# Pavlos Kyrou

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Slavophone Greek revolutionary

**Pavlos Kyrou** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Παύλος Κύρου) was a [Slavophone](/source/Slavic_speakers_in_Ottoman_Macedonia) [Greek](/source/Greeks) revolutionary who participated in the [Ilinden Uprising](/source/Ilinden%E2%80%93Preobrazhenie_Uprising) with the [IMRO](/source/Internal_Macedonian_Revolutionary_Organization) and the [Greek Struggle for Macedonia](/source/Macedonian_Struggle).

Pavlos Kyrou Pavlos Kyrou c. 1904 Native name Παύλος Κύρου Павел Киров Born c. 1860s Zelovo, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Antartiko, Greece) Died 19 November 1904 Allegiance IMRO (until 1903) Kingdom of Greece Branch HMC Service years 1881-1904 Conflicts Macedonian Struggle † Ilinden Uprising Relations Naoum Kyrou (Grandfather)

## Early life

Kyrou was born in the 1860s in Zelovo (renamed [Antartiko](/source/Antartiko) in 1927) of [Florina](/source/Florina_(regional_unit)).[1][2] He was the grandson of the well known [klepht](/source/Klepht) Naoum Kyrou. He was able to speak both [Greek](/source/Greek_language) and [Bulgarian](/source/Greek_language) fluently.[2][3] He graduated from the local Greek school of his hometown and began to join armed bands where in 1881, he was involved in the kidnapping of the Turkish prefect of Florina.

## Macedonian Struggle

Following a long trip to [Athens](/source/Athens), Kyrou returned to [Macedonia](/source/Macedonia_(region)) to restart his armed activities along with [Kottas](/source/Kottas), fighting with the [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarians) [Komitadjis](/source/Komitadji) against the [Ottoman authorities](/source/Ottoman_Empire).[2][3] Kyrou had the capability of knowing almost all of [Western Macedonia](/source/Western_Macedonia) and its paths and had many cooperators and friends from all over it.[3] As a member of the [pro-Bulgarian](/source/Pro-Bulgarian) IMRO he participated in the preparation and execution of the [Ilinden uprising](/source/Ilinden_uprising) of 1903. Following the uprising, Kyrou and Kottas discovered the true intentions of the [IMRO](/source/Internal_Macedonian_Revolutionary_Organization) against the [Greek](/source/Macedonians_(Greeks)) population, causing their defection to the Greek side.[4] In 1903-04 he travelled to [Athens](/source/Athens) with Kottas to recruit volunteers for the struggle.[3] He returned to cooperate with [Germanos Karavangelis](/source/Germanos_Karavangelis) and [Pavlos Melas](/source/Pavlos_Melas).

[Pavlos Melas](/source/Pavlos_Melas) wrote in a letter of his on 12 March 1904 about Kyrou:

«*You can't imagine what a curious guy Pavlos is. His kindness is unique. Our [Cretans](/source/Crete) worship and tease him. The cigarette does not come out of his mouth and one of his pleasures is telling us without laughing the games he was playing with the [Bulgarians](/source/Bulgarians). He has a unique pride in everything, but especially in associating with the best, and most appropriate, people in his work. He has good and loyal friends in all villages*».[3]

Following the arrest and execution of [Kottas](/source/Kottas), he returned to [Athens](/source/Athens) to organize his own armed group that would function in the [Prespa](/source/Prespa) region. He cooperated with other chieftains, such as Dimitrios Dalipis, [Kottas](/source/Kottas), [Traianos Liantzakis](/source/Traianos_Liantzakis), [Ioannis Karavitis](/source/Ioannis_Karavitis), [Nikolaos Pyrzas](/source/Nikolaos_Pyrzas), and especially [Efthymios Kaoudis](/source/Efthymios_Kaoudis), who would not make a single move without the approval of Kyrou.[3][2]

He was [killed in action](/source/Killed_in_action) along with Dalipis on 19 November 1906, during a battle against the armed groups of [Mitre the Vlach](/source/Mitre_the_Vlach) and Pando Klyashev.[2][5]

## Legacy

He ranks among the heroes of the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle) in Greece.

His son, Lazaros, also became a chieftain and continued the fight following his father's death.

There is a bust and memorial to him in his birth place of [Antartiko](/source/Antartiko).

In Bulgaria he is regarded as a turncoat Bulgarian, a renegade from the [IMRO](/source/IMRO).[6]

		- Bust of Pavlos Kyrou in [Antartiko](/source/Antartiko).

		- Memorial to Pavlos Kyrou and his brother Spyros in [Antartiko](/source/Antartiko).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Stelios Nestor (1962). ["Greek Macedonia and the Convention of Neuilly (1919)"](https://ojs.lib.uom.gr/index.php/BalkanStudies/article/view/81/90). *Balkan Studies*. **3** (1): 178. many leaders who fought and fell in the field defending the Greek cause, though they did not speak but Bulgarian. Such leaders were: Capetan Kottas from Roulia, Vangelis from Strebeno, Kyrou from Zelovo [...]

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-koliopoulos_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-koliopoulos_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-koliopoulos_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-koliopoulos_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-koliopoulos_2-4) [John S. Koliopoulos](/source/John_S._Koliopoulos), [Αφανείς, Γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι](http://media.ems.gr/ekdoseis/ektos_seiras/ekd_eksi_gigeneis.pdf), University Studio Press, 2008, p. 163

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-e-istoria_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-e-istoria_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-e-istoria_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-e-istoria_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-e-istoria_3-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-e-istoria_3-5) [Ο ΠΑΥΛΟΣ ΚΥΡΟΥ ΚΑΙ Ο ΔΗΜ. ΝΤΑΛΙΠΗΣ](http://www.e-istoria.com/283.html), e-istoria

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Upward, Allen. The East End of Europe: The report of an unofficial mission to the European provinces, London, J. Murray, 1908, pp.323-324.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Hristo Silyanov. "Освободителните борби на Македония"](http://www.promacedonia.org/obm2/19.html), vol II, [Sofia](/source/Sofia), 1993, p. 221

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Христо Силянов. „Освободителните борби на Македония“, том II, София, 1993, стр.222.

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

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