Revolutionary Dimitar Obshti

Dimitar Nikolov, known as Obshti, or Mitri Nikolov, was a Bulgarian national revolutionary and participant in the April Uprising. As a young man he fled to Serbia, where he worked for various people. He participated in national liberation struggles and volunteered for the First Bulgarian Legion in Belgrade in 1862. After the legion was disbanded, he participated in the Cretan Uprising of 1866 and obtained a Greek passport.

In 1869 he returned to Bulgaria and joined the organised liberation movement. He became Vasil Levski's assistant and actively participated in preparing and carrying out revolutionary activities. In 1872 he took part in the Arabakonak robbery, which, despite its success, led to revelations and subsequent problems for the revolutionaries.

Dimitar Obshti was detained and brought before the Extraordinary Investigative Commission in Sofia. Under intense pressure from the state, he provided substantial information about the activities of revolutionary committees in the Lovech–Teteven–Orhanie–Sofia region. This turn of events seriously disrupted the organisation of the liberation movement.

Dimitar Obshti was sentenced to death and hanged on 10 January 1873 in Sofia. His death and portrayal as a traitor served as an obstacle to the development of revolutionary activities during this period.