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| '''Kilkis''' (]: Κιλκίς, ]/]: Кукуш; transliterated Kukuš or Kukush) is a small provincial city in ], ]. It had a population of 16,000 citizens in ]. It is also the capital city of the prefecture (or ''nomos'') of ] and the capital of one of the two local provinces (or ''eparchia'') of its prefecture. | |||
| The city was ruled by the ] before being taken by ] in the ] of ]. In the ] of ], the Greek army captured the city after a three-day battle between ]-]. Although costly, with over 5,000 casualties on the Greek side and 7,000 on the Bulgarian, the Greek victory proved a decisive step towards victory in the war. Kilkis was almost completely destroyed during the battle, its 7,000 Bulgarian inhabitants fled or were expelled to Bulgaria, settling, for the most part, in ]. The new town was built closer to the railway to ] and was settled by Greeks expelled from ] and ]. | |||
| The significance of the ] can be appreciated by the fact that Greece named a battleship after the city. However, ''Kilkis'' - formerly the ] - was sunk by a German ] (Stuka) dive-bomber on ] ], along with its sister-ship, in the third week of the invasion of Greece by ]. The city of Kilkis came under Bulgarian rule in ] when the Bulgarian zone of occupation was expanded to include the prefectures of Kilkis and ]. The Greeks claim that the Bulgarians pursued a policy of "Bulgarianisation" with considerable brutality and intended to annex the region to Bulgaria, but were forbidden from doing so by their German allies, who feared destabilising Greece if the Bulgarians proceeded. The region became a major centre for partisan resistance activity before being liberated in ]. | |||
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