Revolutionary Stanyo Dyulgerov

Stanyo Dyulgerov was a Bulgarian revolutionary born in Koprivshtitsa village in 1839. He served in the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps during the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation of 1877–1878 and received the Order of St George, Fourth Class. After the war, he became mayor of Varna and district governor of Dobrich. For his participation in the fighting on Shipka Peak, he was made an honorary citizen of Gabrovo. In 1926, he applied for a pension for participation in the April Uprising of 1876, but no documents were submitted. He lived in Varna and died there after 1931.