Hajduk Peyu Buyukliyata

Peyu Nikolov Bahov, known by the nickname Buyukliyata because of his long moustache, was a Bulgarian hajduk and voivode, born around 1810 in the village of Kozasmode, now the Kozarevo neighbourhood of Tvarditsa. He joined Boycho Voyvoda's detachment in the first half of the nineteenth century, working alongside Dimitar Kalachliyata. His hajduk activity began around 1837–1840.

During the April Uprising, he was offered command of a large insurgent detachment for operations in the Balkan Mountains, but declined because he was already of advanced age. Nevertheless, in 1877 he established contact with General Apollon Zimmermann and carried out reconnaissance and attacks behind Turkish lines.

Nikola Bahov's family returned from Bessarabia in 1833 and settled in the village of Gelendzhik. In 1845 he became a pupil of Boycho Voyvoda and participated in all his battles and campaigns. He then served under Kalachliyata's banner around 1850. He formed his own detachment with Zlati Konarchenina and operated in various regions of Bulgaria, defending the Bulgarian population from Turkish troops.

In 1856, during his stay in the Sliven region, his detachment was defeated and Buyukliyata himself was captured and imprisoned in Adrianople. There, thanks to influential Turks who were friends of the voivode, he was released for the third time. After the Liberation he moved into the mill near the village of Kuyudzhik, close to Batova, which his detachment had previously used. He died at the age of eighty-six.