HISTORICAL EVENTS
      Many historical monument, among which those of Georgi Benkovski in the village of Ribaritsa, Todor Kableshkov near the village of Chiflik, the monument of Borimechkata with the cherry cannon, the monument of the rebels who fought and died in the town of Klissura during the uprising, today remind us of the heroism of the brave Bulgarians, who took part in the April uprising and the Russian-Turkish war for National Liberation..

Klissura remains in history with its participation in the April Uprising in 1876. We connect this participation with the tragic fate of this small mountain town, which was burned down completely. For six days the people of Klissura fight for their lives and on the seventh – more than 400 of them are killed, all the houses, the two school buildings and the church are burned down as well.

The epic fights that took place at the highest points of the Shipka Pass – the St. Nikola peak (today Stoletov peak), the Shipka peak and the Orlovo gnezdo peak from 9 (21) to 11 (23) August 1877, were between the army of Suleyman Pasha and the Russian-Bulgarian army of General N. G. Stoletov. The Bulgarians fought heroically for the defense of the Shipka Pass.

The Gabrovo region took up a significant place in the strategic plans for the April Uprising in the First Tarnovo Revolutionary district.

The uprising of Captain Grandfather Nikola started from the Lyaskovski Monastery on 28 July 1856. With the blessing from the Monastery priests a detachment of not more than 13 rebels lead by Nikola Filipovski started for the Gabrovo Monastery, chased by a 300-men Turkish pursuit-party.