Revolutionary Gavril Tsokov

Gavril Tsokov, or Tsakov, Kalev, or Kolev, was a member of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps, born around 1855–1856 in Koprivshtitsa. He served in the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps and the Russo-Bulgarian Brigade during the War of Liberation. After the war, he settled in Plovdiv, working as a police constable, bookseller, tailor and grocer's assistant. He was an active member of the Association of Liberation Fighters and Volunteer Corps Veterans in Plovdiv and served in the leadership of the Afforestation Society in Koprivshtitsa. In 1923, he was made an honorary citizen of Gabrovo alongside the other surviving Volunteer Corps members known to the town's inhabitants. He died in Koprivshtitsa on 22 August 1931.