Dimitrios Kechagias ( el, Δημήτριος Κεχαγιάς; Gavros,

Korestia Korestia ( el, Κορέστια) is a municipal unit of Kastoria municipality in Kastoria regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. The municipal unit has an area of 122.281 km2. Population 672 (2011). The seat of the former municipality was ...

, 19th century – Zelovo,

Florina Florina ( el, Φλώρινα, ''Flórina''; known also by some alternative names) is a town and municipality in the mountainous northwestern Macedonia, Greece. Its motto is, 'Where Greece begins'. The town of Florina is the capital of the F ...

, 19 November 1906) or Konstantinidis ( el, Κωνσταντινίδης), known under the pseudonym Dimitrios Dalipis ( el, Δημήτριος Νταλίπης), was a SlavophoneIoannis S. Koliopoulos (editor), ''Obscure, native Macedonian fighters''. Society for Macedonian Studies, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 76

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chieftain of the

Macedonian Struggle The Macedonian Struggle ( bg, Македонска борба; el, Μακεδονικός Αγώνας; mk, Борба за Македонија; sr, Борба за Македонију; tr, Makedonya Mücadelesi) was a series of social, po ...

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 The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

, to a family of stock farmers. His family's real last name was ''Kechagias''. He took on the pseudonym "''Dalipis''" from the famous

klepht Klephts (; Greek κλέφτης, ''kléftis'', pl. κλέφτες, ''kléftes'', which means "thieves" and perhaps originally meant just "brigand": "Other Greeks, taking to the mountains, became unofficial, self-appointed armatoles and were know ...

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 The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO; bg, Вътрешна Македонска Революционна Организация (ВМРО), translit=Vatrešna Makedonska Revoljucionna Organizacija (VMRO); mk, Внатр� ...

during the

Ilinden Uprising Ilinden (Bulgarian/ Macedonian Cyrillic: Илинден) or Ilindan ( Serbian Cyrillic: Илиндан), meaning "Saint Elijah's Day", may refer to: Events * Republic Day (North Macedonia), 2 August Geographic locations Bulgaria * Ilinden, Blagoev ...

. However, he later left the organisation when it turned against the Greek population. He entered the service of the

Hellenic Macedonian Committee The Macedonian Committee ( gr, Μακεδονικό Κομιτάτο, ''Makedoniko Komitato''), formally the Hellenic Macedonian Committee (Ελληνομακεδονικό Κομιτάτο, ''Ellinomakedoniko Komitato''), was a Greek revolutionary ...

where he initially cooperated with Kottas Christou and then with

Pavlos Melas Pavlos Melas ( el, Παύλος Μελάς, ''Pávlos Melás''; March 29, 1870 – October 13, 1904) was a Greek revolutionary and artillery officer of the Hellenic Army. He participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and was amongst the first ...

. After the latter's death in 1904, he cooperated consecutively with Georgios Katechakis, Efthymios Kaoudis and

Ioannis Karavitis Ioannis Karavitis (Greek: ''Ιωάννης Καραβίτης'' 1883–1949) was a Greek leader in the Macedonian Struggle from Crete. Biography Karavitis was born in the autumn of 1883 in Anopolis in the area of Sfakia in Crete. In 1903, while ...

. In 1905, he and Katechakis took part in the battle of Zelovo with

Pavlos Kyrou Pavlos Kyrou ( el, Παύλος Κύρου) was a Slavophone Greek revolutionary who participated in the Ilinden Uprising with the IMRO and the Greek Struggle for Macedonia. Early life Kyrou was born in the 1860s in Zelovo (renamed Antartiko i ...

. In November of the same year, he cooperated with

Georgios Tsontos Georgios Tsontos ( el, Γεώργιος Τσόντος) (1871-1942) also known with the ''nom de guerre'' Kapetan Vardas (Καπετάν Βάρδας), was a Greek guerrilla fighter, general, and later politician from Crete. Early life Georgios ...

. He was killed on 19 November 1906 in an engagement with the

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or in a Bulgarian ambushG. Ch. Modis, ''Macedonian Struggle and Macedonian leaders'', Society for Macedonian Studies, second edition, Thessaloniki 2007, p. 195. in Zelovo, Florina, at ''Asvou Rachi (The Badger's Back)''. His son was

Anastasios Dalipis Anastasios Dalipis ( el, Αναστάσιος Νταλίπης; 1896–1949), usually referred as Tasos Dalipis, was a Greek Army officer and politician, who was elected many times as a member of the Greek Parliament and served as Minister Govern ...

, a colonel of the

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who later served as deputy minister of Northern Greece in the

Dimitrios Maximos Dimitrios E. Maximos ( el, Δημήτριος Μάξιμος; 6 July 1873 – 17 October 1955) was a Greek banker and politician. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece after World War II. Maximos was born on 6 July 1873 in Patras. He ...

government, and member of

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References

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