Georgios Seridis
Georgios Seridis (Greek: Γεώργιος Σερίδης), elsewhere known under the nom de guerre Kapetan Spanos, was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.
Kapetan (Chieftain) Georgios Seridis | |
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Seridis during the Macedonian Struggle. | |
Native name | Γεώργιος Σερίδης |
Nickname(s) | Kapetan Spanos (Καπετάν Σπάνος) |
Born | c. 1850s Flampouro, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
Died | c. 1905 Goumenissa, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Greece |
Service/ | HMC |
Battles/wars | 1896-1897 Greek Macedonian rebellion Macedonian Struggle † |
Biography
Seridis was born in the 1850s or 60s in Flampouro, Florina. He was a wood merchant, working in Central and West Macedonia. He started his armed actions early, even before the arrival of the officers from the Greek state, against the Bulgarian komitadjis of Giannitsa and Goumenissa.
In 1904 he met with Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian, who helped him form an eighty-member body of Greek Macedonians. Mazarakis entrusted him with the leadership of the body (despite his advanced age), as he was experienced in wars and respected by the soldiers. At the beginning of 1905, his body acted in the regions of Pelagonia and Monastiri (now Bitola), and in the February of that year he succeeded in beating a komitadji group near Kruševo. However, his main area of action remained Goumenissa and Mount Paiko, where he restricted the activity of the Bulgarian armed groups, including Apostol Petkov's. His presence and successful operations resulted in raising the morale of the Greeks in the region.
Captain Spanos and his group were arrested by an Ottoman army detachment near Goumenissa, resulting in the end of his actions.
Sources
- "Αφανείς, Γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι", editor: John S. Koliopoulos, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Athens 2008
- Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών, Αγωνιστών, Θυμάτων, Αναπήρων, Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Σ-23
- Γ. Πετσίβα (diligence), Ioannis Karavitis, "Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών", Athens 1994, volume Α΄, p. 91
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(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