Greek chieftain of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia
Dimitrios Tsapanos (Greek: Δημήτριος Τσάπανος) was a Greek chieftain of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia.
Biography
Tsapanos was born in 1882 or 1883 in Magarevo of the historic region of Pelagonia, then Ottoman Empire (now North Macedonia).[1] Nikolaos Tsapanos, chieftain of the 1896–1897 Greek Macedonian rebellion, was his relative.[2] Dimitrios Tsapanos became a kodjabashi of his hometown, Magarevo and a member of the local National Commission.
In 1903 he formed an armed group led by him and took part in the Macedonian Struggle. He acted with his body throughout the Macedonian Struggle against the Bulgarian komitadji armed groups and the Ottoman military extracts who were a threat for the Macedonian Greeks of the region. He protected the Greek populations mainly in the areas of Pelagonia, Prespa, Florina and Pelister.[3][4] After the Balkan Wars and the incorporation of the region of Pelagonia including his hometown in Kingdom of Serbia, he settled in Florina where he spent the rest of his life, suffering from Ankylosing spondylitis.
References
- ^ The Makedonomachos Dimitrios Tsapanos from Megarovo of Pelagonia, floriniotika.gr
- ^ Apostolos Vakalopoulos, "Νεότερη Ιστορία της Μακεδονίας (1830-1912)" [Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912)], Από τη γένεση του Νεοελληνικού κράτους ως την απελευθέρωση, publications Ηρόδοτος, Thessaloniki, 1999, p. 299
- ^ Apostolos Vakalopoulos, "Εθνοτική Διαπάλη στη Μακεδονία (1894 – 1904)" [Ethnical Conflicts in Macedonia (1893 - 1904)], Η Μακεδονία στις παραμονές του Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, publications Ηρόδοτος, Thessaloniki, 1999, p. 344
- ^ "Το δοξασμένο Μοναστήρι: ήτοι, ιστορία της πατριωτικής δράσεως της πόλεως Μοναστηρίου και των περιχώρων από του έτους 1830 μέχρι του 1903" [The glorified Monastir: History of the patriotic actions of Monastir and its surroundings from 1830 to 1903], Παντελή Γ. Τσάλλη, Κεντρική Επιτροπή διά την διάδοσιν της Ιστορίας του Μοναστηρίου, Thessaloniki 1932, p. 85
