Petros Christou

Petros Christou c. 1906-1908

Native name|

Πέτρος Χρήστου

Born| c. 1887
Velušina, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of North Macedonia)
Died| 21 June 1908
Monastir, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia)
Allegiance|  Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch|  HMC
Years of service| 1906-1908
Battles/wars| Macedonian Struggle

Petros Christou (Greek: Πέτρος Χρήστου, 1887 - 21 June 1908) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.

## Biography[edit]

Christou was born in 1887 in Velušina, then Ottoman Empire (now Republic of North Macedonia). He served as a teacher in Gradešnica. Later, he joined the armed group of Cretan G. Volanis, where he was distinguished for his leadership abilities. He also collaborated with G. Dikonomos Makris. In May 1906 he formed his own armed group that acted in Mariovo against the Bulgarian komitadjis and Ottoman military detachments, cooperating with the chieftain Simos Ioannidis.[1]

Later, he collaborated with Georgios Tsontos, acting in southern Mariovo and in the region of Florina and Prespa.[1] At the end of May 1907, due to the departure of Tsontos and a number of chieftains towards Korestia, Christou, with his group, united with the group of G. Proimos, acting in all the areas of Prespa, Florina and southern Mariovo and Pelister.[1] Then he moved south to Verno, where he cooperated with the chieftains I. Karavitis, Pavlos Rakovitis, S. Kleidis and P. Gerogiannis.[1]

In April 1907, along with the groups of chieftains Pavlos Nikolaidis, G. Tsontos and I. Karavitis, attacked komitadjis in Florina. Many young local people rushed then to be ranked among the armed groups of those chieftains. At the end of 1907 he took over the defense in the area of the villages of Kabasnitsa (now Proti) and Kladorrachi of Florina.[1] In May 1908, after a clash with an Ottoman army detachment, southwest of Monastir (now Bitola), he escaped to Bukovo, where he was finally arrested. He was hanged on 21 June 1908, in Monastir, as a retaliation for the assassination of Deputy Governor Zeinel Bey of Nymfaio. In 1960 a bust was erected on a central street in Florina to honor him.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e Κωνσταντίνος Αποστόλου Βακαλόπουλος, Ο ένοπλος αγώνας στη Μακεδονία 1904-1908, publications Ηρόδοτος, Thessaloniki, 1999, p. 291 - 349
2. ^ Ο εμφύλιος των προτομών, Εκεί που χάνονται τα αγάλματα, Προτομές με το κιλό, Ιός, Κυριακάτικη Ελευθεροτυπία, 26 November 2000

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* Ion Dragoumis
* Stefanos Dragoumis
* Dimitrios Kalapothakis
* Germanos Karavangelis
* Pavlos Melas
* Georgios Pentzikis

Armed bands leaders & participants
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* 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

Consular officials &
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* Ion Dragoumis
* Athanasios Exadaktylos (Antoniou)
* Lambros Koromilas
* Spyridon Levidis
* Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian (Ioannidis)
* Anastasios Pichion
* Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (Kalamidis)

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