Dimitrios Dalipis
Macedonian Struggle †
- Ilinden Uprising
Dimitrios Kechagias (Greek: Δημήτριος Κεχαγιάς; Gavros, Korestia, 19th century – Zelovo, Florina, 19 November 1906) or Konstantinidis (Greek: Κωνσταντινίδης), known under the pseudonym Dimitrios Dalipis (Greek: Δημήτριος Νταλίπης), was a Slavophone[1] Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.
Biography
Dimitrios Dalipis, son of Konstantinos, was born in the middle of the 19th century in Gavros, in what was the Monastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, to a family of stock farmers. His family's real last name was Kechagias. He took on the pseudonym "Dalipis" from the famous klepht and revolutionary Stefanos Dalipis, one of the leaders of the 1878 Macedonian rebellion. He was one of the most powerful chieftains in Korestia fighting for the Greek side. He initially joined the IMRO during the Ilinden Uprising. However, he later left the organisation when it turned against the Greek population. He entered the service of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee where he initially cooperated with Kottas Christou and then with Pavlos Melas. After the latter's death in 1904, he cooperated consecutively with Georgios Katechakis, Efthymios Kaoudis and Ioannis Karavitis. In 1905, he and Katechakis took part in the battle of Zelovo with Pavlos Kyrou. In November of the same year, he cooperated with Georgios Tsontos.
He was killed on 19 November 1906 in an engagement with the Ottoman Army[1][2] or in a Bulgarian ambush[3] in Zelovo, Florina, at Asvou Rachi (The Badger's Back).
His son was Anastasios Dalipis, a colonel of the Hellenic Army who later served as deputy minister of Northern Greece in the Dimitrios Maximos government, and member of EEE.
References
- ^ a b Ioannis S. Koliopoulos (editor), Obscure, native Macedonian fighters. Society for Macedonian Studies, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 76
- ^ Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate, The Macedonian Struggle and the Events in Thrace, Athens 1979, p. 107, 111, 155, 297
- ^ G. Ch. Modis, Macedonian Struggle and Macedonian leaders, Society for Macedonian Studies, second edition, Thessaloniki 2007, p. 195.
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(with nom de guerre)
- 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
undercover agents
- Ion Dragoumis
- Athanasios Exadaktylos (Antoniou)
- Lambros Koromilas
- Spyridon Levidis
- Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian (Ioannidis)
- Anastasios Pichion
- Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (Kalamidis)
- Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki)
- Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria)
- Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Chromio)
- Folklore Museum of Giannitsa
- Pavlos Melas Museum
- Captain Kottas Museum