Spiro Bellkameni
Albanian military commander and activist
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| Intro | Albanian military commander and activist | |
| Places | Albania | |
| is | Activist Military commander | |
| Work field | Activism Military | |
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Spiro Bellkameni (1885-1912) was an Albanian military commander and activist of the Albanian National Awakening. He led one of the most important bands during the Albanian revolts of the 1900-1910s.
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Born in Bellkamen, in the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire in 1885 he was a close associate of Themistokli Gërmenji and Mihal Grameno. In 1906 he was a member of Bajo Topulli's band that assassinated the Pontic Greek bishop of Korçë Photios as retribution for the assassination of Kristo Negovani, which was instigated by Photios. During the Albanian Revolt of 1911 he defeated an Ottoman contingent in Mali i Thatë.