Georgios Thomopoulos ( el, Γεώργιος Θωμόπουλος) was a Greek revolutionary of the Macedonian Struggle, known by the ''

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'' Captain Gogos (Καπετάν Γκόγκος).

Biography

Thomopoulos was born in

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of Pieria in 1866. From the beginning of the Macedonian Struggle he joined as a soldier in the guerrilla groups that acted in the region. He soon emerged as a chieftain and set up his own armed group, headed and known by the nickname "Captain Gogos." He acted with his group in the area of

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with the main task of protecting the Greek population from Ottoman aggression, providing security to the supplies that were directed to

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by the Greek state, and the suppression of the

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n propaganda among the Aromanian population. He collaborated with chieftain Nikolaos Strebinos, as well as with Nikolaos Rokas,

Michail Anagnostakos Michail Anagnostakos ( el, Μιχαήλ Αναγνωστάκος, 1878 – 1913), better known under the nom de guerre Kapetan Matapas ( el, Καπετάν Ματαπάς) was a Hellenic Army officer and chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle. Bio ...

and Georgios Frangakos (Maleas). After the Young Turk Revolution and the granting of amnesty to the rebels, Thomopoulos was forced to flee with his family which was prosecuted by the Ottoman authorities. He took part as a volunteer with his group in the

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. He died in 1952.

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John S. Koliopoulos John S. Koliopoulos ( el, Ιωάννης Σ. Κολιόπουλος) (Ioannis Koliopoulos in modern transliteration) was a Greek historian, born in the village of Votani, Kastoria in 1942. He was the author of ''Plundered loyalties: Axis occupat ...

(editor), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 132 * Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate, Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών και τα εις Θράκην γεγονότα, Athens 1979, p. 294 * Konstantinos A. Vakalopoulos, Ο ένοπλος αγώνας στη Μακεδονία 1904–1908, Irodotos, Thessaloniki, 1999, p. 323, 337 * Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Θ-36 {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomopoulos, Georgios 1866 births 1952 deaths Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle Greek Macedonians Macedonian revolutionaries (Greek) Greek military personnel of the Balkan Wars People from Pieria (regional unit) Greek people from the Ottoman Empire