Revolutionary Nikola Kyuchukov

Nikola Ivanov Kyuchukov was a Bulgarian revolutionary who participated in both the Herzegovina–Bosnia Uprising and Botev's detachment.

He was born on 26 June 1850 in Sliven. The ninth child in a very poor family, he received only a few years of schooling before becoming a shoemaker's apprentice. At sixteen he left Bulgaria and settled in Romania, living in Brăila and establishing contacts with many Bulgarian revolutionaries.

In 1875 he took part in the Herzegovina–Bosnia Uprising, and the following year joined Hristo Botev's detachment. He boarded the steamship Radetzky at Turnu Măgurele and fought in all the detachment's battles. He was captured near Etropole and tried in Sofia, but released following the general amnesty.

After Bulgaria's Liberation, Nikola Kyuchukov held various government posts. In 1894 he was district chief in Aytos.

In 1901 he published his memoirs in the book "Записки на Никола Ив. Кючуковъ (Другаръ на Хр. Ботевъ) 1875-1876" (Notes of Nikola Iv. Kyuchukov, a Comrade of Hr. Botev, 1875–1876). These memoirs were also included in the collection "Ботевите четници разказват" (Members of Botev's Detachment Recount Their Experiences).

Nikola Ivanov Kyuchukov died in Sliven on 12 April 1912.