Revolutionary Sotir Peyov

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Revolutionary Sotir Peyov

Sotir Peyov

Active from: 1867
Active until: 1896
Period: Ottoman rule

Sotir Peyov, or Peev, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who served in Hadzhi Dimitar and Stefan Karadzha's detachment.

He was born around 1847 in Veles, then part of the Ottoman Empire. He took an active part in the Bulgarians' struggle for national liberation. Later, he went to Belgrade and joined the Second Bulgarian Legion.

On learning that detachments were being prepared in Wallachia to enter Bulgaria, he moved to Romania and joined Hadzhi Dimitar and Stefan Karadzha's detachment. He is believed to have died in 1896.