Hadzhi Stavri's Revolt

Hadzhi Stavri's Revolt was an attempted uprising forming part of Lyuben Karavelov's strategy to liberate Bulgaria and establish the First Bulgarian Legion. After the Serbian authorities disbanded the legion in 1862, Hadzhi Stavri Koynov formed a detachment of around 100–150 men. It set out from Lyaskovets Monastery in the Gorna Oryahovitsa region, but after a series of battles was finally defeated between Tryavna and Gabrovo.
A second significant detachment was formed in the Gabrovo region under Nikola Stefanov and Kosta Eftimov, known as Napoleon. This attempt collapsed after the defeat of the insurgents in Tarnovo. The detachments of Todoraki of Oryahovitsa and Ivan Markov were briefly active in the Kotel Balkan Mountains. Panayot Hitov's detachment also operated in Thrace and the Balkan Mountains during this period, in connection with plans for an uprising in the summer and autumn of 1862.

This attempted uprising failed to achieve its aim of liberating Bulgaria in 1862. Several years later, in 1868, Geo Milev (Hadzhi Georgi Stavrev) was executed by the Ottoman authorities in Sofia.