List of People's Heroes of Yugoslavia monuments in Croatia

There were 1,322 individuals who were decorated by the Order of the People's hero of Yugoslavia between 1942 and 1973. Many busts and memorials were built in honor of each People's hero. Each of them usually had a bust in his birthplace or at the place of his death. Most of these monuments are built in figurative style, but some of them were completely abstract, for example, monument of Ivo Lola Ribar, built at Glamoč field in 1962.

Large number of People's heroes' busts and monuments in Dalmatia, Slavonia and central Croatia were removed from public places or destroyed during the 1990s as a part of revisionism process. However, monuments of People's heroes are mostly intact in Istria, Hrvatsko Primorje and Hrvatsko Zagorje.

Monument list

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Image Name Location Notes
Monument of Josip Broz Tito Kumrovec Designed by Antun Augustinčić, built in 1947. Dedicated to Josip Broz Tito, leader of the People's liberation struggle, a triple People's hero of Yugoslavia and the president of SFR Yugoslavia (1953–1980)
Monument of Rade Končar Zagreb Designed by Vanja Radauš. Dedicated to Rade Končar, leader of the Communist party of Croatia (1940–1941) and one of the organizers of the People's liberation struggle in Croatia in 1941.
Bust of Ivo Lola Ribar Ilok Dedicated to Ivo Lola Ribar, main secretary of Alliance of the communist youth of Yugoslavia and member of Central Committee of Communist party of Yugoslavia.
Busts of Zdenka and Rajka Baković Zagreb Rajka Baković and Zdenka were both active in the antifascist struggle in Zagreb, but only Rajka was decorated by the Order of People's hero.
Monument of Većeslav Holjevac Zagreb Designed by Stjepan Gračan, built in 1994.
  Monument of Joakim Rakovac Poreč
Bust of Nikola Car - Crni Crikvenica
Bust ofVitomir Širola Viškovo
Bust of Matteo Benussi - Cio Rovinj
Bust of Giuseppe Budicin - Pino Rovinj
Bust of Joža Vlahović Zagreb
Bust of Većeslav Holjevac Karlovac
Bust of Vitomir Širola Rijeka
Bust ofVilim Galjer Đurđevac
Monument of Moša Pijade Zagreb Designed by Antun Augustinčić.
Bust ofViktor Bubanj Rijeka
  Bust of Bogoljub Vukajlović Lala Bobota
Bust of Juraj Kalc Pula
Bust of Ivan Marinković Slavko Crikvenica
  Bust of Slobodan Bajić Paja Banovci
Memorial tomb with bust of Jozo Lozovina Mosor Seget Donji Designed by Ivan and Tonči Martinić, built in 1956. Dedicated to Jozo Lozovina Mosor, leader of the antifascist uprising in the Trogir area. Destroyed by explosive 1991.
Bust of Jozo Lozovina Mosor Trogir Designed by Antun Augustinčić, built in 1956. Dedicated to Jozo Lozovina Mosor, leader of the antifascist uprising in the Trogir area. Destiny unknown.
Bust of Jozo Lozovina Mosor Trogir Designed by Ivan Lončar Žan, built in 1986. Dedicated to Jozo Lozovina Mosor, leader of the antifascist uprising in the Trogir area. Destiny unknown.

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