Konstantinos Papastavrou (

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: Κωνσταντίνος Παπασταύρου), known with the nickname Mavromatis (Μαυρομάτης, "Black-eye") was a Greek chieftain of the

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Biography

Greek revolutionaries Pirzas Zois and others

Papastavrou was born in the 1880s in Mavrovo (now

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) in

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. Because of his characteristic eyes, he received the nickname "Mavromatis" meaning "Black-eyed".

Armed action

He set up his own armed group, consisting of local

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of Mavrovo and other villages nearby and acted in the regions of Kastoria,

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and

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during throughout the

against Bulgarian

komitadji Komitadji, Comitadji, or Komita (plural: Komitadjis, Comitadjis, or Komitas) ( Bulgarian, Macedonian and , , , , pl. , , ) was a collective name for members of various rebel bands ( chetas) operating in the Balkans during the final period of th ...

s and specific Ottoman targets. His body consisted of around 45 men. He collaborated with chieftains Alexandros Georgiadis and Stergios Kountouras on several occasions.

Sources

* Ιωάννης Σ. Κολιόπουλος (editor), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 81, 101
Χαροκόπειο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, Τμήμα Οικιακής Οικονομίας και Οικολογίας, Πτυχιακή Μελέτη: Η παραδοσιακή οικογένεια και η παραδοσιακή οικιακή οικονομία στο νομό Καστοριάς, το Μαυροχώρι, Σοφία Σπυροπούλου, Athens 2005
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