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Greek Revolution

1821 against Ottoman Empire

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GREEK REVOLUTION

Greek revolution in 1821 is the highestachievement of the modern Greek History. It isthe epic nine year armed struggle of the Greek

people, which maintained the establishment ofthe Greek State, restoring Greece and Hellenismto the surface of Worldwide history after 4centuries of darkness and annihilation.

Greek Revolution had also a great impact to theEuropean History and was a magnificent fact formany intellectuals of this era.

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In addition, the Greek problem was one of themain considerations of the Europeandiplomacy for over than 12 years.

One of the most admirable success was thespectacular philhellene movement whichmanaged to convert the balance of theoutside factors, toward the side of the Greeks.

The revolution, organized by a secretorganization named .

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: Was one of the mostimportant organizations which influenced theGreek Revolution. Established in 1814 inOdessa of Russia(it had a big Greekcommunity) by , and .

Later, the leader of was .

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Born In Constantinople in 1792.Kind, noble, melancholic anddreamer, emotional and

enthusiastic. The Greek issue isa matter of Christians andHumanism.

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The Greek revolutionary movement wasaffected by the Enlightenment ideas of respecttoward human dignity.

Also, from the French Revolution(1798). Arevolution really progressive for those timesbecause of the struggle against the feudalismsystem and against oppression betweenhumans.

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Moreover, I can say that Greek Revolution wasgreatly inspired by ideas of the RomanticMovement ( Great Philhellenes wereRomantics), such as National Liberations,Patriotism, different socialstructure(Decentralized state), passion for the

past and homogeneity between the peopleand nature.

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Greek Revolution was firstly begun from theSouth Greece and transferred to all the placesof the unredeemed Greeks.

Two civil wars affected the revolution in anegative way.

Then, Greeks organized under a temporarygovernment with the newly liberatedlocations included.

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After in 1827 thatmeant the first unofficial Greek state, the firstgovernor was Ioannis Kapodistrias.

Was also a diplomat of the Russian empire.As a Governor, he promoted significantreforms for the recovery of the economic

status of the state, of the establishment ofthe legal framework and of the unification ofthe armed forces. He still has a lot ofadmirers in Greece. They murdered him offront of a church, during the Sundayschurch! His death was a result of a Vendetta.

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= member of armed illegal teams whoacted in the mountains. Romantic perception ofthe term = thief

During the Turkish Empire many Greeks couldn'tstand the slavery, paying taxes and the masskidnapping of children and forced themselves upto mountains and they became thieves.

Authorities encountered them as criminals butthe lay people admired them for their courage.They became folk heroes until now.

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= Turkish, in order to protectthemselves and attack to the thieves,organized teams of Greeks which enjoyedspecial gifts. Eventually, united together against theOttoman Empire.

Yeast of Freedom

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