Kalochori (, before 1926: Δοβρόλιτσα – Dovrolitsa; Dobrolišta; Dobrolishta, Добролишча Dobrolishcha in the Kostur dialect), is a small rural village, part of the municipal unit of Kastoria, Kastoria regional unit, Greece. Kalochori is also located 14 kilometers away from the city of Kastoria and 14 kilometers away from the village of Nestorio. It was a part of the former municipal unit of Mesopotamia. The village has an elevation of 721 meters above sea level.
History
Ottoman Empire According to Academician Ivan Duridanov, the etymology of the name is from the original patronymic of ishti, which comes from the personal name Dobrol
In the fifteenth century, the village had 140 names of households that were named.Гандев, Христо. Българската народност през XV век. Демографско и етнографско изследване, Наука и Изкуство, II изд., София, 1989.
Families from Dobrolishta, along with Slimnitsa and Omotsko, settled in 1791 and in the Nevrokop village of Kovachevitsa, where they formed the so-called Arnautska neighborhood. They are engaged in construction and founded the Kovachevitsa architectural-building school.Тилев, Жеко. Ковачевица. // Музеи и паметници на културата (1). Комитет за култура, 1987. с. 8.
In the beginning of the 20th century, the entire Christian population of Dobrolishta was under the influence of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, but after the Ilinden uprising in the beginning of 1904 it was under the influence of the Bulgarian Exarchate.
The same year, Ottoman authorities did not allow teacher A. Naumov from Aposkep to open a Bulgarian school in the village.Марков, Георги Христов. Хрупищко. Хасково, Държавен архив – Хасково, Интерфейс, 2002. ISBN 954-90993-1-8. с. 170.
In October 1906, Ottoman forces succeeded in killing the voivode Nikola Dobrolitski and two of his chetniks in Dobrolishta
Also in 1906, Dobrolista was attacked by Greek forces led by Nikolaos Platanias (Lahtaras).
Greece At the outbreak of the Balkan Wars in 1912, two people from Dobrolishta were volunteers in the Macedonian-Adrianople Corps.Македоно-одринското опълчение 1912–1913 г. : Личен състав по документи на Дирекция „Централен военен архив". София, Главно управление на архивите, Дирекция „Централен военен архив" В. Търново, Архивни справочници № 9, 2006. ISBN 954-9800-52-0. с. 702.
During the Balkan Wars, the village was occupied by Greek troops and remained in Greece after the Balkan Wars.
Borivoje Milojevic, a Serbian geographer, wrote in his book Južna Makedonija (1921) that Dobrolishta had 30 Slavic Christian houses and 40 Turkish houses.Милојевић, Боривоје Ж. Јужна Македонија. // Насеља српских земаља X. 1921. с. 18. (на сръбски)
The 1920 Greek census recorded 434 people in the village, and 198 inhabitants (140 families) were Muslim in 1923. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Dovrolitsa were from Pontus (39) in 1926. The 1928 Greek census recorded 455 village inhabitants. In 1928, the refugee families numbered 40 (139 people).
In 1926, Dobrolishta is changed to Kalohorion which translates to good village.
During the Second World War, Kalochori was in the Italian occupation zone. The village suffered from the Italian detachments.Мичев, Добри. БЪЛГАРСКОТО НАЦИОНАЛНО ДЕЛО В ЮГОЗАПАДНА МАКЕДОНИЯ (1941 – 1944 г.)
In 1945, Greek Foreign Minister Ioannis Politis ordered the compilation of demographic data regarding the Prefecture of Kastoria.. The village Kalochori had a total of 620 inhabitants, and was populated by 310 Slavophones without a Bulgarian national consciousness. "Καλοχώριον, Πληθυσμός: 620, Σλαυόφωνοι: 310, Συνείδησις Βουλγαρική: όχι"
On 4 May 1945, Kalochori was pillaged by the Greek detachment of Andonios Amanatidis, many women and men are abused.Пејов, Наум. Македонците во Граѓанскага војна во Грција, Скопје 1968, с. 125. 13 children from Kalochori, are moved out of the country by the communist authorities as refugees to the Eastern Bloc during the Greek Civil War. There are nine political killings in the village during the Greek Civil War.
The village of Tsartsista was eventually abandoned around the 1970s and its inhabitants were relocated to Kalochori.
Kalochori typically produces tobacco, wheat, and lentils in its surrounding fields.
Censuses Source:Симовски, Тодор Христов. Населените места во Егеjска Македонија. Т. II дел. Скопjе, Здружение на децата-бегалци од Егејскиот дел на Македонија, Печатница „Гоце Делчев", 1998. ISBN 9989-9819-6-5. с. 16. 1913 – 468 people 1920 – 434 people 1928 – 455 people 1940 – 634 people 1951 – 585 people 1961 – 520 people 1971 – 458 people 1981 – 475 people 1991 – 459 people 2001– 458 people 2011 – 398 people
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