List of places named after Josip Broz Tito

During Josip Broz Tito's presidency and in the years following his death in 1980, several places in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and elsewhere were named or renamed in honor of him as part of his cult of personality. Since the end of Yugoslavia, many towns and squares have reverted their names. Numerous streets and squares were also named after Tito, both in former Yugoslavia as well as elsewhere as an honour to a foreign dignitary.

Cities formerly named after Tito

A total of eight towns and cities were named after Tito. Right after World War II, four municipalities whose role in the partisan resistance movement was perceived as significant gained the adjective "Tito's" (locally Titov/Titova/Titovo), while the capital of the smallest federal republic of Montenegro was renamed Titograd (Tito's grad). After Tito's death in 1980, four more cities were added, for a total of one in each of the Yugoslav six federal republics and two autonomous provinces. These were:

 Montenegro

  • Titograd, July 13, 1946 – April 2, 1992 – Podgorica,

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Croatia

  • Titova Korenica, December 5, 1945 – February 7, 1997 – Korenica

 Serbia

 Slovenia

  • Titovo Velenje, October 10, 1981 – July 17, 1990 – Velenje

 Macedonia

  • Titov Veles, 1946–1996 – Veles,

With the dissolution of Yugoslavia, each city was renamed.

Streets and squares

Many towns in the countries of former Yugoslavia and in other countries have streets and squares named after him.

 Slovenia

  • Ilirska Bistrica: Trg Maršala Tita (main square)
  • Jesenice: Cesta Maršala Tita
  • Koper: Titov trg (main square)
  • Logatec: Titova ulica
  • Ljubljana: Titova cesta (renamed to Slovenska cesta (Slovenian Avenue) in 1991); Titova cesta, a section of Štajerska cesca named after Tito in 2009. After Tito street decision in Slovenia renamed to Štajerska cesta.
  • Maribor: Titova cesta (main street), Titov most (Tito's Bridge)
  • Postojna: Titov trg (main square), Titova cesta
  • Radeče: Titova ulica
  • Radenci: Titova cesta
  • Senovo: Titova cesta
  • Tolmin: Trg Maršala Tita (main square)
  • Velenje: Titov trg (main square with highest Tito's statue in the world)

In 2011 the Constitutional Court of Slovenia ruled that naming of a new street after Josip Broz Tito was unconstitutional. The court unanimously ruled that Tito symbolizes severe human rights violations, and that naming the street after him glorifies totalitarian regime and violates human dignity. [1][2] The decision is highly important, because it was the first time that the highest national court legally evaluated Tito, his work, and his image.

 Croatia

Name changes are announced in Selce, Varaždinske Toplice and Velika Gorica.

Former
  • Karlovac: Trg Josipa Broza Tita (now Trg hrvatskih branitelja)
  • Šibenik: Poljana maršala Tita (now Poljana)
  • Mursko Središće: Ulica Josipa Broza Tita (now Ulica Republike Hrvatske)
  • Zadar: Obala Maršala Tita (now Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IV)
  • Zagreb: Trg maršala Tita (now Trg Republike Hrvatske). In February 2008, 2,000 protestors gathered on Zagreb's Josip Broz square, which is the site of the Croatian National Theatre, to demand it be renamed to Theatre Square.[3] However, hundreds of anti-fascists accused this crowd to be revisionist and neo-Ustaše and the attempt to rename it failed.[4] Croatian President Stjepan Mesić publicly opposed the renaming.[5] However, the square was renamed to Republic of Croatia Square by mayor Milan Bandić in 2017.[6]
  • Zaprešić: Ulica maršala Tita (now Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac Street)

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

The only towns in Republika Srpska that names a street after Tito are Kozarac and Srebrenica; all other towns are in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Former
  • Bugojno: Ulica maršala Tita (now Sultan Ahmedova)

 Serbia

Vojvodina
Former
  • Beograd: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed back to Srpskih vladara in 1992, now Kralja Milana)
  • Zemun: Ulica maršala Tita (the main street, renamed back to Glavna ulica, meaning "main street")
  • Šabac: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed to Gospodar Jevremova in 2005.)
  • Ruma: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed back to Glavna ulica, meaning "main street")
  • Užice: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed to Dimitrija Tucovića street)
  • Jagodina (Svetozarevo 1946–1992): Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed to Kneginje Milice in 1992)
  • Zrenjanin: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed back to Kralja Aleksandra in 1992)
  • Novi Sad: Bulevar maršala Tita (renamed to Bulevar Mihajla Pupina in 1992)
  • Batajnica: Josipa Broza-Tita (the main street, renamed to Majora Zorana Radosavljevica in 2004)

 Montenegro

Former
  • Cetinje: Titov trg (now Dvorski trg)
  • Ulcinj: Bulevard maršala Tita (now Bulevard Gjergj Kastrioti - Skënderbeu)

 Macedonia

Marshal Tito Street at Skopje. (26 July 1963, the Yugoslav People's Army support stuff for earthquake)
Former

 Italy

 Algeria

 Egypt

 Ethiopia

 Tunisia

 Brazil

 Cambodia

 Cyprus

 India

 Russia

 Kazakhstan

  • Titova, oblast Qostanaj 110000, near Arkalyk

 Angola

  • Luanda: Rua Marechal Tito Presidente

 Ghana

  • Accra: Josif Broz Tito Avenue

 Nigeria

Mountain peaks

 Macedonia

Asteroid

Notes

  1. ↑ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 113 out of 193 United Nations member states.

References

  1. ↑ Text of the decision U-I-109/10 of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, issued on 3 October 2011, in Slovenian language: http://odlocitve.us-rs.si/usrs/us-odl.nsf/o/AB6C747BE8DF7AF3C125791F00404CF9
  2. ↑ Naming Street After Tito Unconstitutional. Slovenia Times, 5 October 2011 http://www.sloveniatimes.com/naming-street-after-tito-unconstitutional
  3. ↑ "Thousands of Croatians rally against 'Tito' square". Agence France-Presse (9 February 2008). Accessed 12 November 2009.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "Dispute over Name of Zagreb's Tito Square". Balkan Travellers. Accessed 12 November 2009.
  6. ↑ Balkan Insight
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