Petros Hatzitasis

Petros Hatzitasis (1872-1932) was a Greek chieftain from Florina who contributed to the Macedonian Struggle.

Photograph of Petros Hatzitasis

He was born in 1872 in Florina.[1] He was an important member of the five-member National Committee of Florina[2] founded in 1902 by Nikolaos Pyrzas.[3][4][5]

He tried to assassinate the Bulgarian komitadji Michael Grezhov in 1904, but the latter escaped wounded. He cooperated with the army of Pavlos Melas and participated in the class which cost Pavlos's the life, in Melas of Kastoria.[5] He cooperated together with his team with Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos (Kapetan Nidas) for many operations. He participated in the battle of Drosopigi near Florina, where he was finally delivered to the Ottoman authorities. He was imprisoned for three years, until 1908.[3][4][5]

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  1. Εκλογικός κατάλογος Δήμου Φλώρινας το 1914
  2. Dimitrios Lithoxoou, Πληθυσμός και οικισμοί της περιοχής Φλώρινας, Φ
  3. 1 2 Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate, Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών και τα εις Θράκην γεγονότα, Athens 1979, p. 115
  4. 1 2 Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Χ-137
  5. 1 2 3 Ιωάννης Σ.
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