Nikolaos Plastiras (in Greek Νικόλαος Πλαστήρας ) (November 4th, 1883 - July 26th, 1953) was a general of the Greek Armée. It is known as “an O Mavros Cavalares” (“the black rider”). It was born in 1883, with Karditsa, Greece. His/her parents came from Morfovouni (formerly Vounesi), a village in the area of Fastened which is located in the part of the North-West of Thessalie.

Its military career

In 1919, Plastiras ordered regiment 5/42 of Evzones in Ukraine as an element of the allied forces which helped the army of Russian white S in their combat against the Red Army . Its force was then transferred to Smyrna in minor Asia via a port in Romania. During the war with the gréco-Turkish War of 1921-1923, the Plastiras General succeeds in stopping the retirement of the Greek army and stabilizing the face in Thrace along the river of Evros. This action, considered as heroic, made it possible to save a great number of Anatolian Greeks. The Turks called it Kara Piper (" pepper noir"), whereas the 5/42 Evzones was known like Seitan Asker (l'" army of Satan"). Its advance was finally stopped in Kale-Grotso, vis-a-vis the Sakarya river. A little later with the Battle of Sakarya, the Greeks had to take again their retirement. After the war it made stop, judge and carry out six generals and royalist politicians considered to be responsible for the defeat. Plastiras also forced the King Constantin I {{er}} of Greece to leave the country in 1923. Plastiras helped with the creation of the 1st Hellenic Republic. One regarded it as one of the rare officers republican of the Greek army. The Plastiras General was even admired by his larger enemy, Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk). At the end of the war, the negotiations concerning the exchange of population between Greece and the lately formed Turkish Republic, Atatürk would have said to Plastiras, " I gave gold and gave you to me cuivre."

Its political career

Plastiras served to Greece as a Prime Minister three times into 1945,1951 and 1952. During its mandates, Plastiras supervised the construction of the stopping with Tavropos (Megdovas). The lake and the stopping are called now Plastiras. The majority of work on these two projects was carried out by the residents of Agrafa themselves, known under the name of agrafiotes, providing an important economic push to the area. The stopping was a principal factor in the electrification and the modernization of Greece. The electricity which it produces supplies the North of continental Greece. The lake Plastiras provides water during all the year for the inhabitants of Agrafa and a source of irrigation for farmers of the plains of Thessalie. The investment of the Plastiras General in his native area transformed Fastened it, formerly one of the poorest areas and most isolated from Greece, in a tourist area of mountains which compete with the Alpine areas in Western Europe.

Plastiras died in 1953 with Athens.

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