Kozani is a city in Western Macedonia. The first written reference to its name dates back to 1528. Throughout its history, Kozani has been economically and intellectually prosperous and its citizens took active part in the national struggles.
Kessani was a small city of East Thrace, hosting an important Greek community. After the Asia Minor Catastrophe, its residents founded Nea Kessani at the Municipality of Xanthi.
Kleisoura is a town in Albania. It is renowned for the victorious operations of Greeks during the Balkan Wars as well as the Greek-Italian War of 1940-1941. Kleisoura is also the name of a Vlach village, in the region of Kastoria. Its citizens took active part to the national struggles and the overall region was
Miltiadis (Miltos) Kountouras (1889-1940) was an eminent philologist and educator. He was a member of the Educational Club and a pioneer of demoticism. From 1927 to 1930 we was the Principal of the Girls’ School of Thessaloniki.
Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855-1935) was a Rear Admiral. As Commander of the Averof battleship, Chief of the Aegean Fleet, he took part in the victorious sea battles of Elli and Limnos and he liberated almost all Aegean islands. He was elected Minister, Regent and first President of the Republic.
Dimitrios Koufitsas (or Kofitsas) was born in 1901 or 1902 in Chaliki, Trikala and was murdered in 1946 in Thessaloniki. Holding the rank of Squadron Leader, he was Deputy Commander of National Security and Rapporteur of the Extraordinary Court-martial of Thessaloniki.
Krateros was a Macedonian General of Alexander the Great. He took part in the campaign in Asia. After the death of Alexander the Great, he supported Antipatros. He died in 321 B.C.
Kostas Krystallis was born in 1868 and died in 1894. He was a poet and novelist. His poems were inspired mainly from nature and life in the countryside.
Stilpon Kyriakides was born in 1887 in Komotini and died in 1964 in Thessaloniki. He was a distinguished historian and folklorist, Professor at the Philosophy School, Dean at the University of Thessaloniki and one of the founding members and President of the Society for Macedonian Studies. He left a prodigious amount of work.
The Commandos and the Sacred Squadron are military units of the special forces. The Sacred Squadron was founded in 1942 in the Middle East and took part in operations during World War II. The Mountain Raiders Company was founded in 1946 and it is the evolution of the Sacred Squadron, that had been disbanded the
