Photograph of Michail Korakas wearing traditional Cretan costume and carrying a full array of weapons.
Born
1797 Pombia, Crete, Ottoman Empire
Died
1882 (aged 85) Pombia, Crete, Ottoman Empire
Buried
Crete
Allegiance
First Hellenic Republic
Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch
Greek Revolutionary Army
Hellenic Army
Cretan Revolutionaries
Rank
Captain
Battles/wars
Greek War of Independence
Battle of Malaxa
Cretan revolt (1866–1869) Cretan revolt (1878)
Children
Aristotelis Korakas (son)
Michail Korakas (Greek: Μιχαήλ Κόρακας, 1797–1882)[1] was a Cretan revolutionary, who played a major role in successive Cretan revolts against the Ottoman Empire in 1821–29, 1841, 1858, 1866–69, and 1878.
^Βασιλάτος, Νίκος Γ (1993). Το Κρητικό μαχαίρι (in Greek). Κλασσικές εκδόσεις. p. 41. ISBN 9789602204702. ο Μιχαήλ Κόρακας (1797 - 1882), αρχηγός των αρμάτων
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