Stefan Slivkov (Bulgarian: Стефан Сливков) (1837-1917), was a notable 19th-century Bulgarian leader, revolutionary and politician, associate of national hero Vasil Levski, and one of the founders of the local revolutionary committee in Stara Zagora. Slivkov fought for the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire. Captured and exiled in the notorious Diyarbakır in 1873, Slivkov survived torture and humiliation, and was eventually released in 1878, following the Treaty of San Stefano.
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