The Serbian Revolution of 1925, also known as the Second Serbian Revolution, was a period of unrest in the urban areas of Serbia, most prominently Belgrade, in late 1925 which eventually culminated in a bloody palace coup similar to the May Coup of 1903, which led to the end of Alexander II's Royal Dictatorship and the Serbian monarchy as well as the proclamation of a Serbian Republic with an entirely new constitution. The revolution was one of the many consequences of the so-called "Troubled Mid-20s", the period of revolutions, uprisings and wars that begin with the British Revolution of 1924/25.
Prelude[]
With the conclusion of peace between Serbia and the Central Powers in October 1919 in form of the Treaty of Wartholz, the Austrians agreed to the restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia under the House of Karađorđević, now enlarged with the former Kingdom of Montenegro, but without Vardar Macedonia and the lands to the east of the Morava, which were ceded to Bulgaria. The treaty turned out as one of the greatest humiliations in recent Serbian history, even though the maximum claims of the Austrians had not even been pushed through - the Serbian army was drastically limited and the country's economy closely tied to the Austrian one.
Already in late 1918, King Peter I of Serbia had decided to resign as he was not willing to engage into separate peace negotiations with the Central Powers; therefore, his son Alexander, who would succeed to the throne as "Alexander II", played the most important role during the talks and eventually entered the almost completely destroyed Belgrade as the rightful King of Serbia.
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