Memorial complex Boško Buha, Cultural monument in Jabuka, Serbia.
The Boško Buha memorial complex stands at Jabuka, on a plateau 1,297 m above sea level between Prijepolje and Pljevlja. Its centrepiece is a bronze figure of Boško Buha with a rifle on his shoulder, a grenade in his hand and an open book beneath him, unveiled on 27 September 1970. Eight bronze busts of pioneer partisans by Mira Letica and Lj. Čabarkapa stand nearby, and the 840 m² memorial house holds a permanent exhibition on pioneers in the National Liberation Movement.
The memorial was built in 1964 to mark the place where young partisan Boško Buha died on September 27, 1943. His death represents the sacrifice of many young fighters who gave their lives in the liberation struggle.
Every 27 September from 1966, pioneer and veteran delegations from towns such as Virovitica, Čajetina, Gostivar and Ljubljana gathered at Jabuka for the Yugoslav Pioneer Ceremony "Boško Buha", lasting two days. The assembled pioneer detachments formed a joint unit whose first commander was Boško Buha's nephew, also named Boško Buha. The 1975 ceremony prompted the making of the film "Boško Buha".
Jabuka lies on a plateau halfway between Prijepolje (15 km) and Pljevlja (14 km), reached by an asphalt road opened in 1969. The 150 km "Boško Buha" mountain transversal, marked by the Yugoslav Mountaineering Association the same year, runs Prijepolje–Jabuka–Pljevlja–Đurđevića–Žabljak. Summers are mild and winters long and snowy, so check road conditions before setting out.
The memorial's bronze figure of Boško Buha was chosen through a competition in the pioneer magazine "Kekec": over 6,800 Yugoslav pioneers sent drawings, and the jury picked that of Jadranka Berić, a schoolgirl from Gornji Milanovac. Sculptor Mira Letica cast her idea in bronze — a boy with a rifle on his shoulder, a grenade in his hand, standing on the leaves of an open book — unveiled on 27 September 1970.
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