 As the city was in the financial crisis at the time and wasn’t able to buy such a large lot for the new cemetery, mayor of Belgrade Vladan Đorđević donated a patch of his land to the city for the purpose of establishing a new cemetery.Though the Belgrade New Cemetery became operational in August 1886, the reinterment of the remains from Tašmajdan dragged on for the several decades, being finished only in 1927.As population settled along the road, gradually it became a street, originally known as "Sokače kod zlatnog topa" ("Alley at the golden cannon").