Mečkin Kamen

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Mečkin Kamen (Macedonian: Мечкин Камен, Bear's Rock) is a hill near the city of Kruševo.

[edit] 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.

[edit] The Ilinden Uprising

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.