Alija Sirotanovich Mining Ops [ASMO]

u'A worker in a coal mine in Breza, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sirotanovi\u0107 became famous when he beat another "model worker", Soviet miner Aleksei Stakhanov, in a coal mining contest, in the process setting a coal mining world record.<br><br>As Yugoslavia was in political confrontation (see: Tito-Stalin split) with the Soviet Union around the time of the contest, his accomplishment was widely praised and publicised by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. Tito is said to have offered to fulfill any wish Sirotanovi\u0107 had, but all Alija is reported to have requested was a bigger shovel. Tito granted his wish, and the larger shovel that was designed for him was later named after him: Sirotanovi\u0107ka. The state also built him a new house in his village Trtori\u0107i. In 1987 Zabranjeno Pu\u0161enje recorded a song titled "Srce, ruke i lopata" ("Heart, Hands and a Shovel"), paying tribute to Comrade Alija, the model of a hard working, modest man.'