{{Short description|Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle}} {{Infobox Soldier | honorific_prefix = Kapetan (Chieftain) | name = Lazaros Varzis | native_name = Λάζαρος Βαρζής | image = Lazaros Varzis.JPG | caption = A drawing of Lazaros Varzis. | birth_date = c. 1850s | birth_place = [[Galatini|Kontziko]], [[Monastir Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Galatini]], [[Greece]]) | nickname = Lazos (Λάζος)<br>Kapetan Zarkadas (Καπετάν Ζαρκάδας) | allegiance = {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Kingdom of Greece]] | branch = {{flagicon image|Seal of the Greek-Macedonian Committee.jpg}} [[Hellenic Macedonian Committee|HMC]] | battles = [[1878 Macedonian rebellion]]<br>[[1896–1897 Macedonian rebellion]]<br>[[Macedonian Struggle]] }}
'''Lazaros Varzis''' ({{langx|el|Λάζαρος Βαρζής}}) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] chieftain of the [[Macedonian Struggle]].
== Biography == He was born in the mid 19th century in Kontziko (now [[Galatini]]) of [[Kozani (regional unit)|Kozani]]. He participated in the [[1878 Greek Macedonian rebellion]] and in the [[1896–1897 Greek Macedonian rebellion]], initially as a soldier and later as a co-leader of a small armed group, in the group of Athanasios Broufas. During the [[Macedonian Struggle]], he was a chieftain and acted mainly in the area of [[Almopia]], from June 1906 to March 1908 against the [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] [[komitadji]]s and the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman authorities]], often collaborating with the officer [[Athanasios Exadaktylos]]. He came in contact with Traianos Bragiannis to facilitate his passage to [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]].
== Sources & References == * [[John S. Koliopoulos]] (editor), ''Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι'', Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 103 * Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Β-164
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