Ιων Δραγούμης Ion Dragoumis the Macedonian Struggle

Ion Dragoumis (Greek: Ίων Δραγούμης) (September 2, 1878July 31, 1920 Julian calendar) was a Greek diplomat, writer and revolutionary.

Born in Athens, Dragoumis the son of Stephanos Dragoumis who was foreign minister under Charilaos Trikoupis. The family originated in Vogatsiko in Kastoria. Ion's great-grandfather, Markos Dragoumis (1770-1854), was a member of the Filiki Eteria revolutionary organisation.

Ion Dragoumis studied law at Athens University and, in 1899, entered the diplomatic branch of the Greek Foreign Ministry. In 1897, he enlisted in the Greek Army and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

In 1902, Dragoumis was made deputy consul in the Greek consulate at Monastir (present-day Bitola). In 1903, he became head of the consulate at Serres and later went on to serve in Plovdiv, Burgas, Alexandria and Alexandroupolis. In 1907, he was assigned to the embassy in Istanbul.

In 1905, during his time the Vice-Consul of Greece in Alexandria, Dragoumis met and started a love affair with the writer Penelope Delta, who was married to the merchant Stephanos Deltas. Out of respect for her husband and children, Dragoumis and Delta eventually decided to separate, but continued to correspond passionately until 1912, when Dragoumis started a relationship with the famous stage actress Marika Kotopouli.

Dragoumis became instrumental in the Macedonian Struggle. In Macedonia, a new Filiki Eteria was founded, under the leadership of Anastasios Picheon from Ochrid, whilst in Athens, the Macedonian Committee was formed in 1904 by Dragoumis' father, Stephanos Dragoumis.

In 1907, he published the book Martyron kai Iroon Aima (Martyrs and Heroes Blood), which was full of resentment towards everything Bulgarian. He urges Greeks to follow the example of Basil II: "Basil II, instead of blinding so many people should have better killed them instead. On one hand this people would not suffer as eyeless survivors, on the other the sheer number of Bulgarians would have diminished by 15 000, which is something very useful."

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φιλε εχεις πολυ ωραια βιντεακια μπραβο.

στο τελος αυτο του βιντεο ποιο τραγουδι παιζει???

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Ο Ίων οραματιζόταν την αναγέννηση της Βυζαντινής Αυτοκρατορίας στην Ανατολή, που θα συμπεριλάμβανε ΚΑΙ τους Τούρκους. Ήθελε πάση θυσία να απαγκιστρωθούμε από την Ευρώπη του Βενιζέλου και γενικότερα από την Δύση. Τελικά η Δύση μας πρόδωσε και ο Δραγούμης δικαιώθηκε. Ο ζωτικός χώρος της Ελλάδος είναι η Ανατολή.