# Athanasios Stavroudis > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Athanasios_Stavroudis > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Athanasios_Stavroudis.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasios_Stavroudis > Source revision: 1292583285 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle and spy This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (August 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) **Athanasios Stavroudis** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Αθανάσιος Σταυρούδης) was a [Greek](/source/Greeks) chieftain of the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle), soldier of the [Balkan Wars](/source/Balkan_Wars) and spy of the [French](/source/France) Army during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War). Athanasios Stavroudis Native name Αθανάσιος Σταυρούδης Born c. 1873 Baldzha, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Melissochori, Greece) Allegiance Kingdom of Greece Third French Republic Branch HMC Hellenic Army French Army Conflicts Macedonian Struggle Balkan Wars First Balkan War Second Balkan War Battle of Kilkis-Lachanas World War I Macedonian front ## Biography Stavroudis was born in 1873 in Baldzha (now [Melissochori](/source/Melissochori%2C_Thessaloniki)) of [Thessaloniki](/source/Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)). He joined the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle) very early on, and as a prefect of the town, he was one of the key members of the National Committee of Baldzha. His mission was to inform the Defense Center of [Thessaloniki](/source/Thessaloniki) about the movements of the [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarians) armed groups and of the [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) military detachments. Several times he took armed action with the Militia of Baldzha in order to defend against attacks by Bulgarian [komitadjis](/source/Komitadji). In November 1908, while the new regime of the [Young Turks](/source/Young_Turks) had launched a persecution against the [Greeks](/source/Greeks), he fled to the Defense Center of Thessaloniki and then fled to [Athens](/source/Athens), along with his partner Stavros Baretis, from Balaftsa (now Kolchiko), where he came in contact with the [Macedonian Committee](/source/Macedonian_Committee) there. In 1912, [Themistoklis Sofoulis](/source/Themistoklis_Sofoulis) contacted the Macedonian Committee of Athens to ask for help because the situation in [Samos](/source/Samos) had become dangerous. The Ottoman-appointed [Prince of Samos](/source/Prince_of_Samos), [Andreas Kopasis](/source/Andreas_Kopasis), had installed an Ottoman garrison on the island and the Greeks were being persecuted. The aims of the Macedonian Committee of Athens, as well as of Sofoulis and of the Greeks of Samos, concurred, as everyone was trying to liberate their homelands from the Ottomans. So, a collaboration was developed and Stavroudis met with Stavros Baretis and Themistoklis Sofoulis in order to organize the assassination of the ruler Andreas Kopasis. Stavroudis, pretending to be a tobacco trader, went to [Samos](/source/Samos) in February 1912 with Stavros Baretis and there he prepared the murder plan with locals. A little bit before the plan occurred and Kopasis got murdered by Baretis, he returned by boat to Athens. Later, he participated in both [Balkan Wars](/source/Balkan_Wars) and distinguished himself in the [Battle of Kilkis](/source/Battle_of_Kilkis) in 1913. During the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), he was assigned as a spy to the [French Army](/source/French_Army) to investigate issues related to Greek interests. He was honoured with multiple medals for his contribution to the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle) and the Balkan Wars, while for his contribution to the Samos case a bust was erected in the [town of Samos](/source/Samos_(town)). ## Sources and references - [Ο Μακεδονομάχος Αθανάσιος Σταυρούδης και η εκτέλεση του Ηγεμόνα Ανδρέα Κοπάση, Κωνσταντίνος Τσαρούχας](https://web.archive.org/web/20130718080828/http://www.e-istoria.com/252.html) - [John S. Koliopoulos](/source/John_S._Koliopoulos) (editor), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 60 - Επετηρίς Αγωνιστών Μακεδονικού Αγώνος 1903–1909, αύξων αριθμός 3904 v t e Hellenic Macedonian Committee Macedonian Committee Ion Dragoumis Stefanos Dragoumis Dimitrios Kalapothakis Germanos Karavangelis Pavlos Melas Georgios Pentzikis Makedonomachoi (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 Consular officials & undercover agents Ion Dragoumis Athanasios Exadaktylos (Antoniou) Lambros Koromilas Spyridon Levidis Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian (Ioannidis) Anastasios Pichion Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (Kalamidis) Museums Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Chromio) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje) Folklore Museum of Giannitsa Pavlos Melas Museum Captain Kottas Museum --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Athanasios Stavroudis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasios_Stavroudis) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasios_Stavroudis?action=history)). 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