The path of Botev’s Chetta: Kozloduy bank

May 17, 1876:

After kissing the ground, the flag and the cross (made of crossed swords) with the words “I swear to die for my fatherland Bulgaria!”, the Chetniks head to Kozloduy. Divided into two groups – one led by Botev enters the village directly, the other, led by Nikola Voinovski makes a detour. In Kozloduy they are joined by the teacher Mladen Pavlov and are supplied with “14 cars and 12 horses” in the words of the Chetnik Nikola Kyuchukov. Around 3 p.m. the two groups gathered at Mateev Geran, where they quenched their thirst and headed south to the village of Butan.