Athanasios Pipis
Greek revolutionary commander
Athanasios Pipis or Thanas Pipi (died in 1821) was a Greek priest and Greek Orthodox leader who fought in the Greek revolution of 1821.
Life change
Pipis was born in the village of Vuno in Himara (Ottoman Empire then, Albania today).[1]
In July 1804, he joined the Himariote and Souliote regiments of the Russian Empire's army.[2] Pipis joined the regiments to support a possible revolt against the Ottoman Empire.[2] In 1821, he joined the forces of Alexander Ypsilantis and took part in an anti-Ottoman uprising in Moldavia and Wallachia.[1][2] During the battle of Dragashani on 7 June 1821, Pipis and his men were killed fighting against Ottoman forces that outnumbered them.[1][2]
References change
Citations change
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ruches 1967, p. 123.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pappas 1991, pp. 193, 312–313.
Sources change
- Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1991). Greeks in Russian Military Service in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries. Thessaloniki: Institute for Balkan Studies.
- Ruches, Pyrrhus J. (1967). Albanian Historical Folksongs, 1716–1943: A Survey of Oral Epic Poetry from Southern Albania, with Original Texts. Chicago: Argonaut Inc., Publishers.