Titov Vrv ( mk, Титов Врв, sq, Turk i Madh) is the highest peak of the
Šar Mountains
The Šar Mountains (Serbian and mk, Шар Планина, Šar Planina, colloquially also ) or Sharr Mountains ( sq, Malet e Sharrit), form a mountain range in the Balkans that extends from Kosovo and the northwest of North Macedonia to north ...
at . It is located about northwest of the city of
Tetovo
Tetovo ( mk, Тетово, , sq, Tetovë/Tetova) is a city in the northwestern part of North Macedonia, built on the foothills of Šar Mountain and divided by the Pena River. The municipality of Tetovo covers an area of at above sea level, w ...
in
North Macedonia
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, near the border with
Kosovo
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.
Name
The summit's original name is "Big Turk" ( mk, Голем Турчин, translit=Golem Turčin). In 1934, the peak was renamed to Mount Aleksandar, in honor of
Aleksandar I of Yugoslavia, after his assassination. During
World War II
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, the Bulgarian authorities restored its original name. The peak was renamed in 1953 in honor of
Josip Broz Tito. The name has remained unchanged since Macedonian independence in 1991, however in other neighboring languages such as
Turkish,
Albanian, and
Bulgarian
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* Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria
* Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group
* Bulgarian language, a Slavic language
* Bulgarian alphabet
* A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria
* Bul ...
it is still known as the "Big Turk". Тhe smaller neighboring peak is known as "Small Turk" ( mk, Мал Турчин, translit=Mal Turčin).
Activity
Every year, on the last weekend of May, the Ljuboten mountain club holds a climb to this peak.
In December 2022, the inside of the tower at the top of the peak was vandalized.
Gallery
File:Кривошиско Езеро и врвот Шар (Титов).JPG, View of Titov Vrv, with Lake Krivošijsko in the foothills
File:Титов Врв (Шар) 10.jpg, View of Titov Vrv from Bakardan
File:Титов Врв и М.Турчин - Шар Планина.jpg, View of Titov Vrv from Mal Turčin
File:Титов Врв (Шар) 08.jpg, Tower at the top of the peak
See also
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List of places named after Josip Broz Tito
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Šar Mountains
The Šar Mountains (Serbian and mk, Шар Планина, Šar Planina, colloquially also ) or Sharr Mountains ( sq, Malet e Sharrit), form a mountain range in the Balkans that extends from Kosovo and the northwest of North Macedonia to north ...
*
Korab (mountain)
References
Notes
Two-thousanders of North Macedonia
Šar Mountains
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