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Society of Friends | |
Φιλική Εταιρεία | |
Formation | 14 September 1814 |
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Founder | |
Founded at | Odessa, Russian Empire |
Type | Secret society Revolutionary organisation |
Purpose | Instigate the Greek War of Independence
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Headquarters | Odessa Constantinople (from 1818) |
Region | Ottoman Empire |
Fields | Greek nationalism |
Leader | Alexandros Ypsilantis |
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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 Ottoman rule in 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]
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