There is every chance that for 47 years the capital of Montenegro had the wrong name, because in the Law on changing the name of the city, the name Podgorica was renamed to Titovgrad, at the session of the Presidency of the National Assembly of Montenegro held on July 25, 1948.
The law was signed by the then Vice President of the National Assembly of Montenegro Andrija Mugoš and Secretary Gavro Cemović.
It was retroactively valid from July 13, 1946.
Already in the Official Gazette issued shortly after the session, Titovgrad is not mentioned, but Titograd, and it is not clear who ordered such a change of the city's name.
The capital of Montenegro was called Titograd from 1946 to 1992.
At that time, the only daily newspaper in Montenegro "Pobjeda", which was printed in Cetinje, number 30, published on July 28, 1946, reports that "fulfilling the wish of the entire people of Montenegro and giving recognition to the creator and leader of our country, our unique peoples, the Presidency of the National The Assembly of the People's Republic of Montenegro passed the Law on Changing the City of Podgorica, which is now named Titovgrad. The proposal to change the name came from the city's National Assembly of Podgorica, as a faithful interpretation of the desire and will of the people of the city, as an expression of the love of the Montenegrin people...".
In the Law on changing the name of the city, it is written that now Podgorica is called Titovgrad.
Professor Mladen Vukčević pointed out the change of the name Titovgrad to Titograd to the "News", stating that one is written in the law and the other in the Official Gazette.
By decision of the Assembly of the Capital City in 1992, the name Podgorica was returned to the city.
Recently, the mayor of Podgorica, Ivan Vuković, received representatives of the Association of Fighters of the National Liberation War of Montenegro and announced that he supports the idea of erecting a monument to Josip Broz Tito in the city center.
Vuković emphasized that he is personally proud of the libertarian times and traditions.
Vuković's support for erecting the monument caused conflicting reactions from those who respect the work and the time when Tito ruled Yugoslavia, and those who dispute that time.
In Podgorica, we have Josip Broz Boulevard at the Old Airport, the Mladost Football Club recently returned its old name to the Titograd Youth Football Club, there is also a Titograd Radio Station, and a popular city cafe also bears that name.
The city is being raised with the greatest efforts
In an article published in 1948, it is mentioned that, after the war, the city was rebuilt with the greatest efforts. Bridges have been rebuilt, streets have been cleared, the power plant, monopoly and workshops have been rebuilt, one building after another is being erected and renovated....
Podgorica was bombed 82 times during the Second World War and hardly any buildings in the city survived.
Change in the Official Gazette
In the Official Gazette published on August 1, 1946, it is already written that the new law changed the name of Podgorica to Titograd. Once the Podgorica section is now the Titograd section. There is no explanation why Titovgrad became Titograd.
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