Kottas

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Kottas Christou Kote Hristov
A portrait of Kottas.
Native name	Коте Христов
Nickname(s)	Kote (Коте) Kottas (Κώττας)
Born	c. 1863 Roulia, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Kottas, Florina Greece)
Died	c. 1905 (aged 42) Monastir, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia)
Allegiance	IMRO (1899–1900) HMC (1900–1905)
Years of service	1898–1905
Unit	Korestia band (1898–99) Kostur band (1900) Karavangelis' band (1900–05)
Battles/wars	Ilinden Uprising Macedonian Struggle
Spouse(s)	Zoi Sfektou
Children	8

Kottas Christou (Greek: Κώττας Χρήστου) or Kote Hristov (Bulgarian/Macedonian: Коте Христов), known simply as Kottas or Kote,^[1][2] and often referred to as Konstantinos Christou (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Χρήστου), was a Slavophone revolutionary chieftain in Western Macedonia during the Macedonian Struggle.

Kottas was born in the village of Roulia (Greek Ρούλια, Bulgarian/Macedonian Руля/Руља), in 1863, and was elder of Roulia from 1893 to 1896. He began anti-Ottoman rebel activity in 1898, killing four local Ottoman officers. He was first associated with the pro-Bulgarian Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Afterwards he became associated with the pro-Greek irregular Hellenic Macedonian Committee.^[3] He was captured by the Ottomans, convicted of robbery and hanged in Monastir in 1905.^[4]