Revolutionary Pavel Davkov

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Revolutionary Pavel Davkov

Pavel Davkov

Active from: 1902
Active until: 1920

Pavel (Pavle) Davkov was a Bulgarian revolutionary, born in 1862 in Sarbinovo, then part of the Ottoman Empire and now in Bulgaria. He headed the revolutionary committee in Sarbinovo.

In 1901, during the Miss Stone affair, he was arrested but managed to escape and went underground. He participated as a detachment voivode in the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organisation's Gorna Dzhumaya Uprising in 1902. On 23 September, with 120 fighters, he defeated ninety Turkish regulars after three hours of fighting in Sarbinovo. During the uprising he also fought at Gradevo and Kresna. Father Iliya from Senokos accompanied him in battle.