Lazaros Varzis ( el, Λάζαρος Βαρζής) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.

Biography

He was born in the mid 19th century in Kontziko (now

Galatini Galatini ( el, Γαλατινή, before 1927: Κωντσικόν – ''Kontsikon'') is a village and a community of the Voio municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Askio Askio ( el, Άσκιο ...

) of Kozani. He participated in the

1878 Greek Macedonian rebellion The 1878 Macedonian rebellion ( el, Μακεδονική επανάσταση του 1878) was a Greek rebellion launched in opposition to the Treaty of San Stefano, according to which the bulk of Macedonia would be annexed to Bulgaria, and in fa ...

and in the 1896–1897 Greek Macedonian rebellion, initially as a soldier and later as a co-leader of a small armed group, in the group of Athanasios Broufas. During the Macedonian Struggle, he was a chieftain and acted mainly in the area of

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, from June 1906 to March 1908 against the

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komitadjis and the Ottoman authorities, often collaborating with the officer Athanasios Exadaktylos. He came in contact with Traianos Bragiannis to facilitate his passage to

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Sources & References

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. 103 * Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Β-164 {{DEFAULTSORT:Varzis, Lazaros Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle Greek Macedonians Macedonian revolutionaries (Greek) People from Askio, Kozani Greek people from the Ottoman Empire