Zisis Sotiriou ( el, Ζήσης Σωτηρίου) was a
Greek revolutionary of the
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...
.
Biography
He was born in
Servia
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* Se ...
of
Kozani in the 1800s,
but his family soon moved to
Budapest. He was the son of
klepht captain Sotiris.
[Τα Σέρβια κατά την περίοδο της Τουρκοκρατίας - σημαίνοντα πρόσωπα και γεγονότα, Χρυσάνθη Καραγιαννίδου, ομιλία στο δημοτικό συμβούλιο Σερβίων, 29 March 2009]
/ref> He was one of the first Diaspora Greeks who returned to fight for the Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...
. He fought together with Emmanouel Pappas
Emmanouel Pappas ( el, Εμμανουήλ Παππάς; 1772–1821) was a prominent member of Filiki Eteria and leader of the Greek War of Independence in Macedonia.
Biography
Pappas was born in Dovista (Δοβίστα), Serres regional uni ...
and his army in many operations in Macedonia
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
, as well as in the Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...
and in Central Greece.
From 1830, he took part in most revolutionary movements in the Greek state and abroad. He took place in the Second Italian War of Independence on the side of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi ( , ;In his native Ligurian language, he is known as ''Gioxeppe Gaibado''. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as ''Jousé'' or ''Josep''. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patr ...
as a volunteer along with Ilias Stekoulis
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* 6604 Ilias, an asteroid
See also
* Profitis Ilias (disambiguat ...
, Spyridon Sasellas Spyridon ( grc, Σπυρίδων; ell, Σπυρίδωνας) is a Greek male given name. It is often shortened to Σπύρος (''Spyros''), often Anglicised as Spyridon, Spyro or Spiro.
Individuals bearing this name include:
*Saint Spyridon, Or ...
, Alexandros Dosios
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*Alexandros, a Greek name, the origin for the English name Alexander
* Alexander III of Macedon, commonly known as Alexander the Great
* Alexandros, Greece, a village on the island of Lefkada
*Alexandros (band)
, sty ...
, Nikolaos Makris
Nikolaos Makris ( el, Νικόλαος Μακρής, 1829–1911) was a Hellenic Army General and politician.
Nikolaos Makris was born in Missolonghi in 1829. He was the son of Dimitrios Makris, a military leader during the Greek War of Indepen ...
, Nikolaos Smolenskis
Nikolaos ( el, Νικόλαος, ') is a common Greek given name which means "Victor of People", a compound of νίκη '' nikē'' 'victory' and λαός laos' 'people'. The connotation is "people's champion" or "conqueror of people". The English ...
and others.
/ref> ''He was a man of labor, a patriot, selfless, full of zeal, who when was offered for a medal and salary increase for the services he offered, he denied both, stating that "I have never asked for any remuneration or increase of my salary, if I do not fulfill my duty faithfully and honestly, doing so according to my principles and the oath which I gave to my homeland..."''
References
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Year of birth uncertain
Year of death unknown
Greek people of the Greek War of Independence
Macedonian revolutionaries (Greek)
People of the Second Italian War of Independence
People from Servia