Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Babban memba na gaba na dangin Shishmanoğlu ɗan Sratsimir Rostislav ne, wanda ya yi da'awar taken Yariman Tarnovo kuma ya kasance jagora na Tawayen Tarnovo na Biyu. A shekara ta 1686 ya tafi Rasha, da niyyar samun goyon baya a cikin tawaye. A Moscow ya sadu da Shugaban Cocin Orthodox na Rasha Joachim kuma ya roƙe shi taimako. A farkon shekara ta
Yaƙin Rasha da Turkiyya (1686<unk>1700), tawaye ya ɓarke da wuri a tsohuwar babban birnin Bulgaria na Tarnovo. Rostislav ya koma Ottoman Bulgaria, amma sojojin Ottoman sun fi yawa kuma an murkushe tawayen. Bayan kasada da yawa ya koma Moscow, inda daga karshe ya auri 'yar dan uban kuma ya ba da tushen dangin masarautar Rasha Saveliev <unk> Rostislavic.