# Bacho Kiro > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bacho_Kiro > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bacho_Kiro.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacho_Kiro > Source revision: 1264906357 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary}} {{for|the Upper Paleolithic cave|Bacho Kiro cave}} right|thumb|Bacho Kiro (1835–1876) '''Bacho Kiro''' ({{langx|bg|Бачо Киро}}) (7 July 1835 – 28 May 1876) was the nickname of '''Kiro Petrov Zanev''' (Киро Петров Занев), a [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarians) teacher, man of letters and revolutionary who took an active part in the [April Uprising](/source/April_Uprising).{{cite book |title=Електронно издание "История на България" |language=Bulgarian |last=Бакалов |first=Георги |author2=Милен Куманов |publisher=Труд, Сирма |location=София |year=2003 |isbn=954528613X |chapter=Бачо Киро (К. Петров Занев) (7.VII.1835-28.V.1876) }} Bacho Kiro was born in what is today [Byala Cherkva](/source/Byala_Cherkva), [Veliko Tarnovo Province](/source/Veliko_Tarnovo_Province) (then called Gorni Turcheta), to the family of the [herdsman](/source/herder) Petar Zanev. After finishing the religious school in his village, he joined the Batoshevo Monastery as a neophyte. From 1852 on, he worked as a teacher in various villages, including Koevtsi, Musina, Mihaltsi, Vishovgrad and his native Byala Cherkva, where he lived and taught from 1857 to 1876 with some interruptions. Bacho Kiro also travelled around the Bulgarian lands by foot, calling for armed resistance against the [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) rule, and visited [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Mount Athos](/source/Mount_Athos), [Belgrade](/source/Belgrade) and [Bucharest](/source/Bucharest). Bacho Kiro established a number of cultural centres (''[chitalishta](/source/chitalishte)''); in February 1872, he became the Byala Cherkva head of [Vasil Levski](/source/Vasil_Levski)'s [Internal Revolutionary Organisation](/source/Internal_Revolutionary_Organisation). Upon the outbreak of the April Uprising in 1876, Bacho Kiro was among the uprising's leaders in the [Tarnovo](/source/Veliko_Tarnovo) district and a sub-[voivode](/source/voivode) in [Father Hariton](/source/Father_Hariton)'s detachment. Bacho Kiro took part in the [Dryanovo Monastery](/source/Dryanovo_Monastery) fightings, and although his detachment was routed by the Ottomans, he managed to escape. However, he was betrayed and captured by the Ottoman government. He was [sentenced to death](/source/capital_punishment) and hanged in Tarnovo. Before his execution, he held a passionate speech and did not ask for mercy. Bacho Kiro was the author of some travel notes and the [drama](/source/drama) piece ''Poor Man Tancho''. The [Bacho Kiro cave](/source/Bacho_Kiro_cave) near [Dryanovo](/source/Dryanovo) is named in his honour. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{commons cat inline}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacho Kiro}} Category:1835 births Category:1876 deaths Category:Revolutionaries from the Ottoman Empire Category:Educators from the Ottoman Empire Category:People from Byala Cherkva Category:Bulgarian revolutionaries Category:April Uprising of 1876 Category:People executed by the Ottoman Empire by hanging Category:Executed Bulgarian people Category:Eastern Orthodox monks Category:19th-century Bulgarian educators Category:19th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire Category:Bulgarian people imprisoned in the Ottoman Empire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bacho Kiro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacho_Kiro) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacho_Kiro?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.