Revolutionary Doncho Shtipyancheto

Andon Stoyanov Toshev, known as Done or Doncho Shtipyancheto, Shtipyanski or Kiradzhiyata, was a Bulgarian revolutionary and active member of the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation (IMARO). He has been described as the founder of stoicism within the organisation.

Born on 20 June 1867 in the village of Erdzhelia in the Shtip district, then part of the Ottoman Empire, Done Stoyanov came from a large and influential family. In his youth, after his mother's death, he moved to the town of Shtip and was educated at the Bulgarian Deyatelnost community cultural centre, where he heard about the exploits of Bulgarian revolutionaries such as Vasil Levski and Hristo Botev.

Done Stoyanov worked as a furrier but also became involved in revolutionary activity, joining IMARO's Shtip committee. In the summer of 1895 he met the adventurer Aleksandar Chakarov and his detachment in the Vinitsa district and, on Gotse Delchev's behalf, dissuaded him from launching an uprising with a small number of fighters.

In April 1896, while transporting bombs, revolvers and ammunition, he was captured by the Turkish authorities as he entered Bitola. He was subjected to severe torture but disclosed no information. Nevertheless, he was sentenced to 101 years in prison in chains, later reduced to fifteen years.