He also announced a project of a dictionary that would contain translation from Macedonian into Upper Bulgarian and vice versa.
Shapkarev was a collaborator of the revolutionary Georgi Rakovski and in the field of ethnography, he assisted the Miladinov brothers.
[9] After 1883 he lived in Eastern Rumelia and Bulgaria – in Plovdiv, Sliven, Stara Zagora, Vraca and Orhanie (Botevgrad).
[4] His autobiographical book is called "Materials for the Revival of Bulgarian national spirit in Macedonia".
The Kuzman Shapkarev Secondary Schoo [bg], one of the first specialized high schools in Sofia, carries his name.