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Kottas Christou Kote Hristov | |
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 A portrait of Kottas. | |
| Native name | Коте Христов |
| Nickname(s) | Kote (Коте) Kottas (Κώττας) |
| Born | c. 1863 Roulia, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Kottas, Florina Greece) |
| Died | c. 1905 (aged 42) Monastir, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia) |
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| Years of service | 1898–1905 |
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| Battles / wars | Ilinden Uprising Macedonian Struggle  |
| Spouse(s) | Zoi Sfektou |
| Children | 8 - Sofia Christou, Dimitrios Christou, Sotirios Christou, Vasiliki Christou, Christos Christou, Lazaros Christou, Paschalini Christou and Evangelos Christou |
Kottas Christou (Greek: Κώττας Χρήστου) or Kote Hristov (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Коте Христов), known simply as Kottas or Kote,[1][2] and often referred to as Konstantinos Christou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Χρήστου), was a Slavophone revolutionary chieftain in Western Macedonia during the Macedonian Struggle.
Kottas was born in the village of Roulia (Greek Ρούλια, Bulgarian/Macedonian Руля/Руља), in 1863, and was elder of Roulia from 1893 to 1896. He began anti-Ottoman rebel activity in 1898, killing four local Ottoman officers. He was first associated with the pro-Bulgarian Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Afterwards he became associated with the pro-Greek irregular Hellenic Macedonian Committee.[3] He was captured by the Ottomans, convicted of robbery and hanged in Monastir in 1905.[4]
- ^ For a list of the various forms of his name in Slavic and in Greek, see Κωστόπουλος, Τάσος (2008). Η απαγορευμένη γλώσσα: Κρατική καταστολή των σλαβικών διαλέκτων στην ελληνική Μακεδονία. Athens: Βιβλιόραμα. p. 148.
- ^ Kostopoulos, Tasos (2009). "Naming the Other: From "Greek Bulgarians" to "Local Macedonians"". In Ioannidou, Alexandra; Voss, Christian (eds.). Spotlights on Russian and Balkan Slavic Cultural History. Studies on Language and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe. Vol. 4. Muenchen/Berlin: Otto Sagner. p. 102., Βούρη, Σοφία. Οικοτροφεία και υποτροφίες στη Μακεδονία (1903-1913): τεκμήρια ιστορίας. Athens: Gutenberg. pp. 192, 196.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Καπετάν Κώττας. Σκότωσε τον Τούρκο Νουρή μπέη και τον εισπράκτορα Ταχήρ. Πρωταγωνίστησε στον Μακεδονικό Αγώνα, τον έπιασαν με προδοσία και κλώτσησε μόνος του το υποπόδιο της κρεμάλας". ΜΗΧΑΝΗ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ (in Greek). 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2021-12-02.