Georgios Pentzikis
Kapetan (Chieftain) Georgios Pentzikis | |
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A portrait of Georgios Pentzikis. | |
Native name | Γεώργιος Πεντζίκης |
Born | c. mid 1800s Thessaloniki, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Greece |
Service/ | HMC |
Battles/wars | Macedonian Struggle (POW) |
Awards | Silver Cross of the Order of the Redeemer |
Other work | Doctor Member of the Philoptochos Brotherhood of Men of Thessaloniki |
Georgios Pentzikis (Greek: Γεώργιος Πεντζίκης) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.
Biography
He was born in the mid-19th century in Thessaloniki and was a doctor.[1]
In 1898 he joined the Philoptochos Brotherhood of Men of Thessaloniki, which was a Greek patriotic organization that was active since 1871 and acted against several Bulgarian actions in Thessaloniki.[2]
In 1905 the Brotherhood with Athanasios Souliotis was placed in the "Executive" of the Hellenic Organization,[3] who even took over the leadership and managed to become a major member of the Macedonian Committee in Thessaloniki.[4][5] As the head of the executive branch, he collaborated with Athanasios Vogas, Ioannis Emiris, Theodoros Zlatanos, Athanasios Kallidopoulos, Georgios Divolis, Evangelos Doumas, Argyrios Zachos, Dimitrios Margaropoulos and others in operations within the city of Thessaloniki and the surroundings against specific Bulgarian targets until 1908, when the Young Turk Revolution led to the end of the Macedonian Struggle.[3][6] During this period, he was in danger of being imprisoned by the Ottoman authorities after a strike against a Bulgarian target, but after actions of the organization for his acquittal he managed to get rid of the accusations and continue his actions.[7]
For his contribution as leader and coordinator of the "Executive", Pentzikis was recognized as an Agent II Class and at the same time he was awarded the Silver Cross of the Order of the Redeemer.[8][9][10]
References
- ^ Παύλος Νταφούλης, Η υγειονομική περίθαλψη κατά την ένοπλο φάση του μακεδωνικού αγώνος (1904-1908) και η δράση των εφέδρων και μόνιμων αξιωματικών του υγειονομικού που συμμετείχαν στον μακεδονικό αγώνα, Διδακτορική διατριβή, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 2007, p. 274.
- ^ Πασχαλίδης, Φώτιος Μ. "Η Φ.Α.Α.Θ. και ο Μακεδονικός Αγώνας". Φιλόπτωχος Αδελφότης Ανδρών Θεσσαλονίκης. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ a b "Θεόδωρος Ι. Δαρδαβέσης, Γιατροί μακεδονομάχοι της Φιλοπτώχου Αδελφότητος Ανδρών Θεσσαλονίκης, Medical Association of Thessaloniki, t. 52, p. 11-12" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-13. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Παύλου Λ. Τσάμη, Μακεδονικός Αγών, ΕΜΣ, Thessaloniki 1975, p. 158.
- ^ Γ.Χ. Μόδης, Μακεδονικός Αγών και Μακεδόνες αρχηγοί, ΕΜΣ, 2nd version, Thessaloniki 2007, p. 115.
- ^ Συλλογικό, Θεσσαλονίκη - Επιστημονική επετηρίδα του Κέντρου Ιστορίας Θεσσαλονίκης του Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης, Vol. III, Thessaloniki 1992, p. 194, 198.
- ^ Γ.Χ. Μόδης, 2007, p. 111-112.
- ^ Ιωάννης Σ. Κολιόπουλος (scientific diligence), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 54
- ^ Γενικό Επιτελείο Στρατού, Διεύθυνσις Ιστορίας Στρατού, Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών και τα εις Θράκην γεγονότα, Athens 1979, p. 210
- ^ Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών, Αγωνιστών, Θυμάτων, Αναπήρων, Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Π-548.
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- t
- e
- Ion Dragoumis
- Stefanos Dragoumis
- Dimitrios Kalapothakis
- Germanos Karavangelis
- Pavlos Melas
- Georgios Pentzikis
(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