Athanasios Pipis or Thanas Pipi (died in 1821) was a

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revolutionary commander in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830).

Life

Pipis was born in the village of

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, Himara,

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. In July 1804 he joined the Himariote and Souliote regiment of the Imperial Russian Army, in order to support a possible revolt against the Ottomans. Later, in 1821, when the Greek War of Independence was imminent, he joined the forces of

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and participated in the revolt against the Ottoman Empire in

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. In one incident, on 7 June 1821, in the wake of the Battle of Dragashani, Pipis together with thirty men tried to defend against numerical superior Ottoman forces. Pipis was killed together with the rest of his men.

References

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