Alexander Ypsilantis
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Alexandros Ypsilantis was a Greek nationalist politician who was member of a prominent Phanariot Greek family, a prince of the Danubian Principalities, a senior officer of the Imperial Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars, and a leader of the Filiki Etaireia, a secret organization that coordinated the beginning...
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Ypsilantis in the uniform of a senior officer of the Russian Hussars, 1810s.
Monument of Alexandros Ypsilantis, that contains his bones, by Leonidas Drosis, Pedion tou Areos, Athens, 1869
Playing cards from 1829 depicting heroes of the Greek War of Independence with Ypsilantis as the King of Spades. Historical and Ethnological Museum of Athens.
Alexandros Ypsilantis crosses the Pruth by Peter von Hess, Benaki Museum, Athens.
Commemorative plate at St. Marx Cemetery in Vienna
A bust of Alexandros Ypsilantis in Nea Trapezounta, PieriaAwards 2
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Alexandros Ypsilantis was a Greek nationalist politician who was member of a prominent Phanariot Greek family, a prince of the Danubian Principalities, a senior officer of the Imperial Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars, and a leader of the Filiki Etaireia, a secret organization that coordinated the beginning of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.
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