# Stavros Rigas

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Kapetan (Chieftain) Stavros Rigas Stavros Rigas c. 1904-1908 Native name Σταύρος Ρήγας Nickname Kapetan Kavodoros (Καπετάν Καβοντόρος) Born Agios Dimitrios, Euboea, Kingdom of Greece Died c. 1921 Asia Minor Allegiance Kingdom of Greece Branch HMC Hellenic Army Conflicts Macedonian Struggle Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) †

**Stavros Rigas** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Σταύρος Ρήγας), also known by his *[nom de guerre](/source/Nom_de_guerre)* **Kapetan Kavodoros** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Καπετάν Καβοντόρος) was an officer of the [Hellenic Army](/source/Hellenic_Army) who participated in the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Greek_Struggle_for_Macedonia) and was killed in action in the [Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)](/source/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)).

## Biography

He was born in Agios Dimitrios, on the island of [Euboea](/source/Euboea). After attending Hebron Academy, he joined the [Greek Struggle for Macedonia](/source/Greek_Struggle_for_Macedonia) in 1905, entering with his detachment the [Giannitsa Lake](/source/Giannitsa_Lake) under the leadership of [Kostantinos Boukouvalas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kostantinos_Boukouvalas&action=edit&redlink=1). 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.[1] His *[nom de guerre](/source/Nom_de_guerre)*, *kapetan* ("captain, chief") Kavodoros, referenced Cape [Cavo D'Oro](/source/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.[2] Later he was joined by officer [Michael Anagnostakos](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Anagnostakos&action=edit&redlink=1). In April 1906 the two leaders were reinforced by [Panagiotis Papatzaneteas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Panagiotis_Papatzaneteas&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Ioannis Sakelaropoulos](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ioannis_Sakelaropoulos&action=edit&redlink=1)[3]

Stavros Rigas survived the [Greek Struggle for Macedonia](/source/Greek_Struggle_for_Macedonia) and participated in the [Greco-Turkish War of 1919–22](/source/Greco-Turkish_War_of_1919%E2%80%9322), where he fell in 1921.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Douglas Dakin](/source/Douglas_Dakin), [Ο Ελληνικός Αγώνας στη Μακεδονία 1897 – 1913, εκδ. αδελφών Κυριακίδη, 1996.](http://clubs.pathfinder.gr/MAKEDONIKOS_AGON/602591)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** «ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΟΣ ΑΓΩΝ», Παύλου Τσάμη, Μακεδονικὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Δημοσιεύματα τῆς Ἐταιρεῖας Μακεδονικῶν Σπουδῶν, Θεσ/κη 1975, σελ. 293-294.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Basil K. Gounaris, The Macedonian Struggle 1903-1912. Paving the Way for the Liberation, p.13

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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