Captain Dyado Nikola's Uprising

In 1856, during the Crimean War, an uprising broke out in the Tarnovo and Gabrovo regions, organised by Nikola Filipovski, known as Captain Dyado Nikola or simply Dyado Nikola. It arose from the mobilisation of the population in the Bulgarian lands as a consequence of the war.
Under Dyado Nikola's leadership, and with support from Petko Slaveykov, Nikola Kozlev and Petar-Pandeli Kisimov, the rebels even established contact with Georgi Rakovski. The original plan was to seize the government residence in Tarnovo and obtain weapons there. Betrayal thwarted this plan.
On 28 July, around twenty fighters gathered at Lyaskovets Monastery near Tarnovo. The detachment set out towards the Balkan Mountains, joined along the way by fighters from villages and hamlets around Tryavna and Gabrovo. Their total number reached around 140. On the outskirts of Gabrovo, however, they encountered Ottoman troops and were defeated.
The survivors headed across the Balkan Mountains towards Shipka, but after successive clashes with Ottoman forces they were finally dispersed. Their commander, Captain Dyado Nikola, was killed on 3 August, bringing the uprising to its conclusion.

The Ottoman army defeated the uprising, and Dyado Nikola was killed on 3 August 1856. The result was the forced displacement of Bulgarians who had participated. Despite their failure, uprisings such as this expressed the Bulgarian people's resistance to Ottoman domination during this historical period.