Revolutionary Kosta Atanas

Kosta Atanas, nicknamed the Bulgarian, was a Bulgarian revolutionary who participated in the Greek War of Independence. He was born in 1797 in Štip or the surrounding Štip kaza, giving rise to the nickname Voulgaris, meaning Bulgarian. Between 1822 and 1825, he joined Theodoros Kolokotronis's detachment. From 1825, he served in Hadzhi Hristo the Bulgarian's cavalry. In 1828, under Hristo the Bulgarian's command, Atanas became an officer leading twenty-five men. For his services, he received a copper medal in 1841–1842 and a silver medal in 1844. Kosta Atanas died before 1865.