Petros Hatzitasis

Petros Hatzitasis (1872-1932) was a Greek (often called a Grecoman by Bulgarian writers) chieftain from Florina who contributed to the Macedonian Struggle.

Photograph of Petros Hatzitasis

He was born in 1872 in Florina.[1] and was an important member of the five-member National Committee of Florina[2] founded in 1902 by Nikolaos Pyrzas.[3][4][5]

He tried to assassinate the Bulgarian komitadji Michael Grezhov in 1904, but the latter escaped, although wounded. He cooperated with the army of Pavlos Melas and participated in the clash which cost Melas' life, in Melas in Kastoria.[5] He and his team cooperated with Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos (Kapetan Nidas) for many operations. He participated in the battle of Drosopigi near Florina, where he became a prisoner of the Ottoman authorities and was imprisoned for three years, until 1908.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Εκλογικός κατάλογος Δήμου Φλώρινας το 1914
  2. ↑ Dimitrios Lithoxoou, Πληθυσμός και οικισμοί της περιοχής Φλώρινας, Φ
  3. 1 2 Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate, Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών και τα εις Θράκην γεγονότα, Athens 1979, p. 115
  4. 1 2 Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Χ-137
  5. 1 2 3 Ιωάννης Σ.
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