In 1863 , in the '' Kraljice Natalije '' street , the first Serbian high school level institution for the education of the girls was established , Higher School for Girls . Nearby street was subsequently named '' Devojačka '' ( Serbian for the " girl street " ) and today is called '' Kosovke Devojke '' , so when park was formed much later , it was colloquially named Devojački Park ( Girl 's Park ) . On 18 April 2017 , Belgrade City Assembly officially changed its name to Park Aleksandrov , after the Alexandrov Ensemble , army choir of the Red Army . They held frequent performances in Belgrade , and on 25 December 2016 many of the ensemble members perished in an airplane crash over the Black Sea
airplane crash over the Black Sea
2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
Park Aleksandrov