Ioannis Boubaras
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| Native name | Ιωάννης Μπουμπάρας |
| Born | c. late 1800s Vlasti, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, (now Greece) |
| Died | c. 1905 Ptolemaida, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Greece |
| Service |  HMC |
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Ioannis Boubaras (Greek: Ιωάννης Μπουμπάρας) was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle from Vlasti, West Macedonia, then in the Ottoman Empire.
Biography
[edit]Ioannis Boubaras was born in the end of the 19th century in Vlasti. He participated from the beginning of the Macedonian Struggle, as a rifleman, messenger, guide and liaison of the chieftains of Western Macedonia. He was a member of the National Committee of Blatsi with significant activity. He created his own armed band and cooperated with the officers Georgios Katechakis, Petros Manos and Pavlos Gyparis in various missions in Eordaia, Kastoria and Florina. On 21 April 1905 he participated as a guide of various bands in the Battle of Mouriki and was arrested by the Ottoman Army on the hill Sni. He was transported to Ptolemaida, where he was tortured and mutilated to death.
His bust is today in a park in Ptolemaida.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Ioannis S. Koliopoulos (scientific editing), Obscure, native Macedonian fighters, Society for Macedonian Studies, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 101
- ^ Georgios Petsivas (editing), Ioannis Karavitis, The Macedonian Struggle, Athens 1994, volume II, p. 722
- ^ Michail Kalinderis, The life of the community of Vlatsi during the Turcocracy in the frame of the West Macedonian environment, Thessaloniki 1987, p. 163
- ^ Georgios Galanos, The martyric sacrifice of Blatsiotis Giannis Bomparas, magazine: Macedonian Life, issue 261, 1988, pp. 36 - 38
- ^ Georgios Tonias, Giannis Bomparas, the ethnomartyr of Blatsi, magazine: Macedonian Life, issue 49, 1970, pp. 46 - 49
