19th century Greek secret society opposing Ottoman rule
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Filiki Eteria
Society of Friends
Φιλική Εταιρεία
Insignia of the Filiki Eteria
Formation
September 14, 1814; 209 years ago (September 14, 1814)
Founder
Emmanuil Xanthos
Nikolaos Skoufas
Athanasios Tsakalov
Founded at
Odessa, Russian Empire
Type
Secret Society Revolutionary Organisation
Purpose
Instigate the Greek War of Independence
Overthrow Ottoman rule from the Balkans
Establish an independent Greek state
Headquarters
Odessa Constantinople (from 1818)
Region
Ottoman Empire
Rumelia Eyalet
Danubian Principalities
Fields
Greek nationalism
Leader
Alexandros Ypsilantis
Key people
Nikolaos Galatis
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Anthimos Gazis
Germanos III of Old Patras
Emmanouel Pappas
Filiki Eteria (Greek: Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία, romanized: Filikī́ Etaireía) or Society of Friends (Greek: Ἑταιρεία τῶν Φιλικῶν, romanized: Etaireía tôn Filikôn) was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek State.[1] Society members were mainly young Phanariot Greeks from Constantinople and the Russian Empire, local political and military leaders from the Greek mainland and islands, as well as several Orthodox Christian leaders from other nations that were under Hellenic influence, such as Karađorđe from Serbia,[2] and Tudor Vladimirescu from Romania.[3] One of its leaders was the prominent Phanariote Prince Alexander Ypsilantis.[4] The Society initiated the Greek War of Independence in the spring of 1821.[5]
^Alison, Phillips W. (1897). The war of Greek independence, 1821 to 1833. London : Smith, Elder. pp. 20, 21. (retrieved from University of California Library)
^Filiki Eteria: The Diaspora Secret Society That Sparked Greek Independence
^Clogg, Richard (1976), "'Social Banditry': The Memoirs of Theodoros Kolokotronis", The Movement for Greek Independence 1770–1821, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 166–174, doi:10.1007/978-1-349-02845-0_10 (inactive 31 January 2024), ISBN 9781349028474{{citation}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
^Greek War of Independence. A Dictionary of World History. 2000. retrieved 9 May. 2009 Encyclopedia.com
^John S. Koliopoulos, Brigands with a Cause – Brigandage and Irredentism in Modern Greece 1821–1912, Clarendon Press Oxford (1987), p. 41.
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