Voivode Georgi Kurtev — Latrovaliyata
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Voivode Georgi Kurtev — Latrovaliyata
Georgi Kurtev — Latrovaliyata
Title: Voivode
Active from: 1895
Active until: 1896
Period: Ottoman rule
Georgi Yankov Kurtev, nicknamed Latrovaliyata, was a commander in the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee.
He was born in 1855 in Latrovo, near Chortero in present-day Greece. The Macedonian Committee recruited him for its armed campaign in 1895. He joined Kocho Mustruka's band and participated in the capture of Melnik. In 1896, he became commander of a band in the Poroy region, where Gone Beginin was among his associates.
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