Angelis Gatsos

Statue of Gatsos in Aridea , Almopia

Angelis Gatsos ( Greek Αγγελής Γάτσος , * 1771 in Sarakinovo, today Sarakini ; † 1839 in Chalkida ) was a Slavic-speaking Greek fellow commander during the Greek Revolution .

Gatsos came from the central Macedonian region of Almopia and played an important role in the Greek War of Independence, not only in Macedonia , but also in central Greece . At the age of 20 he joined the Klephten groups in Central Macedonia and played a leading role in the conquest of Naoussa from the Ottoman Empire in 1822. After the Ottoman army destroyed the city, he fled with Anastasios Karatasos to southern Greece, where he worked on many Fighting for Greek independence took part. In 1826 he went to Evia , where he formed his own combat group with which he took part in the battle of Atalandi in Boeotia . After the establishment of the Kingdom of Greece , he joined the Greek army and died with the rank of colonel in Chalkida in 1839.

literature

Fotios Chrysanthopoulos: Vii Peloponnision andron ke ton exothen is tin Peloponnison elthondon klirikon, stratiotikon ke politikon ton agonisamenon ton agona tis epanastaseos, Athens (Ardopoulos) 1888, ( preview online)

Individual evidence

↑ Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη τής Ελλάδος, τμήμα Χειρογράφων Αρχείον Αγώνος, άρ. 1969. Цитирано по: Тодоров, Николай. "Балкански измерения на гръцкото въстание от 1821 година. Приносът на българите. “, Издателство на Отечествения фронт, 1984, София, стр. 100.

personal data
SURNAME	Gatsos, Angelis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek military commander and colonel
DATE OF BIRTH	1771
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sarakini
DATE OF DEATH	1839
Place of death	Chalkida

[1] Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη τής Ελλάδος, τμήμα Χειρογράφων Αρχείον Αγώνος, άρ. 1969. Цитирано по: Тодоров, Николай. "Балкански измерения на гръцкото въстание от 1821 година. Приносът на българите. “, Издателство на Отечествения фронт, 1984, София, стр. 100.