# Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos

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Greek Army officer

Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos Kalomenopoulos during the Macedonian Struggle Native name Νικόστρατος Καλομενόπουλος Nicknames Kapetan Nidas Καπετάν Νίδας Born c. 1865 Syros, Kingdom of Greece Died 1952 Athens, Kingdom of Greece Allegiance Kingdom of Greece Branch Hellenic Army Service years 1891–1921 Rank Major General Commands Lesbos Infantry Regiment (1914–1916) 3rd Serres Regiment (1917) 8th Infantry Division (1918–1919) Commander of Smyrna Occupation (1919) Military Governor of Athens (1920–1921) Conflicts Greco-Turkish War (1897) Cretan Revolt Macedonian Struggle (POW) Balkan Wars First Balkan War Battle of Sarantaporo (WIA) Second Balkan War World War I Macedonian front Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Occupation of Smyrna

**Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Νικόστρατος Καλομενόπουλος) was a [Greek](/source/Greece) revolutionary and [Army](/source/Hellenic_Army) officer who reached the rank of major general. He is also known by his [nom de guerre](/source/Nom_de_guerre) ***Kapetan Nidas***.

## Biography

He was born at [Syros](/source/Syros) in about 1865.[1] After studies in the NCO School, he was commissioned an infantry second lieutenant in 1891.[1] In 1892, he went in disguise to [Crete](/source/Crete), then still under [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) rule, and secretly mapped the island, but was discovered, arrested, and expelled.[1] In 1896, he joined the Cretan uprising against the Ottomans and was elected as head of the [Amari Province](/source/Amari_Province).[1] In 1897, he joined the Greek expeditionary force to the island under Colonel [Timoleon Vassos](/source/Timoleon_Vassos).[1]

In 1905, following the death of [Pavlos Melas](/source/Pavlos_Melas), he rushed to join the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle). In [Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(region)), he adopted the [nom de guerre](/source/Nom_de_guerre) *Kapetan Nidas* and became a chieftain of an armed band that operated around [Florina](/source/Florina_(regional_unit)). On 15 April 1905, he and his band were surrounded by a force of 200 Ottoman troops. Following the battle that ensued, several Makedonomachoi were killed or wounded while Kalomenopoulos was captured by the Ottoman authorities and condemned to five years imprisonment at [Monastir](/source/Bitola), but managed to escape three years later.[1] He fought in the [Balkan Wars](/source/Balkan_Wars) of 1912–1913, being wounded during the [Battle of Sarantaporo](/source/Battle_of_Sarantaporo) in 1912.[1]

In 1914–1916 he commanded the [Lesbos](/source/Lesbos) infantry regiment, and the 3rd Serres Regiment in the [Serres Division](/source/Serres_Division) in 1917.[1] In 1918–19 he commanded the [8th Infantry Division](/source/8th_Infantry_Division_(Greece)), and in 1919, he served as garrison commander of [Smyrna](/source/Smyrna) during its [occupation](/source/Occupation_of_Smyrna) by the Hellenic Army.[1] In 1920, he was military governor of [Athens](/source/Athens), and retired in August 1921.[1]

Apart from his military career, Kalomenopoulos was also the author of a number of topographic, military, and historical studies, including on the military history of the [Byzantine Empire](/source/Byzantine_Empire).[1] He is considered one of the best military writers in Greece.

He died in [Athens](/source/Athens) in 1952.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-MilEnc_1-10) "Καλομενόπουλος Νικόστρατος". Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Τέταρτος: Καβάδης–Μωριάς [*Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume IV: Kavadh–Morea*] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. 1929. p. 26. [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [31255024](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/31255024).

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