The development of multiculturalism is increasingly becoming a hot topic in our modern world. On the other hand, it seems that we all witness an extreme predominance of the popular culture of only one part of the world and of the so-called global culture. For this reason, we think it is necessary to look back at the relatively recent past and show how our cultural environment was influenced by numerous foreign countries. Given that the description of all these influences in one paper is virtually impossible, the aim of this paper is to present the most significant examples of French cultural influence, in terms of its relevance for the rise of our culture, in various domains of social, scientific and cultural life in Yugoslavia in the period between the two World Wars. It is of critical importance that a wider public be more and better informed about Serbian-French cultural ties, instead of limiting this topic to a narrow circle of experts in the field of Romance or Franco-Romance studies. Using the descriptive and analytical methods, we wish to demonstrate that in the period between the two World Wars our country was well acquainted with all developments of the French culture, from which we drew important knowledge and experience. Moreover, some art movements happened to develop simultaneously in both countries, which is indicative of the fact that our society could boast of considerable was innovative and creative potential at the time. We hope that this small contribution to the study of the French cultural influences in our country, in the period when these influences were most strongly felt (between the two World Wars), could shed some light on the phenomenon of a massive and incredibly rapid cultural rise of one small country devastated by numerous and brutal wars.
