One of the active contributors to the National Liberation Struggle (NLS) and victim of fascism, Risto Shuklev was born on 25th of October 1912 in Negortsi. He participated in activities of the progressing youth during the period 1939/40 in the region of Negortsi and Gornichet. When first guerrillas get out from Gevgelija region in April 1943, he took part in gathering food, clothing and other materials. He became a member of the Union of Yugoslavian Communists (KPJ) in October 1943. He worked as a military officer and for the needs of municipal committee presented lists of military bonds. Risto Shuklev was jailed on 25th of December with a charge of handing over confidential military data to the guerrillas. After a few days of brutal torture in investigative jail in Gevgelija, along with three other detainees from Negortsi, they were taken to Mala River to the west of Gevgelija on 4th of January 1944 to show where the guerrillas were. After brutal torture they were killed, and in 1944 their remains were transferred and buried in Negortsi.