Soon he fled from his uncle's place and went to Brăila where he lived with the Bulgarian exiled revolutionaries and met Hristo Botev, a Bulgarian revolutionary and poet.
Uskoro je pobjegao od svog ujaka i otišao u Brăilu, gdje je živio s bugarskim prognanim revolucionarima i susreo se s Hristom Botevim, bugarskim revolucionarom i pjesnikom.