Athanasios Pipis (
Greek: Αθανάσιος Πίπης, died in 1821) was a
Greek priest and the
Greek Orthodox revolutionary commander in the
Greek War of Independence (1821–1830).
Life
Pipis was born in the village of
Vuno,
Himara,
Ottoman Empire
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modern
Albania, then
Ottoman Empire
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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 Alexander Ypsilantis and participated in the revolt against the Ottoman Empire in Moldavia and Wallachia. 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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1821 deaths
Greek military leaders of the Greek War of Independence
Year of birth unknown
People from Himara