Tomb of People's Heroes ( sr, Гробница народних хероја, Grobnica narodnih heroja) in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

is located underneath the walls of the

Belgrade Fortress The Belgrade Fortress ( sr-Cyrl, Београдска тврђава, Beogradska tvrđava), consists of the old citadel (Upper and Lower Town) and Kalemegdan Park (Large and Little Kalemegdan) on the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, in a ...

. It holds the remains of four recipients of the

Order of the People's Hero 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 ...

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

. It was built in 1948. Remains of

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 ...

(1916–1943) and

Ivan Milutinović Ivan Milutinović (nickname Milutin; sr-cyr, Иван Милутиновић; 27 September 1901 – 23 October 1944) was a Yugoslav Partisan general and an eminent military commander who participated in World War II. Before the war In October ...

(1901–1944) were buried there on 29 March 1948. Remains of

Đuro Đaković Đuro Đaković (30 November 1886 – 25 April 1929) was a Yugoslav metal worker, communist and revolutionary. Đaković was the organizational secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, from April 1928 to Apri ...

(1886–1929) were buried on the 20th anniversary of his death on 29 April 1949.

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 ...

(1890–1957) was buried in the tomb in March 1957.

Stevan Bodnarov Stevan Bodnarov (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Боднаров; Gospođinci, 12 August 1905 - Belgrade, Serbia, 20 May 1993) was a Serbian sculptor. and painter. Biography Stevan Bodnarov was born on 12 August 1905 in Gospođinci, a town which ...

, a sculptor from Belgrade, designed the busts of Ivo Lola Ribar, Ivan Milutinović and Đuro Đaković in 1949. The bust of Moša Pijade was designed by

Slavoljub Stanković Slavoljub or Slavolub (Cyrillic script: Славољуб) is a masculine given name derived from the Slavic elements: ''slava'' "glory, famous" and ''ljub'' "favour, love, to like". Nicknames: Slava, Slavko, Ljuba. Other form: Ljuboslav. List of ...

in 1959. The tomb was declared Monument of Culture by the

City Assembly of Belgrade The City Assembly of Belgrade ( sr-cyrl, Скупштина града Београда, Skupština grada Beograda) is the legislature of the City of Belgrade, capital of Serbia. It is a representative body that executes the essential functions of ...

in 1983.Grobnica narodnih heroja
National Center for Digitization, Serbia

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File:Lola Ribar spomenik.JPG, Bust of Ivo Lola Ribar. File:Bista Ivana Milutinovica 1.JPG, Bust of Ivan Milutinović. File:Bista Djure Dajkovica Kalemegdan.jpg, Bust of Đuro Đaković. File:Mosa Pijade-Kalemegdan.jpg, Bust of Moša Pijade.

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