Voivode Stoyan Bogdantsaliyata

Stoyan G. Bogdantsaliyata, also known as Bogdantsaliev or Bogdantsali, was a Bulgarian hajduk and revolutionary, born in the village of Bogdantsi in the Gevgelija region, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire and is now in North Macedonia. He was born around 1830–1832, or around 1840 or 1849.

In 1876, he joined the ranks of the hajduks and took command of a small detachment. He participated in the Russo-Turkish War. During the Serbo-Bulgarian War, he initially led the Kyustendil volunteer detachment, consisting of 44 men, and later, together with Dimitar Yurukov, commanded a detachment of 110 men. He took part in the battles at Slavinya, Rzhana, Rosovtsi and Pirot on 11, 12 and 15 November. On 10 February 1887, he was awarded the silver Commemorative Medal for the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885, presented to him by the First Infantry Brigade. He later settled in Kyustendil.