The Order of the People's Hero or the Order of the National Hero ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Orden narodnog heroja, Oрден народног хероја; sl, Red narodnega heroja, mk, Oрден на народен херој, Orden na naroden heroj), was a Yugoslav gallantry medal, the second highest military award, and third overall Yugoslav decoration.Orders and Decorations of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1945-90
by Lukasz Gaszewski 2000, 2003 It was awarded to individuals, military units, political and other organisations who distinguished themselves by extraordinary heroic deeds during war and in peacetime. The recipients were thereafter known as People's Heroes of Yugoslavia or National Heroes of Yugoslavia. The vast majority was awarded to partisans for actions during the

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. A total of 1,322 awards were awarded in Yugoslavia, and 19 were awarded to foreigners. In 1998, the

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

decided to award the Order of the People's Hero again and decorated several military units, but no individuals.

History

Socialist Yugoslavia

The bulletin of the Supreme Command of the

People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод� ...

no. 12–13 (December 1941 and January 1942) announced the establishment of the

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of "People's Hero" for heroic and self-sacrificing participants of the People's Liberation War. The first person to be awarded the title was

Petar Leković Petar Leković (23 November 1893 – 13 June 1942), was a Serbian soldier active in both World War I and World War II. A stonecutter by profession, Leković was declared the first Order of the People's Hero, People's Hero of Yugoslavia. As a sol ...

. A total of 22 persons were awarded this title. On 15 August 1943, the title was formalized as an order together with

Order of the People's Liberation The Order of National Liberation ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Orden narodnog oslobođenja, Орден народног ослобођеља) was a decoration of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the fifth-highest decoration in the series of Yugosla ...

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, Order of the Partisan Star, Order of Brotherhood and Unity and the

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. At the same time, all the persons who already held the title of the People's Hero were awarded the order., volume 1, page 7 The Order consists of an oval gold badge showing a soldier with rifle and banner superimposed upon a rayed star surrounded by a wreath of laurel. The badge is suspended from a red ribbon, with a narrow white stripe towards each edge. The design for this and the other Orders were undertaken by the painter

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and the sculptor

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. Before 29 November 1943, the title of People's Hero was awarded by the Central Committee of

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, after 1945 it was awarded by the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Yugoslavia, and starting in 1953 by the

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. From its inception until around 1993, the Order had been awarded nearly 1,400 times. Marshal

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was awarded the Order three times: in 1944, 1972, and 1977. The holders of the order were entitled to certain benefits, like free fares on public transport, and pensions for the surviving family members of deceased people's heroes. Although the benefits have since been downscaled, post-Yugoslav countries still provide certain benefits to people's heroes. Many schools and streets in post-war Yugoslavia were named after people's heroes, and many of the names remain, to varying degrees in different successor countries. Not only people, but cities, military units and organizations were also awarded the order. Eight cities in Yugoslavia were awarded the order and proclaimed "hero cities":

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Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

Prilep Prilep ( mk, Прилеп ) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko. Name The name of Prilep appear ...

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, and

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Serbia and Montenegro

Following the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia,

was formed, and later renamed

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

. In 1998, it passed a law that continued to use some of the decorations of former Yugoslavia, among them Order of the People's Hero, making it, at the time, the fourth-highest order after the Order of Yugoslavia, the

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and the Order of Freedom.Orders and Decorations of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1990-
by Lukasz Gaszewski 2000, 2003 The Serbian media ridiculed several proposals to decorate

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with the Order of the People's hero because he would have had to decorate himself. It was never given to any individuals, but several military units active in the

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were decorated: *124th Police Intervention Brigade,

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*126th Brigade for Air Reconnaissance,

Military of Yugoslavia The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska ar ...

* 250th Air Defence Missile Brigade, Military of Yugoslavia *37th Motorized Brigade, Military of Yugoslavia *63rd Parachute Brigade, Military of Yugoslavia

Notable recipients

Because of the large number of awards, only people with Wikipedia articles are listed. Date of the award(s) is given in parenthesis. Those marked with a

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(†) have died during the war. They were all awarded posthumously, except for Petar Leković who was awarded the order ''before'' he died in the WWII. * Mirče Acev (1945†) *

Vera Aceva Vera Aceva - Dosta (November 24, 1919 in Oreovec (Prilep Municipality, Prilep) – November 10, 2006 in Skopje) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian communist, participant in the World War II in Yugoslavia and a national hero of SFRJ. ...

(1953) * Božidar Adžija (1945†) *

Nisim Albahari Nisim Albahari (Tešanj, 1916 — Sarajevo, 1991), was a Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav Partisan, People's Hero of Yugoslavia and political leader in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Biography Nisim Albahari was born on January 2 ...

(1953) *

Mihailo Apostolski Mihailo Apostolski ( mk, Михаило Апостолски; born Mihail Mitev Apostolov, bg, Михаил Митев Апостолов; sr, Михаило Митић or Mihailo Mitić; November 8, 1906 – August 7, 1987) was a Yugoslav gen ...

(1953) *

Ljupčo Arsov Ljupčo Arsov (19 May 1910 – 18 November 1986) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian communist politician. He was the Prime Minister of Macedonia from December 1953 to June 1961. Honours and awards *Order of the People's Hero (1953). ...

(1953) *

Viktor Avbelj Viktor Avbelj (February 26, 1914 – April 6, 1993) was a Yugoslav Partisan and Slovenian politician. He was a member of the League of Communists of Slovenia. As a student, he joined the Communist Party in 1937. From September to December 1942, h ...

(1951) *

Maks Baće Milić Maksimilijan "Maks" Baće, also known as Milić (12 December 1914, Pakoštane – 4 December 2005, Split), was a Yugoslav and Croatian revolutionary. Biography Born in Pakoštane (near Zadar) and raised in Split, he studied philosophy in Zagr ...

(1953) *

Vlado Bagat Vlado Bagat (20 October 1915 – 1 June 1944) was a Yugoslav soldier. A native of Split, Bagat joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1939. After the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941, Bagat was involved in creation of the first Partisan ...

(1948†) *

Slobodan Bajić Paja Slobodan Bajić Paja (1916–1943)
) was a Yugoslav Partisan and recipient of the Pe ...

(1952†) *

Filip Bajković Filip Bajković (20 May 1910 – 15 February 1985) was the President of the Executive Council of Montenegro from 16 December 1951 to 12 July 1962. From 12 July 1962 to 5 May 1963, he was the President of the People's Assembly of Montenegro. Bio ...

(1953) *

Vladimir Bakarić Vladimir Bakarić (; 8 March 1912 – 16 January 1983) was a Yugoslav and Croatian communist revolutionary and a politician. Bakarić helped to organise the partisan resistance in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. From 1948 ...

(1952) *

Mitar Bakić Mitar Bakić ( sr, Митар Бакић; Berislavci near Podgorica, 7 November 1908 - Belgrade, 25 November 1960), was a Yugoslav politician, general and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. During World War II, he was political commissar of the 4th ...

(1951) * Rajka Baković (1953†) * Aleš Bebler (1953) *

Anka Berus Anka Berus (1903–1991), was a Croatian politician (Communist). She was a member of the resistance during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted f ...

(1953) * Milan Blagojević Španac (1945†) *

Vera Blagojević Vera Blagojević ( sr, Вера Благојевић, 16 May 1920 – 18 March 1942) was a Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav medical student and Communism, Communist political activist. During World War II, she was captured by the Gestapo in 194 ...

(1953†) *

Jakov Blažević Jakov Blažević (24 March 1912 – 10 December 1996) was a Croatian politician who served as president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, People's Republic of Croatia, a constituent Republic of the Socialist Federative ...

(1953) * Antun Blažić (1951†) *

Mate Blažina Mate Blažina (10 March 1925 – 15 April 1945) was a Croatian antifascist, military commander and Order of the People's Hero, Yugoslav National Hero. After the capitulation of Italy, he joined the partisan movement. He contributed to the liberatio ...

(1953†) *

Hasan Brkić Hasan Brkić (16 July 1913 – 14 June 1965) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician and a partisan. He was also the recipient of People's Hero of Yugoslavia. From 1963 to 1965 he was President of the Executive Council of the Socialist ...

(1953) *

Zvonko Brkić Zvonko Brkić (18 September 1912 – 27 August 1977) was a Croatian politician who served as the president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, People's Republic of Croatia, a constituent republic of the Socialist Federat ...

(1953) *

(1944, 1972, 1977) *

Boško Buha Boško Buha ( sr-cyr, Бошко Буха; 1926 – 27 September 1943) was a young Yugoslav Partisan and an honored icon of the Yugoslavian resistance during World War II. Early life Boško Buha was born into a Serb family in the Slavonian ...

(1951†) *

Rade Bulat Rade Bulat (28 August 1920 – 25 January 2013) was a Yugoslav Partisan and communist activist. He was one of the last three living recipients of the Order of the People's Hero in Croatia. Biography Bulat was born August 28, 1920 in Vrginmost, Sis ...

(1953) *

Marija Bursać Marija Bursać ( sr-Cyrl, Марија Бурсаћ; 2 August 192023 September 1943) was a member of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II in Yugoslavia and the first woman proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Bursać was ...

(1943†) *

Anka Butorac Anka Butorac (1903 – January 19, 1942) was a Croatian communist who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Anka Butorac was born in Lika, Croatia. She joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia and the Partisans ( ...

(1949†) *

Rudi Čajavec Rudi Čajavec (1 April 1911 – 2 July 1942) was a Yugoslav pilot (from Zgošća, Bosnia and Herzegovina), best known as the first airman of Partisan air force. Rudi Čajavec was born in Zgošća, Kakanj municipality, Bosnia to a family that o ...

(1951†) *

Marijan Čavić Marijan Čavić-Grga (10 March 1915 – 1941) was a Yugoslav communist. He was captured in Karlovac and executed 1941 in the Jasenovac concentration camp. Biography He was secretary of the local committee of the League of Communists of Croatia ...

(1953†) *

Zdravko Čelar Zdravko Čelar ( sr, Здравко Челар; Rašinovac near Bosanski Petrovac, 15 September 1917 - Rakovac (Srbac), Rakovac near Srbac, July 1942), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Yugoslav partisans, partisan, posthumously awarded with Order of th ...

(1942†) *

Jelena Ćetković Jelena Ćetković (21 August 1916 – 14 May 1943) was a revolutionary, fighter for Women's rights, women’s rights, participant in the National Liberation Front (Yugoslavia), National Liberation Front, and National Hero of Yugoslavia. Biography ...

(1952†) *

Rodoljub Čolaković Rodoljub "Roćko" Čolaković ( sr-cyr, Родољуб Чолаковић; 7 June 1900 – 30 March 1983) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav politician and writer who served as the 1st Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina#Prime ...

(1953) *

Krste Crvenkovski Krste Crvenkovski () (July 16, 1921 in Prilep – July 21, 2001 in Skopje) was a Yugoslav Communist political leader in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. He was a leader of the League of ...

(1953) *

Ljubo Čupić Čedomir "Ljubo" Čupić ( sr-cyr, Чедомир Љубо Чупић; 1913 – 9 May 1942) was a Yugoslav law student, political commissioner of Communist resistance movement in Nikšić, Montenegro and a decorated war hero of Socialist Federal ...

(1953†) *

Božidarka Kika Damjanović-Marković Božidarka "Kika" Damjanović-Marković (25 September 1920 – 17 January 1996) was a Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav Partisan commander as a participant in the World War II in Yugoslavia, Second World War in Yugoslavia. After World War II, she parti ...

(1953) *

Peko Dapčević Petar "Peko" Dapčević (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Петар Пеко Дапчевић; 25 June 1913 – 13 February 1999) was a Yugoslav communist who fought as a volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, joined the Partisan uprising in Montenegr ...

(1945) * Karel Destovnik (1953) *

Milovan Đilas Milovan Djilas (; , ; 12 June 1911 – 30 April 1995) was a Yugoslav communist politician, theorist and author. He was a key figure in the Partisan movement during World War II, as well as in the post-war government. A self-identified democrat ...

(1953, rescinded in 1957) * Nada Dimić (1951†) *

Xhevdet Doda Xhevdet Doda ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Џевдет Дода, Dževdet Doda; 1906–1945) was a Yugoslavian teacher by profession who was active in the resistance against German occupation in Kosovo during World War II. Doda was member of the Yugoslav Partis ...

(1973†) *

Robert Domany Robert Domany (also spelled Domani; 16 February 19083 March 1942) was a Croatian Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan and a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Domany was born in Orahovica on 16 February 1908 to a Sephardi Jews, Sephardic Jews in Croatia, Jewis ...

(1953†) *

Petar Drapšin Petar Drapšin ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Драпшин; 15 November 1914 – 2 November 1945) was a Yugoslav Partisan commander. Early life and education Drapšin was born to a family of poor peasant farmers in the village of Turija near Srbobr ...

(1953) *

Andreana Družina Andreana Družina (26 January 1920 – 7 March 2021) was a Slovenian political commissar and partisan. She was awarded the Order of the People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Družina was born in Trieste, Kingdom of Italy, Italy, and died on 7 March 2021, ...

(1953) *

Ratomir Dugonjić Ratomir "Rato" Dugonjić (10 January 1916 – 27 June 1987) was a Yugoslav Partisan fighter in the antifascist liberation struggle of the people of Yugoslavia, Minister in the Communist Government, Ambassador with the Non-Aligned Movement, presid ...

(1953) *

Emin Duraku Emin Duraku (1918 – 23 December 1942) was an Albanian partisan active during World War II, and a national hero of Albania. Duraku was born in Gjakova in 1918. He was an early Albanian member of the Yugoslav communist movement. He returned t ...

(1952†) * Ovadya Estreya (1953†) * Stjepan Filipović (1949†) * Čede Filipovski Dame (1949) *

Ivan Gošnjak Ivan Gošnjak ( sh-Cyrl, Иван Гошњак; 10 June 1909 – 8 February 1980) was a Yugoslav communist who held numerous important offices in Yugoslavia during and after World War II, serving as the Minister of Defence from 1953 to 1967. Iv ...

(1953) *

Petar Gračanin Petar Gračanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Грачанин; 22 June 1923 – 27 June 2004) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician and general in the Yugoslav People's Army. Biography Petar Gračanin was born on 22 June 1923 in Jagodina, then ...

(1951) *

Čedo Grbić Čedo Grbić (8 April 1921 – 4 December 1994) was a Croatian Serb communist politician. Grbić was born in Rajić, a village near Novska. In 1937, he became a member of the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) and a member of the ...

(1951) * Janko Gredelj (1951†) *

Fadil Hoxha Fadil Hoxha ( Serbian: Фадиљ Хоџа, ''Fadilj Hodža''; 15 March 1916 – 21 April 2001) was a Yugoslavian ethnic Albanian communist revolutionary and politician from Kosovo. He was a member of the Communist party and fought in the Yugosl ...

(1953) *

Većeslav Holjevac Većeslav Holjevac (22 August 1917 – 11 July 1970) was a Croatian and Yugoslav soldier and communist politician. Holjevac was born in Karlovac, at the time in Austria-Hungary. He joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1939. Following t ...

(1951) *

Avdo Humo Avdo Humo (1 February 1914 – 24 January 1983) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician, writer and an Order of the People's Hero recipient. Humo held highest positions in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1972, Hum ...

(1953) * Lizika Jančar (1953†) *

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(1951) * Blagoj Jankov Mučeto (1951†) *

Vera Jocić Vera Jocić ( sr, Вера Јоцић; mk, Вера Јоциќ; 21 August 1923 – 22 May 1944) was a Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav partisan and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. She was born in the village of Čento, Sindjelić, Kingdom of Serb ...

(1951†) * Kuzman Josifovski Pitu (1945†) * Blažo Jovanović (1952) *

Radovan Jovanović Radovan Jovanović (Cyrillic: Раде Јовановић ; Parcani (Sopot), Parcani, Sopot, 1904 - Slatina (Sopot), Slatina, Sopot, 25 September 1941) was a Serbian communist partisan.Zbornik dokumenata i podataka o narodnooslobodilačkom ratu naro ...

(1951†) *

Žikica Jovanović Španac Živorad "Žikica" Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Живорад „Жикица" Јовановић; 17 March 1914 – 13 March 1942), nicknamed Španac (, "The Spaniard") was a Yugoslav partisan, Spanish-trained commando and republican volunteer in th ...

(1945†) *

Olga Jovičić Olga Jovičić (Užička Požega, 3 February 1921 — Prozor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Prozor 11 July 1942) was a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Bibliography She was born in 1921 in Užička Požega. She ended elementary school and high school in ...

(1951†) *

Jovo Kapičić Jovan "Jovo" Kapičić, born Jovan Kapa, (Cyrillic: Јован Јово Капичић); 2 September 1919 – 9 December 2013) was a Yugoslav Yugoslav Partisans, General and post-war communist politician.''Narodni heroji Jugoslavije''. Belgrade: Ml ...

(1950) *

Osman Karabegović Osman Karabegović (7 September 1911 – 24 June 1996) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician and a recipient of the Order of the People's Hero. He joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1932. During World War II, he was one of ...

(1952) *

Elpida Karamandi Elpida Karamandi ( rup, Elpida Caramandi, ) was an Aromanian Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav partisian and resistance fighter. She born on 1 January 1920, in Florina, Greece, in an Aromanians, Aromanian family. Her mother was divorced from her husba ...

(1951†) *

Edvard Kardelj Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II ...

(1951) * Boris Kidrič (1952) *

Đuro Kladarin Đuro Kladarin (3 March 1915 - 1996) was a Croatian general. He served as President of the Chamber of Education and Culture of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia. Biography Kladarin was born in Luščani, Austria-Hungary on 3 March 1915. In 1941 ...

(1952) * Filip Kljajić (1944†) *

Franjo Kluz Franjo Kluz (19 September 1913 – 14 September 1944) was a Yugoslav pilot from Bosnia and a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. He is best known as one of the founders of the Partisan air force, and served as an officer in No. 352 Squadron RAF. Earl ...

(1948†) *

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(1953) *

Lazar Koliševski Lazar Koliševski ( mk, Лазар Колишевски ; 12 February 1914 – 6 July 2000) was a Yugoslav communist political leader in the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and briefly in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He was clos ...

(1952) * Rade Končar (1942†) *

Sava Kovačević Sava Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Сава Ковачевић; 25 January 1905 – 13 June 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan divisional commander during World War II, and one of the heroes of the communist Partisan movement. Early life Kovačević was ...

(1943†) * Veljko Kovačević (1951) *

Boris Kraigher Boris Kraigher (February 14, 1914 – January 4, 1967) was a Slovenian communist politician. Kraigher served as the president of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia from December 15, 1953 to June 25, 1962. He was a member ...

(1953) *

Josip Kraš Josip Kraš (26 March 1900 – 18 October 1941) was a Croatian communist and Partisans (Yugoslavia), partisan who died in World War II and was proclaimed a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Kraš was born in the village of Vuglovec (near Ivanec and ...

(1945†) *

Branko Krsmanović Branko Krsmanović (1915–1941) was a participant in the International Brigades, Spanish Civil War and the Yugoslav Partisans#Operations, National Liberation struggle and Order of the People's Hero, national hero of Socialist Federal Republic of Y ...

(1945†) *

Vicko Krstulović Vicko Krstulović (27 April 1905 – 28 September 1988) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary, the most prominent Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan military commander from Dalmatia during World War II, and a post-war communist politician ...

(1952) *

Dušan Kveder Dušan Kveder (9 April 1915 – 12 March 1966) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav soldier and diplomat from SR Slovenia, Slovenia who served in a number of official capacities during and after the Second World War, including a term as Military Commande ...

(1952) *

(1942†) *

Franc Leskošek Frank Leskošek ( nom de guerre Luka; 9 December 1897 Celje – 5 July 1983 Ljubljana) was a Yugoslav politician and partisan commander. Biography Born in Celje, Slovenia, Leskošek worked as a locksmith in his youth. He was drafted in to the ...

(1952) * Nikola Ljubičić (1953) *

Ivan Maček Ivan Maček, nom de guerre Matija (28 May 1908 – 10 July 1993), was a Yugoslav Communist politician from Slovenia who served as the President of the People's Assembly of SR Slovenia from 1963 to 1967. Biography Maček was born in Spodnj ...

(1952) * Vahida Maglajlić (1951†) *

Miha Marinko Miha Marinko (8 September 1900 – 19 August 1983) was a Slovenian revolutionary and communist statesman who served as Prime Minister of Slovenia from June 1946 to 1953. During the latter part of 1953, he served as the president of the executive co ...

(1953) *

Moma Marković Momčilo "Moma" Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Мома Марковић; 16 November 1912 – 7 August 1992) was a Serbian communist politician.''Narodni heroji Jugoslavije''. Belgrade: Mladost, 1975 He was awarded the Order of the P ...

(1953) *

Veselin Masleša Veselin Masleša ( sr-cyr, Веселин Маслеша; 20 April 1906 – 14 June 1943) was a Yugoslav writer, activist and Partisan. Veselin Masleša was born to a Bosnian Serb family in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then occupied by ...

(1951†) * Sergej Mašera (1973†) *

Petar Matić Dule Petar Matić-Dule (born 6 July 1920) is a Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav Partisan participant in the World War II in Yugoslavia, lieutenant general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), a former politician and socio-political worker, and the last li ...

(1951) *

Mile Mećava Mile Mećava ( sr-Cyrl, Миле Мећава, ; 1915 – June 4, 1942) was a Yugoslav Partisan and a hero from World War II. Early life Mećeva was born in 1915 in a Serbian family from the village Vlaškovci, in the Condominium of Bosnia and ...

(1953†) *

Cvijetin Mijatović Cvijetin "Majo" Mijatović ( sr-cyr, Цвијетин Мајо Мијатовић; 8 January 1913 – 15 November 1993) was a Yugoslav communist politician who served as President of the Collective Presidency of Yugoslavia from 1980 until 19 ...

(1953) *

Veljko Milatović Veljko Milatović ( Serbo-Croat Cyrillic: Вељко Милатовић; 5 December 1921 – 19 October 2004) was a Montenegrin Communist partisan, politician, statesman serving once as the Speaker and once as President.Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...

(1999) * Ivan Milutinović (1953†) *

Miloš Minić Miloš Minić (Милош Минић) (August 28, 1914, Preljina, Čačak, Kingdom of Serbia – September 5, 2003, Belgrade, Serbia-Montenegro) was a Yugoslav Serbian communist politician. Biography Minić graduated from secondary school in Č ...

(1953) *

Milutin Morača Milutin Morača ( sr, Милутин Морача; 7 July 1914 – 17 December 2003) was a Yugoslav partisan, general of Yugoslav People's Army and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. His brother Pero, was historian and also a partisan. Prior to Wor ...

(1951) * Dušan Mugoša (1953) * Mara Naceva (1953) *

Kosta Nađ Konstantin "Kosta" Nađ ( hu, Nagy Kosztá; 13 May 1911 – 19 November 1986) was a Yugoslav Partisan Army general that fought during World War II. Biography Born on 13 May 1911 in Petrovaradin, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, he fought as a volu ...

(1951) *

Stefan Naumov Stefan Naumov (27 October 192012 September 1942, Macedonian language, Macedonian: Стефан Наумов - Стив) was a Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonian Yugoslav Partisan and one of the organizers of the League of Communists of Yugosl ...

(1945†) * Nada Naumović (1951†) *

Gojko Nikoliš Gojko Nikoliš ( sr-cyr, Гојко Николиш; 11 August 1911 – 11 July 1995) was a physician, historian and a participant in the Spanish Civil War and World War II in Yugoslavia. He was the first Head of the Partisan Medical Corps, Lieut ...

(1951) * Jordan Nikolov Orce (1945†) *

Marko Orešković Marko Orešković (3 April 1895 – 20 October 1941) was a Croatian and Yugoslavia, Yugoslav Partisans (Yugoslavia), Partisan commander. He was also known by his nickname ''Krntija''. He was born in Široka Kula, Gospić municipality, which w ...

(1945†) *

Đorđije Pajković Đorđije "Đoko" Pajković (25 June 1917, Lužac, Berane, Kingdom of Montenegro – 17 January 1980, Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) was a Yugoslav Montenegrin politician. He was the leader of the League of Communists of Montenegro from Ju ...

(1953) *

Boško Palkovljević Boško (Cyrillic script: Бошко) is a Slavic male given name. It may refer to: * Boško Abramović (born 1951), Serbian chess grandmaster * Boško Anić (born 1968), retired Croatian footballer * Boško Antić (1944–2007), Bosnian Serb footb ...

(1943†) * Đoko Pavićević (1953) *

Kata Pejnović Kata Pejnović (; sr-Cyrl, Ката Пејновић, ; 21 March 1899 – 1966) was a Croatian Serb feminist and politician. Life Kata Pejnović was born on 21 March 1899 in the village of Smiljan in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, then part ...

(1968) * Slobodan Penezić (1952†) *

Vladimir Perić Vladimir Perić ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Перић; 28 December 1919 – 5/6 April 1945), best known by the ''nom de guerre'' Valter, was a Yugoslav Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan commander in German-occupied Sarajevo during World War II. ...

(1953) *

Dušan Petrović Šane Dušan Petrović Šane ( Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Петровић Шане; 28 June 1914 – 21 June 1977) was a Yugoslav communist soldier and politician who served as President of the People's Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Serbia ...

(1952) *

Moša Pijade Moša Pijade ( sr-Cyrl, Мoшa Пијаде; he, משה פיאדה; alternate English transliteration Moshe Piade; 4 January 1890 – 15 March 1957), nicknamed Čiča Janko (, lit. "Old Man Janko") was a Serbian and Yugoslav communist of J ...

(1953) * Strašo Pindžur (1945†) *

Bojan Polak Bojan Polak-Stjenka (28 November 1918 – 4 July 2004) was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav military officer, Communist politician, and athlete of Slovene people, Slovene ethnicity. Biography Polak was born in Ormož on 28 November 1918, shortly after t ...

(1952) *

Koča Popović Konstantin "Koča" Popović ( sr-cyrl, Константин "Коча" Поповић; 14 March 1908 – 20 October 1992) was a Yugoslav politician and communist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, 1937–1939 and Divisional Commander of the Fir ...

(1953) *

Miladin Popović Miladin Popović ( sr-cyr, Миладин Поповић; 23 September 1910 – 13 March 1945) was a Yugoslav Partisan and secretary of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (OK KPJ) of Kosmet (Kosovo). He was one of the o ...

(1946†) * Vladimir Popović (1952) *

Janko Premrl Janko Premrl (nom de guerre Vojko; Italianized: ) (29 February 1920 – 22 February 1943)Ferenc, Tone. 1995."'Premrl, Stanko." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 9, pp. 1–5. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, p. 296. was a Slovene Partisan. Life Pr ...

(1944†) *

Ognjen Prica Ognjen Prica (27 November 1899 – 9 July 1941) was a Yugoslav communist politician and journalist known for his roles in the League of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia and the League of Communists of Croatia. He was a victim of the Nazi-backed ND ...

(1945†) *

Slobodan Princip Slobodan Princip ( sr-cyr, Слободан Принцип; 25 May 1914 – 25 April 1942), nicknamed Seljo (Сељо), was a Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav Partisan fighter and the district staff chief of the Partisan Sarajevo area during World War ...

(1942†) *

Đuro Pucar Đurađ "Đuro" Pucar "Stari" ( sr-cyr, Ђурађ Ђуро Пуцар, ; 13 December 1899 – 12 April 1979) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian politician. During World War II he was a member of the Yugoslav Partisans and was later decorated with the Or ...

(1951) *

Lepa Radić Lepa Svetozara Radić ( sr-Cyr, Лепа Светозара Радић; 19 December 1925 – 8 February 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan and communist of Serbian origin who was awarded the Order of the People's Hero in 1951 for her role in the resist ...

(1951†) * Darinka Radović (1953†) *

Joakim Rakovac Joakim Rakovac (14 November 1914 – 18 January 1945) was an Istrian anti-fascist, partisan and national hero of Yugoslavia. The circumstances of his death and the identity of his murderers are debated, and he is thought by some to have been murde ...

(1952†) *

Aleksandar Ranković Aleksandar Ranković ( nom de guerre Marko; sr-Cyrl, Александар Ранковић Лека; 28 November 1909 – 19 August 1983) was a Yugoslav communist politician, considered to be the third most powerful man in Yugoslavia after Jo ...

(1945) *

Ivo Lola Ribar Ivan Ribar (23 April 1916 – 27 November 1943), known as Ivo Lola or Ivo Lolo, was a Yugoslav communist politician and military leader of Croatian descent. In the 1930s, he became one of the closest associates of Josip Broz Tito, leader of the ...

(1944†) *

Slavko Rodić Slavko Rodić ( sr, Славко Родић; Sredice near Ključ, 7 July 1914 - Belgrade, 29 April 1949), was a Yugoslav partisan, general of Yugoslav People's Army and People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Prior to April War, Rodić worked as sur ...

(1949) *

Vladimir Rolović Vladimir Rolović (21 May 1916 – 15 April 1971) was a Yugoslav politician, diplomat, and a former high officer of the State Security Administration (UDBA). Holder of the " Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941" and as a former commander ...

(1971) *

Franc Rozman Franc Rozman, nom de guerre Stane (Slovene convention: ''Franc Rozman – Stane'') or Stane MlinarKlanjšček, Zdravko. 1996. "Rozman, Franc – Stane." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'', vol. 10. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, pp. 297–98. (27 March 19 ...

(1944†) *

Ivan Rukavina Ivan Rukavina (January 26, 1912 – April 3, 1992) was army general of the Yugoslav People's Army, People's Hero of Yugoslavia and politician. Rukavina was a member of the International Brigades and prominent Croats, Croatian and SFR Yugoslavia, ...

(1951) *

Ramiz Sadiku Ramiz Sadiku (19 January 1915 – 10 April 1943) was an Albanian law student and one of the organizers of the anti-fascist uprising in Kosovo.''Narodni heroji Jugoslavije''. Belgrade: Mladost, 1975 He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Peop ...

(1945†) *

Vlado Šegrt Vlado Šegrt (18 December 1907 – 1 August 1991) was a Yugoslav participant in the National Liberation Struggle and a socio-political worker in the Socialist Republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Yugoslavia. He was a reserve Major General and n ...

(1951) * Ivan Šibl (1951) * Velimir Škorpik (1952†) *

Slavko Šlander Slavko Šlander, nom de guerre Aleš (20 June 1909 – 24 August 1941), was a Slovene communist, Partisan, and people's hero. He was born in Dolenja Vas near Prebold, Duchy of Styria, Austria-Hungary (now part of Slovenia). Due to being e ...

(1943†) *

Milan Spasić Milan Spasić (November 8, 1909 – April 17, 1941) was a naval Lieutenant of the Royal Yugoslav Navy. During the Invasion of Yugoslavia, April War, Spasić, along with his fellow Lieutenant Sergej Mašera, scuttled the destroyer in the Bay of Kot ...

(1973†) *

Mika Špiljak Mika Špiljak ( or ; 28 November 1916 – 18 May 2007) was a Croatian politician who spent most of his political career as a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in the SFR Yugoslavia. Early years He was born in Odra Sisačka (part o ...

(1953) *

Drago Štajnberger Drago Štajnberger (born Adolf Steinberger; 15 February 19163 March 1942) was a History of the Jews in Croatia, Croatian-Jewish Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan and a People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Štajnberger was born on 15 February 1916 in Zagreb to ...

(1943†) *

Petar Stambolić Petar Stambolić (; 12 July 1912 – 21 September 2007) was a Serbian communist politician who served as the President of the Federal Executive Council of Yugoslavia from 1963 to 1967 and as President of the Presidency from 1982 until 1983. Biog ...

(1953) * Dragi Stamenković (1953) *

Mladen Stojanović Mladen Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Младен Стојановић; 7 April 1896 – 1 April 1942) was a Bosnian Serb and Yugoslav physician who led a detachment of Partisans on and around Mount Kozara in northwestern Bosnia durin ...

(1942†) * Blagoj Stračkovski (1953†) *

Borko Temelkovski Borko Temelkovski (1919 – 2001) was a Macedonian politician and communist leader born in Prilep, Yugoslavia. Temelkovski learned about hardship and unionism at a young age. As a worker he became a member of the Workers Union in early 1938. Later ...

(1953) *

Milan Tepić Milan Tepić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Тепић; 26 January 1957 – 29 September 1991) was a major in the Yugoslav People's Army during the Croatian War of Independence. In September 1991, Tepić was tasked with defending an ammunition storage in ...

(1991†) *

Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš Hristijan Todorovski - Karpoš (3 September 1921 in Kumanovo – 7 February 1944 Biljača) was a Macedonian communist partisan during the Second World War. As a student he was accepted in the communist youth organization SKOJ. Because of hi ...

(1945†) *

Vida Tomšič Vida Tomšič ''née'' Bernot (26 June 1913 – 10 December 1998) was a Slovenian communist before World War II, Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan fighter during the War, prominent communist politician, women's activist, and Order of the People's Hero, ...

(1953) *

Jovan Veselinov Jovan Veselinov Žarko (20 January 1906 – 8 February 1982) was a Serbian communist politician. He served as President of Serbia, Prime Minister of Serbia and as a Chairman of the League of Communists of Serbia. He was a Partisan fighter in Wor ...

(1952) *

Veljko Vlahović Veljko Vlahović (Cyrillic: Вељко Влаховић; 2 September 1914 – 7 March 1975) was a Montenegrin politician and career army officer. He was one of the more prominent members of the Montenegrin branch of the Yugoslav Communist Party fro ...

(1953) *

Rada Vranješević Rada Vranješević ( sr-cyrl, Рада Врањешевић; 25 May 1918 – 26 May 1944) was a Yugoslav political activist and resistance leader in Bosnia during the Second World War. Family Vranješević was born in the village of Rekavice ...

(1951†) *

Majda Vrhovnik Majda Vrhovnik ( nom de guerre LojzkaLeben, Andrej. 2003. ''V borbi smo bile enakopravne: uporniške ženske na Koroškem v letih 1939–1955'' Klagenfurt: Drava, p. 55.) (14 April 1922 – 4 May 1945) was a Slovene communist and medical student ...

(1951†) *

Bogdan Vujošević Bogdan Vujošević (26 January 1912, in village Doljani, near Podgorica – 10 July 1981, in Belgrade), WW2 veteran, Lieutenant General of the Yugoslav People's Army and recipient of the Order of the People's Hero of Yugoslavia. Biography Vujoš ...

(1953) *

Ratko Vujović Ratko Vujović (16 December 1916 – 29 October 1977) was a Yugoslavian political activist and soldier. After the Second World War, Vujović was the first elected President of FK Partizan. Biography Ratko Vujović was born on 16 December 1916 in ...

(1953) *

Svetozar Vukmanović Svetozar Vukmanović - Tempo ( sh-Cyrl, Светозар Вукмановић - Темпо; 3 August 1912 – 6 December 2000) was a leading Montenegrin communist and member of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. D ...

(1951) *

Boro Vukmirović Borko "Boro" Vukmirović (Cyrillic: Борко Боро Вукмировић; 1 August 1912 – 10 April 1943) was one of the organizers of the anti-fascist uprising in Kosovo.''Narodni heroji Jugoslavije''. Belgrade: Mladost, 1975 He was posthumo ...

(1945†) *

Žarko Zrenjanin Žarko Zrenjanin "Uča" ( sr-Cyrl, Жарко Зрењанин, ; 11 September 1902 – 4 November 1942) was a Partisans (Yugoslavia), partisan and National Hero of Yugoslavia. The city of Zrenjanin, in Serbia, is named after him, since 1946. ...

(1944†) Josip Broz Tito Bihać 1942.jpg,

was awarded the order three times. Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Bosne i Hercegovine.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from

PR Bosnia and Herzegovina The Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Bosna i Hercegovina, Социјалистичка Pепублика Босна и Херцеговина), commonly referred to as Socia ...

(1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Crne Gore.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from

PR Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

(1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Hrvatske.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from PR Croatia (1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Slovenije.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from

PR Slovenia The Socialist Republic of Slovenia ( sl, Socialistična republika Slovenija, sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Slovenija, Социјалистичка Република Словенија), commonly referred to as Sociali ...

(1955) Tito sa narodnim herojima iz Srbije i Makedonije.jpg, President Tito with People's Heroes from

PR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Fla ...

and

PR Macedonia The Socialist Republic of Macedonia ( mk, Социјалистичка Република Македонија, Socijalistička Republika Makedonija), or SR Macedonia, commonly referred to as Socialist Macedonia or Yugoslav Macedonia, was ...

(1955)

Foreign citizens recipients of the order

Source: *

Sergey Biryuzov Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov (; 21 August 1904 – 19 October 1964) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Chief of the General Staff. Early life and prewar service Biryuzov was born in Skopin, in the Ryazan Governorate of the Russian Empire, in ...

(1964) * Ivan Bulkin (1945) * Reshit Çollaku (1945†, rescinded in 1948) *

Pavel Dmitrienko Pavel (Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, Russian language, Russian, Serbian language, Serbian and Macedonian language, Macedonian: Павел, Czech language, Czech, Slovene language, Slovene, Romanian language, Romanian: Pavel, Polish language, Po ...

(1945) *

Enver Hoxha Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the authoritarian ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 unt ...

(1946, rescinded in 1948) *

Boris Kalinkin Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name *:''See'': List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) * Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his d ...

(1944) *

Ivan Konstantinov Ivan () is a Slavic languages, Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John (given name), John) from Hebrew language, Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. T ...

(1945) *

Semyon Kozak Semyon Antonovich Kozak (russian: Семён Антонович Козак; – 24 December 1953) was a Ukrainian Soviet Army lieutenant general who was twice awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for his command of a division during World ...

(1944) *

Vojo Kushi Vojo Kushi (, August 3, 1918 – October 10, 1942) was an Albanian and Yugoslav communist guerilla fighter (partisan) and one of the founders of the Communist group based in Shkodër, following the Italian occupation of Albania in April 1939. He wa ...

(1945†, rescinded in 1948) *

Luigi Longo Luigi Longo (15 March 1900 – 16 October 1980), also known as Gallo, was an Italian communist politician and secretary of the Italian Communist Party from 1964 to 1972. He was also the first foreigner to be awarded an Order of Lenin. Early l ...

(1980) *

Rodion Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (russian: Родио́н Я́ковлевич Малино́вский, ukr, Родіо́н Я́кович Малино́вський ; – 31 March 1967) was a Soviet military commander. He was Marshal of the Sov ...

(1964) *

Alexander Managadze Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants li ...

(1945) *

Grigoriy Okhrimenko Grigory, Grigori and Grigoriy are Russian masculine given names. It may refer to watcher angels or more specifically to the egrḗgoroi or Watcher angels. Grigory * Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian novelist * Grigory Barenblatt (1927201 ...

(1945) *

Alexander Shornikov Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants li ...

(1944) *

Vladimir Sudets Vladimir Alexandrovich Sudets (russian: Владимир Александрович Судец; 23 October 1904 - 6 May 1981) was a Soviet air commander during World War II, commanding the 17th Air Army, and later became Marshal of the aviation ...

(1964) *

Ludvík Svoboda Ludvík Svoboda (25 November 1895 – 20 September 1979) was a Czech general and politician. He fought in both World Wars, for which he was regarded as a national hero,

(1946) *

Fyodor Tolbukhin Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin (russian: Фёдор Ива́нович Толбу́хин; 16 June 1894 – 17 October 1949) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. Early life and military career Tolbukhin was born into ...

(1945) *

Vasiliy Ulisko Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian language, Russian: wikt:Василий, Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek language, Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil (name)#Given name, Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili ...

(1945) *

Andrey Vitruk Andrey Nikiforovich Vitruk (russian: Андрей Никифорович Витрук; 7 July 1902 – 1 June 1946) was a Soviet Union, Soviet military officer, a Major General of the Soviet Air Forces and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Early l ...

(1945) *

Pavel Yakimov Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

(1944) *

Vladimir Zhdanov Vladimir Ivanovich Zhdanov (russian: Владимир Иванович Жданов; 29 April 1902 – 19 October 1964) was a colonel-general of tank troops in the armed forces of the Soviet Union. He was a major general in the Soviet Red Army duri ...

(1944) *

Michał Żymierski Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian languages, Sorbian form of Michael (name), Michael and may refer to: * Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician * Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player * Michał Drzymała (1857–1937 ...

(1946)

Hero Cities

Eight cities were the Order of the People's Hero (one in each Socialist Republic and Socialist Province), and granted the title "Hero City". Dates of the award are given in parenthesis. *

(20 October 1974) *

(7 May 1975) *

(7 May 1970) *

(7 May 1975) *

Priština Pristina, ; sr, / (, ) is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. The city's municipal boundaries in Pristina District form the largest urban center in Kosovo. After Tirana, Pristina has the second largest population of ethnic Albanians a ...

(7 May 1975) *

(17 May 1974) *

(

history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

) (7 May 1975)

Public and political organizations recipients of the order

* Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (

SKOJ , SKOJ mk, Сојуз на комунистичката младина на Југославија, СКМЈ sl, Zveza komunistične mladine Jugoslavije, ZKMJ , colorcode = red , founded = 1919 , dissolved = 1948 , succeeded by = League of S ...

), volume 2, page 432 * District committee of SKOJ for

* Union of Veterans of People's Liberation War ( SUBNOR) * Union of the Spanish War veterans of Yugoslavia

World War II military units recipients of the order

*Brigades ** 1st Proletarian Strike Brigade, volume 2, page 407 (1958) ** 2nd Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) ** 3rd Proletarian (

Sandžak Sandžak (; sh, / , ; sq, Sanxhaku; ota, سنجاق, Sancak), also known as Sanjak, is a historical geo-political region in Serbia and Montenegro. The name Sandžak derives from the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, a former Ottoman administrative dis ...

) Strike Brigade (1958) ** 4th Proletarian (Montenegrin) Strike Brigade (1958) ** 5th Proletarian (Montenegrin) Strike Brigade (1958) ** 6th Proletarian (East Bosnian) Strike Brigade (1958) ** 1st Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) ** 2nd Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) ** 3rd Lika Proletarian Strike Brigade (1974) ** 1st

Krajina Krajina () is a Slavic toponym, meaning ' frontier' or 'march'. The term is related to ''kraj'' or ''krai'', originally meaning 'edge'Rick Derksen (2008), ''Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon'', Brill: Leiden-Boston, page 244 a ...

Proletarian Strike Brigade (1975) ** 3rd Krajina Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) ** 7th Krajina Strike Brigade (1958) ** 1st

Dalmatia Dalmatia (; hr, Dalmacija ; it, Dalmazia; see #Name, names in other languages) is one of the four historical region, historical regions of Croatia, alongside Croatia proper, Slavonia, and Istria. Dalmatia is a narrow belt of the east shore of ...

n Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) ** 2nd Dalmatian Proletarian Strike Brigade (1958) ** 3rd Dalmatian Strike Brigade (1958) **12th

Slavonia Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Baranja ...

n Proletarian Strike Brigade (1977) **13th Proletaraian Strike Brigade "Rade Končar" (1972) **1st

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

n Proletarian Brigade "Tone Tomšič" (1974) **2nd Slovenian People's Liberation Strike Brigade "Ljubo Šercer" (1979) **10th Herzegovinian Strike Brigade (after 1952: 17th Proletarian) (1958) ** 1st

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

Strike Brigade (after 1958: 18th Proletarian) (1973) **1st Macedonian- Kosovan Proletarian Strike Brigade (after 1951: 15th Proletarian) **3rd

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A total of 1,322 persons were awarded in Yugoslavia by 1981. Most of the awarded were men (1231) and 91 were women. Most People's Heroes were either

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s or industrial workers (34%), 19% were university and high school students, 18% were

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s and 13% were experts of all kinds., volume 2, page 463 Most of the awarded were very young. Half of them joined the Army before their 25th birthday, and only 325 of them were over 30. 42% of the Heroes who died in the war were between 16 and 26 years old, 38% were between 27 and 34. Three Heroes were less than 17 years old when they died. Milka Bosnić was the youngest recipient of the order, she was just 15 when killed during the

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. Most recipients were awarded in the years following World War II, most of them between 1951 and 1953. Tito was the only person to be awarded multiple times, he was awarded the order three times. Of the 955 recipients who died in the war, 77% were killed in combat, about 15% were executed or died in prison, and about 7% died from wounds. Most of the Heroes died in 1943 (about 30%) and in 1942 (27.5%). Nine of them were killed after the war officially ended during the fight with the remaining enemy forces. 55 People's Heroes committed suicide to escape arresting. Most of the recipients of the Order were born in

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(21.9%), followed by

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(20.6%),

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(18.7%), Central Serbia (15%) and

(11.05%). Most of those who died during World War II died in Bosnia and Herzegovina (32%). In 1957 there were 410 living People's Heroes, in 1975 there were 367, and in 1981 there were 343 living Heroes.

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ZAKON O OSNOVNIM PRAVIMA LICA ODLIKOVANIH ORDENOM NARODNOG HEROJA
(''Law on Basic Rights of Persons Awarded the Order of the People's Hero'')

{{SFRY decorations Awards established in 1943 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia in World War II People's Hero Awards disestablished in 1993 Hero (title)

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