What is Athanasios Pipis?
'''Athanasios Pipis''' or '''Thanas Pipi''' (died in 1821) was a [[Greek people|Greek]] [[priest]] and [[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] leader who fought in the Greek revolution of 1821. ==Life== Pipis was born in the [[village]] of Vuno in Himara ([[Ottoman Empire]] then, [[Albania]] today).<ref name=Ruches>{{harvnb|Ruches|1967|p=123}}.</ref> In July 1804, he joined the Himariote and [[Souliotes|Souliote]] [[regiment]]s of the [[Russian Empire]]'s [[army]].<ref name=Pappas/> Pipis joined the regiments to support a possible [[revolt]] against the Ottoman Empire.<ref name=Pappas/> In 1821, he joined the forces of Alexander Ypsilantis and took part in an anti-Ottoman uprising in [[Moldavia]] and [[Wallachia]].<ref name=Ruches/><ref name=Pappas>{{harvnb|Pappas|1991|pp=193, 312–313}}.</ref> During the [[battle]] of Dragashani on 7 June 1821, Pipis and his men were killed fighting against Ottoman forces that outnumbered them.<ref name=Ruches/><ref name=Pappas>{{harvnb|Pappas|1991|pp=193, 312–313}}.</ref> ==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist}} ===Sources=== *{{cite book|last=Pappas|first=Nicholas Charles|title=Greeks in Russian Military Service in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries|location=Thessaloniki|publisher=Institute for Balkan Studies|year=1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eAW5AAAAIAAJ}} *{{cite book|last=Ruches|first= Pyrrhus J.|title=Albanian Historical Folksongs, 1716–1943: A Survey of Oral Epic Poetry from Southern Albania, with Original Texts|location=Chicago|publisher=Argonaut Inc., Publishers|year=1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9H9CAAAAIAAJ}} [[Category:Greek people]] [[Category:1821 deaths]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]