Izvor – a village in the Kopachka district, in the Municipality of Kichevo, in the vicinity of the town of Kichevo. Until March 2013, the village was part of the former Municipality of Drugovo, which was merged with the Municipality of Kichevo.
The village is located in the area of Kopachka, in the southern part of the territory of Kichevo Municipality, on the Kichevo-Ohrid road, in the source catchment area of the Treska River. The village is flat, at an altitude of 745 meters. It is 14 kilometers away from the city of Kichevo. The young village of Izvor is located on the Kichevo-Ohrid road and on the former narrow-gauge railway line to Ohrid. It was founded in the upper part of the Treska valley, around the Izvor hot spring, after whom it got its name. The land on which the village was founded was the atar of the neighboring mountain village of Dušegubica.
Lopushnik is a mountain that is the southern branch of the Bistra mountain. Geographically, the branch is divided into Upper and Lower. The entire area is lower than the surrounding peaks of Bistra and has a dense beech forest. The highest point is the Stog peak with an altitude of 1,574 meters.
In Macedonian history, the mountain is known for the fact that the Main Headquarters of WW2 and POM stayed on these slopes in WW2 for a certain time. Among the partisans of Lopushnik was Kocho Racin, who died here. His first resting place is also located here, where the anniversary of his death is traditionally celebrated every year.
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