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IMARO band of Atanas Karshakov in the village of Dambeni (today Dendrohori, Greece) with the severed head of Karshakov.


Detachment of Atanas K″ršakov. Second is Konstantinos Ster′ovski.


The bands of Atanas K″ršakov and Mitre the Vlach (front, second from left to right).

Atanas (Naso) Andreev K″ršakov (Karšiâkov), also called the lion, is a Bulgarian revolutionary, voivoda of the Internal Macedonian Adrianople revolutionary organization.

K″ršakov was born in 1883 in kosturskoto village Kosinec, then in the Ottoman Empire (today Jeropigi, Greece). The cousin is Vasil K″ršakov. He studied at the Bulgarian Bitolskata grammar school, but left it and enter the ranks of IMARO. It's Party in Marco Florina, and later voivode centrical in revolutionary district of Kastoria.

Together with Lazar Kiselinčev, Vasil Chekalarov and Delyo Markowski organized channels for imports of weapons from Albania and Greece. On 8 July 1903, a month before the outbreak of the Ilinden uprising, K″ršakov was severely wounded by people of the traitor Kitten Hristov. After the uprising, participates in the repulsion of the Greek struggle in the region of Kostur. So in September 1905 detachment of K″ršakov repels an attack on andartsko village Besvinâ. A month later, on 15 October, along with the bands of Mitre the Vlach and George Bancroft, breaks andartskata read Lahtaris Vasilakis (Nikolaos Plataniâs) in the village of Orovnik.

On July 4, 1907 detachment of K″ršakov fought near the village of Stensko (today the wall, Greece) by Greek detachments of Captain Rupakâs (Georgios Tombras) and Captain Lahtaras, and arrived later Turkish enforcing. Badly injured, get away to Stensko K″ršakov, where committed suicide in order not to fall into the hands of the enemy. Rebels cut off his head, his to keep, and withdrew to the village of Dendrochori, Kastoria (today Dendrokhori, Greece), where they make a photo for memory with the severed head of their chieftain.

After the death of his K″ršakov detachment was absorbed by Duke Nikola Damjanac from Stara Zagora.

Georgi Konstantinov Bistricki wrote:
"Atanas K″ršakov from Kosinec, with incomplete secondary education, impetuous and brave chieftain, distinguished himself in the battles with the Turks, and spiced Greeks, legendary in the removal of bašibozuškiâ boss in the Nestram-Cole, the most glorious died in a major battle with the Turks, Bashi and Greek bandits in Gr″če for the defense of his brother Robert."

(Note: Translated from Bulgarian)

Pic below:
Atanas Karshakov
Born: 1883, Kosinec, Ottoman Empire
Died: 4 July 1907, Stensko, Ottoman Empire

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That first pic looks altered... look closely at the skull and crossbones on the guys shirt (second from right)

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Originally Posted by Spiffyfable ↗

That first pic looks altered... look closely at the skull and crossbones on the guys shirt (second from right)

Hmmm, I didn't even notice that.