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Sava Mihaylov (1877-1905), Macedonian revolutionary, participant in the Macedonian Revolutionary Movement; member, and leader of Macedonian Revolutionary Organization.
He graduated from Thessaloniki School and then is a teacher in Gorna Dzhumaya, where he is also the District Chief of SMORO. There is betrayed and joins Yane Sandanski's detachment for capturing Miss Stone. From the beginning of 1903 he was the voivode in Gevgelija. He took part in the Ilinden Uprising and together with Argir Manassiev organized a diversion of the Vardar railway bridge near Gevgelija. He died on 1 March 1905 near the village of Smol, Gevgelija. Betrayed by some Arnauts shepherds, together with the detachment of Apostol Petkov (a total of 42 persons) are surrounded by Turkish troops. The battle killed 36 people, including Sava Mihaylov. He poisoned himself so that he could not be captured by the Turks. The Turkish Government awards all Turkish participants awards, medals and more. For the time of National Liberation Struggle (NLS), during the Second World War, Gevgelian partisan unit was named of Sava Mihaylov.