{{Infobox Soldier | honorific_prefix = Kapetan (Chieftain) | name = Stavros Rigas | native_name = Σταύρος Ρήγας | image = Stavros Rigas greek revolutionary.jpg | caption = Stavros Rigas {{circa}} 1904-1908 | death_date = {{circa}} 1921 | birth_place = [[Agios Dimitrios, Euboea|Agios Dimitrios]], [[Euboea]], [[Kingdom of Greece]] | death_place = [[Asia Minor]] | nickname = Kapetan Kavodoros (Καπετάν Καβοντόρος) | allegiance = {{flagicon|Kingdom of Greece|state}} [[Kingdom of Greece]] | branch = * {{flagicon image|Seal of the Greek-Macedonian Committee.jpg}} [[Hellenic Macedonian Committee|HMC]] * {{army|Greece}} | battles = [[Macedonian Struggle]]<br>[[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]{{KIA}} }}
'''Stavros Rigas''' ({{langx|el|Σταύρος Ρήγας}}), also known by his ''[[nom de guerre]]'' '''Kapetan Kavodoros''' ({{langx|el|Καπετάν Καβοντόρος}}) was an officer of the [[Hellenic Army]] who participated in the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia|Macedonian Struggle]] and was killed in action in the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)]].
==Biography== He was born in Agios Dimitrios, on the island of [[Euboea]]. After attending Hebron Academy, he joined the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia]] in 1905, entering with his detachment the [[Giannitsa Lake]] under the leadership of [[Kostantinos Boukouvalas]]. Along with Boukouvalas and Anagnostakos he managed to occupy crucial positions in the marshes of the Giannitsa Lake and create small bases in known as Tsekri, Ali and Lakka.<ref>[[Douglas Dakin]], [http://clubs.pathfinder.gr/MAKEDONIKOS_AGON/602591 Ο Ελληνικός Αγώνας στη Μακεδονία 1897 – 1913, εκδ. αδελφών Κυριακίδη, 1996.]</ref> His ''[[nom de guerre]]'', ''kapetan'' ("captain, chief") Kavodoros, referenced Cape [[Cavo D'Oro]] near his native village.
In November 1905 following the withdrawal of Konstantinos Boukouvalas due to sickness, he replaced him as the leader of the struggle in Giannitsa marshes.<ref>«ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΟΣ ΑΓΩΝ», Παύλου Τσάμη, Μακεδονικὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Δημοσιεύματα τῆς Ἐταιρεῖας Μακεδονικῶν Σπουδῶν, Θεσ/κη 1975, σελ. 293-294.</ref> Later he was joined by officer [[Michael Anagnostakos]]. In April 1906 the two leaders were reinforced by [[Panagiotis Papatzaneteas]] and [[Ioannis Sakelaropoulos]]<ref>Basil K. Gounaris, The Macedonian Struggle 1903-1912. Paving the Way for the Liberation, p.13</ref>
Stavros Rigas survived the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia]] and participated in the [[Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22]], where he fell in 1921.
==References== <references /> {{Hellenic Macedonian Committee}}
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