Hajduk Manol Nakov

Manol Nakov was a Bulgarian revolutionary from Macedonia who served in Hadzhi Dimitar and Stefan Karadzha's band.

He was born in Dolni Todorak, then in the Ottoman Empire and now Kato Theodoraki in Greece. He worked in farming and small-scale trade. In 1860, he and Hristo Makedonski joined Stoimen Voyvoda's band in Maleshevo. He also served in Georgi Rakovski's First Bulgarian Legion in Belgrade.

He and Makedonski then moved to Romania, where they lived as revolutionary émigrés. They joined the Second Bulgarian Legion and, after its dissolution in 1868, entered Hadzhi Dimitar and Stefan Karadzha's band.

Nakov played an important role in the struggle to free Bulgarians from Ottoman rule, proving a courageous and devoted fighter for freedom and independence.