Revolutionary Georgi Karaiskaki

Georgi Karaiskaki, or Georgios Karaiskakis (Γεώργιος Καραϊσκάκης), was a Greek participant in the Bulgarian national liberation movement and a veteran of the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps, known as a voivode in the Kresna–Razlog Uprising.

He was born in 1818 in Kerasovo village in the Edirne region, now in Greece. His formative years were spent in Athens, where he grew up. He actively participated in the Greek struggles for independence, including the Greco-Turkish War of 1829 and the Cretan Uprising of 1866, in which he organised and led a detachment.

After the Cretan Uprising ended, Karaiskaki lived in Serbia. In 1876, he volunteered in the detachment of the Bulgarian voivode Panayot Hitov during the Serbo-Turkish War. According to some sources, he saved Hitov from capture during the fighting.

After the war, Karaiskaki moved to Romania, where he joined the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps on 1 May 1877 and fought in the Russo-Turkish War. For his bravery in battle, he received the Insignia of Distinction of the Military Order of St George.

In October 1878, during the Kresna–Razlog Uprising, he became voivode of a detachment of 126 men. His activities during this period included establishing contact with Greek detachments and providing assistance for the uprising.

After the uprising was suppressed, Karaiskaki withdrew to free Bulgaria and settled in Ruse. He died there on 8 March 1894. His gravestone is kept in the Baba Tonka Museum in Ruse.