR Hrvatske. Nadalje, autor se bavi problematikom stupnja samostalnosti hrvatske države unutar Federativne Narodne Republike Jugoslavije, a do odgovora nastoji doći analizirajući organizaciju državne uprave NRH te mogućnost samostalnog rješavanja pitanja od republičkog značaja. Rad se bavi i neizostavnom problematikom pojma „narodne demokracije“ kao ideološkim konceptom začetim od strane Sovjetskog saveza, pod kojim je SSSR nastojao proširiti vlastiti utjecaj izbjegavajući pritom intervenciju zapadnih sila. Autor prikazuje položaj FNRJ te NRH unutar šireg, europskog koncepta „narodne demokracije“. Analizom nekoliko monografija suvremenih historiografa, autor nastoji doći do zaključka o stavu moderne historiografije prema razdoblju 1945. do 1950. kada se formira nova hrvatska država. Istovremeno, uočava razliku u stavu historiografa starijeg i onih novijeg doba. Rad također donosi priloge među kojima se nalaze isječci iz Ustava NRH, a koji potvrđuju autorove stavove i zaključke.This thesis deals with issues of establishment of People's Republic of Croatia in the second Yugoslavia. In the introductory part the emphasis is on the period during the Second World War and on the organization of National Liberation Committee and ZAVNOH as the authorities that will play a significant role in the formation of the People's Republic Croatia state administration. Furthermore, the author deals with the issue of the independence degree of the Croatian state within the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, and strives to come to an answer by analyzing the organization of the PRC state administration and the ability to independently resolve issues of republic importance. The thesis also deals with the inevitable issues of the concept of “people's democracy” as the ideological concept conceived by the Soviet Union, under which the SSSR sought to expand their influence avoiding the intervention of Western powers. The author represents the position of FPRY and the PRC within the broader, European concept of “people's democracy”. With the analysis of several monographs of contemporary historiographers, the author attempts to come to a conclusion about the position of modern historiography towards the period from 1945 untill 1950 when a new Croatian state was formed. At the same time, notices a difference in the attitude of the historiographers of older and those of more recent period. The thesis also brings the appendices among which there are excerpts from the PRC's Constitution, which confirm the author's views and conclusions