Mečkin Kamen

Mečkin Kamen (Macedonian: Мечкин Камен, Bear's Rock) is a hill near the city of Kruševo. A war memorial by Dimo Todorovski at the site bears the same name.

The Legend of Mečkin Kamen

There is a legend behind the name of the hill. A long time ago in a small suburb besides the orchids lived a number of brothers. They occupied their time with agriculture and life stock. One day the brothers were returning from the hill when they were confronted by a big bear. The brave people of Kruševo were not frightened, instead they attacked the bear. The bear rolled a rock down the hill towards the brothers, but then they killed the bear with a couple of strikes from their axes. The rock which was rolled by the bear was known as Mečkin Kamen (Bear's Rock) by the people.

Battle of Mečkin Kamen

On the same location, revolutionary Pitu Guli heroically battled for the Kruševo Republic in 1903 when the Ottoman army destroyed Kruševo and suppressed the uprising. A monument exists today on Mečkin Kamen where Pitu Guli was killed.