Kottas
Slavophone revolutionary chieftain in Western Macedonia during the Macedonian Struggle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kottas Christou (Greek: Κώττας Χρήστου) or Kote Hristov (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Коте Христов), known simply as Kottas or Kote,[1][2] and often referred to as Konstantinos Christou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Χρήστου), was a Slavophone revolutionary chieftain in Western Macedonia during the Macedonian Struggle.
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Kottas Christou Kote Hristov | |
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Native name | Коте Христов |
Nickname(s) | Kote (Коте) Kottas (Κώττας) |
Born | c. 1863 Roulia, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Kottas, Florina Greece) |
Died | c. 1905 (aged 42) Monastir, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia) |
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Years of service | 1898–1905 |
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Battles/wars | Ilinden Uprising Macedonian Struggle |
Spouse(s) | Zoi Sfektou |
Children | 8 - Sofia Christou, Dimitrios Christou, Sotirios Christou, Vasiliki Christou, Christos Christou, Lazaros Christou, Paschalini Christou and Evangelos Christou |
Kottas was born in the village of Roulia (Greek Ρούλια, Bulgarian/Macedonian Руля/Руља), in 1863, and was elder of Roulia from 1893 to 1896. He began anti-Ottoman rebel activity in 1898, killing four local Ottoman officers. He was first associated with the pro-Bulgarian Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Afterwards he became associated with the pro-Greek irregular Hellenic Macedonian Committee.[3] He was captured by the Ottomans, convicted of robbery and hanged in Monastir in 1905.[4]