Pantelis Papaioannou
Kapetan (Chieftain) Pantelis Papaioannou | |
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Papaioannou wearing the Greek Foustanella c. 1904-1907 | |
Native name | Παντελής Παπαϊωάννου Панде Атанасов |
Nickname(s) | Kapetan Nikotsaras (Καπετάν Νικοτσάρας) Pantelis Grekos (Παντελής Γραικός) |
Born | c. 1880s Kolešino, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of North Macedonia) |
Died | 8 September 1907 |
Buried | |
Allegiance |
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Service/ | HMC |
Battles/wars | Macedonian Struggle † |
Relations | Charalambos Boufidis (cousin) |
Pantelis Papaioannou or Grekos (Greek: Παντελής Παπαϊωάννου) was a Slavophone Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle known by the nom de guerre Kapetan Nikotsaras (Καπετάν Νικοτσάρας).
Early life
Papaioannou was born in the 1880s in Kolešino, then Ottoman Empire (now Republic of North Macedonia) and was a Slavophone Patriarchist with strong Greek consciousness.[1][2] He was the first cousin of fellow Makedonomachos (Macedonian fighter) Charalambos Boufidis.
Macedonian Struggle
He initially worked as a secretary of Boris Sarafov until 1903, but after realizing the real purposes of IMRO towards the Greek population, he travelled to Athens where he received military training.[1][3] He then returned to his homeland joining the Greek Struggle for Macedonia, setting up a small armed group of Greeks from Strumica which initially acted near the Giannitsa Lake against the Bulgarian komitadjis.[4] He cooperated with many chieftains, including Gonos Yiotas and Theocharis Kougas from Gidas.[4] He later acted near his hometown, in the wider Novo Selo area. Papaioannou had been successful in recruiting men from the area, however, one of the recruits had an Exarch father-in-law by the name of Peche, who immediately notified the Ottomans of their location. Papaioannou and his men were encircled but miraculously managed to escape with only one casualty.
Death
A month later, Peche discovered their whereabouts and once again notified the Ottomans. Papaioannou and the majority of his armed group were killed in action on 8 September 1907 after the betrayal which lead to a battle against a large Ottoman army detachment.[1][5] This made his cousin Charalambos Boufidis or from then known by the nom de guerre Kapetan Fourtounas join the struggle and avenge his death, acting against the Bulgarian Komitadjis and finally killing Peche who had betrayed Papaioannou.[5]
Pantelis Papaioannou was buried in his home village of Kolešino.
Legacy
His death led to a surge in local Greeks of his home region to join the struggle.
The central street of Kilkis is named "Kapetan Nikotsaras" in his honour.
There is also a bust of him in a park in Kilkis.[6]
The Bulgarians consider him a Grecoman renegade.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d Vakalopoulos, Konstantinos. ΑΝΕΚΔΟΤΟ ΜΗΤΡΩΟ ΤΩΝ ΜΑΧΗΤΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΟΥ ΑΓΩΝΑ (PDF). ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr. p. 75.
- ^ a b Mazarakess Ainian, Konstantinos (1981). Ho Makedonikos agōnas: me hena chartē tōn scholeiōn tēs Makedonias kai eikones ektos keimenou. Dōdōnē. p. 144.
- ^ "Γιάννης Λάζαρης, Μακεδονικός Αγώνας:Από το μύθο... στην ιστορία" (PDF). 2009. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-19. Retrieved 2011-06-13.
- ^ a b Ho Makedonikos agōnas: symposio, Thessalonikē, Phlōrina, Kastoria, Edessa, 28 Oktōvriou-2 Noemvriou, 1984. Hidryma Meletōn Chersonēsou tou Haimou, Mouseio Makedonikou Agōna. 1987. p. 83.
- ^ a b Konstantinos Vakalopoulos, "Ο ένοπλος αγώνας στη Μακεδονία 1904-1908", publ. Ηρόδοτος, Thessaloniki, 1999, p. 287, 324
- ^ "Θανάσης Χατζημητάκος : Β' Μνημεία μέσα στην πόλη". www.eidisis.gr. 24 May 2009.
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(with nom de guerre)
- Theodoros Adam
- Sarantis-Tellos Agapinos (Agras)
- Michail Anagnostakos (Matapas)
- Charalambos Boufidis (Fourtounas)
- Theodoros Boulasikis
- Ioannis Boubaras
- Antigonos Choleris
- Petros Christou
- Konstantinos Christou (Kottas)
- Nikolaos Dailakis
- Panagiotis Danglis (Parmenion)
- Stergios Daoutis (Perifanos)
- Nikolaos Davelis
- Ioannis Demertzis
- Ioannis Demestichas (Nikiforos)
- Christos Dogiamas (Itsos)
- Dimitrios Dogiamas (Bikas)
- Lazos Dogiamas (Barovitsalis)
- Konstantinos Dogras
- Georgios Doitsinis
- Nikolaos Doumpiotis (Amyntas)
- Periklis Drakos
- Ioannis Evaggelopoulos
- Doukas Gaitatzis (Zervas)
- Konstantinos Garefis
- Dimitrios Golnas
- Nikolaos Gousios
- Stergios Goutas
- Pavlos Gyparis
- Petros Hatzitasis
- Simos Ioannidis (Armenskiotis)
- Georgios Kakoulidis (Dragas)
- Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos (Nidas)
- Pantelis Kandilas
- Efthymios Kaoudis (Old Kaoudis)
- Filippos Kapetanopoulos
- Georgios Karaiskakis
- Ioannis Karavitis
- Georgios Katechakis (Rouvas)
- Dimitrios Kechagias (Dalipis)
- Nikolaos Kollias
- Georgios Kondylis
- Alexandros Kontoulis (Skourtis)
- Stavros Kotsopoulos (Banitsiotis)
- Evangelos Koukoudeas
- Theodoros Koukoulakis
- Georgios Koutles
- Pavlos Kyrou
- Dimitrios Lalas
- Georgios Lepidatos (Arkoudas)
- Traianos Liantzakis (Traikos)
- Nikolaos Manos
- Konstantinos Manos (Michailidis)
- Petros Manos (Vergos)
- Ioannis Martzios
- Apostolis Matopoulos
- Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian (Akritas)
- Pavlos Melas (Mikis Zezas)
- Alexandros Merentitis (Doukas)
- Georgios Modis
- Evangelos Natsis (Srebreniotis)
- Pavlos Nikolaidis (Rakovitis)
- Alexandros Othonaios (Palamidis)
- Markos Palamidis
- Pantelis Papaioannou (Nikotsaras)
- Konstantinos Papastavrou (Mavromatis)
- Iraklis Patikas
- Filolaos Pichion (Filotas)
- Nikolaos Pyrzas (Lakis)
- Stavros Rigas (Kavodoros)
- Nikolaos Rokas (Kolios)
- Michail Sapkas
- Dimitrios Sarros
- Georgios Savvas
- Georgios Seridis (Spanos)
- Ioannis Simanikas
- Michael Sionidis
- Konstantinos Sorros (Kallas)
- Georgios Soulios
- Spyros Spyromilios (Bouas)
- Dimitrios Stagas (Mizas)
- Athanasios Stavroudis
- Christos Stogiannidis (Lilis or Iason)
- Markos Theodoridis
- Georgios Thomopoulos (Gogos)
- Georgios Tombras (Roupakias)
- Ioannis Tsangaridis
- Lazaros Tsamis
- Dimitrios Tsapanos
- Nikolaos Tsipouras
- Dimitrios Tsitsimis
- Christos Tsolakopoulos (Rembelos)
- Georgios Tsontos (Vardas)
- Lazaros Varzis (Zarkadas)
- Zisis Verros
- Ioannis Villioglou (Ramnalis)
- Stergios Vlachveis
- Argyrios Vouzas
- Zisis Vrakas
- Georgios Yiotas (Gonos)
- Antonios Zois
undercover agents
- Ion Dragoumis
- Athanasios Exadaktylos (Antoniou)
- Lambros Koromilas
- Spyridon Levidis
- Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian (Ioannidis)
- Anastasios Pichion
- Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (Kalamidis)
- Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)
- Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria)
- Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Chromio)
- Folklore Museum of Giannitsa
- Pavlos Melas Museum
- Captain Kottas Museum