Prodromos Bodosakis-Athanasiadis (; 1890–1979) was one of the most important figures in 20th century

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. He created an immense industrial empire with weapons factories, mines and plants in diverse branches of industry in the 1930s.

Early life

He was born to a

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family in the region of Bor, Cappadocia,

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in 1890. Prodomos migrated to Greece after the

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. From 1934, he controlled the Pyrkal, one of the oldest Greek defence industries with significant contribution during the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bodosakis-Athanasiadis, Prodromos 1890 births 1979 deaths Greek philanthropists Cappadocian Greeks Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 20th-century philanthropists 20th-century Greek businesspeople People from Bor, Niğde Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire to Greece