Bust portraying Dimitrios Stagas in Kleisoura
Dimitrios Stagas (Greek: Δημήτριος Στάγκας) or Stasinopoulos (1864–1951), known as well with his nickname Captain Mizas was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.[1]
Biography[]
Stagas was born in 1864 in Kleisoura of the Kastoria region. He set up his own armed group which acted throughout the Macedonian Struggle, defending his hometown, Kleisoura, from Bulgarian raids, but also the retaliation of the Ottoman authorities. He acted in the regions of Kastoria, Verno and Eordaia. He cooperated in several operations with Ioannis Karavitis.[2][3] He was a member of the Struggle Commission of Kleisoura and the leader of the militia of Lechovo.[4][5] He also participated in various operations in the First Balkan War as a volunteer.[6]
He died in 1951 at the age of 86 or 87.
References[]
- ↑ Νικόλαος Δημ. Σιώκης, Ο Μακεδονομάχος ιατρός Ιωάννης Αργυρόπουλος (1852-1920), εκδήλωση για τα 100 χρόνια από το Μακεδονικό Αγώνα, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, p. 209
- ↑ Γεώργιος Πετσίβας (diligence), Ιωάννη Καραβίτη, Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών, Athens 1994, t Β΄, p. 844.
- ↑ John S. Koliopoulos (scientific diligence), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 81
- ↑ "Κλεισούρα Καστοριάς, 20ος αιώνας". http://kleisoura.com/.
- ↑ Σταυρούλα Βαϊνά Αρβανιτάκη (2004). Ο καπετάν Γρηγόριος Βαϊνάς, Μακεδονικός Αγώνας, Ήθη και έθιμα της Μακεδονίας. Athens: Μέδουσα – Σέλας Εκδοτική. pp. 46. ISBN 960-8338-14-X.
- ↑ Κωνσταντίνος Αποστόλου Βακαλόπουλος, Ο Ελληνισμός της περιοχής Μοριχόβου Μοναστηριού κατά τό Μακεδονικό αγώνα - Η περίπτωση του άγνωστου μακεδονομάχου Πέτρου Σουγαράκη
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