
Gavril Krustevich is also a fighter for church autonomy. His draft is a statute of the Bulgarian exarchy. He is director of the interior of East Rumelia and her second Governor-General. As such, the Unification of the Principality of Bulgaria with Eastern Rumelia is provoked. Upon his arrest, he voluntarily passes the key to the town of the Chetniks with the words "And I am a Bulgarian, boys". He first proposed the idea of creating a BKD because of the need for editing the literary language. He writes on Bulgarian history matters and issues the book "Bulgarian History."