List of places named after Josip Broz Tito

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Josip Broz Tito's signature

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 across the world were named or renamed in honor of him as part of his cult of personality. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, several towns and squares in the former nation have reverted their names. Numerous streets 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-city). 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 as follows:

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

North Macedonia

  • Titov Veles, 1946–1996 – Veles

With the dissolution of Yugoslavia, each city was renamed.

Streets and squares

Countries in the world with streets named for Marshal Tito

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

Slovenia

In 2011, 2 years after a street in Ljubljana was named after Tito, 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] In 2020, the Constitutional Court of Slovenia allowed a referendum against the renaming of Tito's street in Radenci. In contrast to the decision about the street in Ljubljana, the street in Radenci had been named after Tito more than 40 years ago; the court rejected the mayor's claim that a referendum to keep the name would violate the constitution.[3]

Croatia

Bust of Josip Broz Tito at Tito's Park (Titov park) in Pula, Croatia

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

Former

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)
  • Kikinda: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed to Kralja Petra I in 1993) and Titov trg (main square, renamed Trg srpskih dobrovoljaca in 1993)[8]
  • 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)
  • Temerin: Maršala Tita (the main street, renamed to Novosadska during 1990s)

Montenegro

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

North Macedonia

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

Algeria

Angola

  • Luanda: Rua Marechal Tito Presidente

Brazil

Cambodia

Cyprus

Egypt

Ethiopia

France

Ghana

  • Accra: Josif Broz Tito Avenue

India

Italy

Kazakhstan

  • Titova, oblast Qostanaj 110000, near Arkalyk

Morocco

Nigeria

Russia

Slovakia

Tunisia

Ukraine

Zambia

Mountain peaks

North Macedonia

Asteroid

Gallery

References

  1. ^ Text of the decision U-I-109/10 of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia, issued on 3 October 2011, in Slovene: http://odlocitve.us-rs.si/usrs/us-odl.nsf/o/AB6C747BE8DF7AF3C125791F00404CF9 Archived 2014-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Naming Street After Tito Unconstitutional. Slovenia Times, 5 October 2011 http://www.sloveniatimes.com/naming-street-after-tito-unconstitutional Archived 2017-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Tito's Street Keeps its Name, 24ur, published on 27 July 2020 https://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija/titova-cesta-v-radencih-ostaja-titova.html
  4. ^ "Thousands of Croatians rally against 'Tito' square Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine". Agence France-Presse (9 February 2008). Accessed 12 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Prosvjed protiv imena Trga maršala Tita na rubu incidenta, intervenirala i policija".
  6. ^ "Dispute over Name of Zagreb's Tito Square". Balkan Travellers. Accessed 12 November 2009.
  7. ^ Balkan Insight
  8. ^ "Gazda Bon preči od radnika". Glas javnosti. 29 July 2003. Retrieved 7 June 2022.