Dimo Todorovski (1910, Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki

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 - 1983, Skopje

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), was a prominent Macedonian

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

 artist

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 and a first generation Macedonian sculptor. His works are part of the national collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje. During his life he realized a number of sculptures of different formats, portraits, and many public monuments around the country. His most famous work is the Mechkin Kamen

Mechkin Kamen

Mečkin Kamen 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:...

 (Bear's Rock) memorial in Krushevo, which has turned into one of the national symbols of the Republic of Macedonia

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.