John Capodistria

In 1809 Capodistria entered the service of Alexander I of Russia. His first important mission, in November 1813, was as unofficial Russian ambassador to Switzerland, with the task of helping disentangle the country from the French dominance imposed by Napoleon. He secured Swiss unity, independence and neutrality, which were formally guaranteed by the Great Powers, and actively facilitated the initiation of a new Constitution for the 19 cantons that were the component states of Switzerland, with personal drafts. In the ensuing Congress of Vie ...

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John Capodistria, John Capodistria - Background and early career, John Capodistria - Minister of the Septinsular Republic, John Capodistria - Russian diplomatic service, John Capodistria - Return to Greece, John Capodistria - Administration, John Capodistria - Legacy

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The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greek: Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον Αθηνών), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens, is the oldest university in the region of the eastern Mediterranean and has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837. Today, it is the second-largest institution of higher learning in Greece, with more than fifty thousand undergraduate students. National and Kapodistrian University of Athen ...

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Corfu (ancient and modern Greek Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, Latin Corcyra; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an island of Greece, in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Albania, from which it is separated by a strait varying in breadth from less than 2 to about 15 miles (3 to 25 km) including one near Albania near Butrint and a longer one west of Thesprotia. It has ferry services to the rest of Greece with Igoumenitsa and Gaios in the island of Paxoi and as far as Patras. There is also a small port in ...

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Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (Андре́й Андре́евич Громы́ко) (July 18 (July 5, Old Style), 1909 – July 2, 1989) was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He was born in the village of Staryja Hramyki, Rechyca Raion, Minsk Guberniya (Imperial Russia) - (now Homyel voblast, Belarus)-, into a peasant family. He studied agriculture at the Minsk School of Agricultural Technology and graduated in 1936. Later he worked as ...

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He was the son of a poor official at Pskov, who saw to it that his son was taught Latin, German and mathematics. Ordin began his public career in 1642 alone of the delineators of the new Russo-Swedish frontier after the peace of Stolbovo. Even then he had a great reputation in Russia as one who thoroughly understood German ways and things. He was one of the first Russians who diligently collected foreign books, and we hear of as many as ...

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Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin, Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin - Early life and career, Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin - Diplomatic missions, Afanasy Ordin-Nashchokin - Later life and achievements

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List of Russians - Architects. Vasily Bazhenov (1738-1799) Savva Chevakinsky (1709-between 1774 and 1780) Matvei Kazakov (1738-1812) Andrey Kvasov (1720 - after 1770) Alexander Kokorinov (1725-1772) Konstantin Melnikov (1890-1974) Ivan Fyodorovich Michurin (1700–1763) Alfred Alexandrovich Parland (1842-1920) Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700-1771) Carlo Rossi (architect) (1775-1849) Andrey Schtakenshneider (1802-1865) ...

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A Ukrainian by birth, Bezborodko was born at Glukhov on the 14th of March 1747, and educated at home and in the seminary at Kiev. He entered the public service as a clerk in the office of Count P. A. Rumyantsev, then governor-general of Ukraine, whom he accompanied to the Turkish War in 1768. He was present at the engagements of Larga and Kagul, and at the storming of Silistria. On the conclusion of the peace of Kuchuk-Kainarji (1774) the field marshal recommended him to Catharine II, and she appointed him in 1775 her petition-secreta ...

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Alexander Bezborodko, Alexander Bezborodko - Ukrainian origins, Alexander Bezborodko - His career under Catherine II, Alexander Bezborodko - Grand Chancellor of the Russian Empire, Alexander Bezborodko - Personal qualities, Alexander Bezborodko - External link

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When the 17-year-old Bavarian Prince Otto was installed by the London Conference of 1832 as King of Greece, he adopted the Greek name Othon. His troubled reign lasted for 30 years before he and his wife Queen Amalia left the way they came, aboard a British warship. During the early years of his reign a group of Bavarian Regents ruled in his name, and made themselves very unpopular by trying to impose German ideas of orderly government on the turbulent Greeks. Nevertheless they laid the foundations of a Greek administration, army, justice sys ...

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History of modern Greece, History of modern Greece - Treaty of London, History of modern Greece - Reign of King Othon 1833–1863, History of modern Greece - Reign of King George I 1864–1913, History of modern Greece - Wars and crises 1913–1920, History of modern Greece - Republic and Monarchy 1920–1940, History of modern Greece - World War and Civil war 1940–1949, History of modern Greece - Postwar Greece 1950–present

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List of Greeks - Ancient period. Colaeus of Samos (628 BCE) Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484?–420? BCE) Nearchus (360?–312 BCE) Pytheas of Massilia (c. 325 BCE) Scylax Xenophon (435?–355? BCE) List of Greeks - Modern period. Constantine Phaulkon (17th century) See also:

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The name Corfu is an Italian corruption of the Byzantine Κορυφώ (Koryphō), which is derived from the Greek Κορυφαί (Koryphai), meaning "Crests." In shape it is not unlike the sickle (drepanē), to which it was compared by the ancients, the hollow side, with the town and harbour of Corfu in the centre, being turned towards the Albanian coast. Its extreme length is about 40 miles (60 km). and its greatest breadth about 20 miles (30 km). The area is estimated at 227 sq. miles (580 km²). Two high and well-defined ranges divide th ...

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Corfu, Corfu - Geography, Corfu - Climate, Corfu - Transportation, Corfu - History, Corfu - Archaeology and architecture, Corfu - Music and festivities, Corfu - Persons

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Kolettis was born in Syrrako, Epirus and studied medicine in Pisa, Italy. He became influenced by the Carbonari movement and started planning his return to Epirus in order to participate to Greece's indepedence struggles. In 1813, he settled at Ioannina, where he served as a doctor and after gaining standing he was recruited as the personal doctor of Ali Pasa's son, Muctar Pasa. He remained in Ioannina till March of 1821, when he entered Filiki Eteria and left for Syrrako, together with chieftain Raggos, in order to spread the revolution into the Vlach villages, but his efforts quickly failed bec ...

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Ioannis Kolettis, Ioannis Kolettis - Early life, Ioannis Kolettis - Greek War of Independence, Ioannis Kolettis - Political career after 1821, Ioannis Kolettis - Political career under Otto of Greece's rule

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When the Ottomans arrived in Greece, two Greek migrations occurred. The first migration entailed the Greek intelligentsia migrating to Western Europe and influencing the advent of the Renaissance. The second migration entailed Greeks leaving the plains of the Greek peninsula and resettling in the mountains. Since Greece was mostly mountainous, the Ottomans could not conquer the entire Greek peninsula since they did not create either a milita ...

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Ottoman Greece, Ottoman Greece - Ottoman rule, Ottoman Greece - Ottoman decline, Ottoman Greece - The War of Independence

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The University of Athens is divided into schools, faculties and departments as follows. The naming isn't consistent in English for historical reasons, but in Greek the largest divisions are generally named "σχολές" (schools) and are divided in "τμήματα" (departments), furthermore subdivided in "τομείς" (divisions). School of Theology Faculty of Theology Faculty of Social Theology School of Philosophy Faculty of Philology Faculty of History and Archaeolog ...

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - History, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Faculties and Departments, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Notable alumni

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The name of the town in Greek is Ναύπλιο or, and in Ancient Greek Ναύπλιον (thus the transliteration Nafplion). As is the case with many Greek names, there is more than one possible Latin transliteration. Currently, the most commonly used English spelling is Nafplion (or sometimes Nafplio like the Modern Greek way of saying it). Many sources, especially those dealing with the ancient city, refer to it by its Latin name of Nauplion. In other languages it is known variously as Nauplia, Navplion, Nauplio, Nafplion and Anap ...

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Nafplion, Nafplion - Names for Nafplion, Nafplion - Geography, Nafplion - Historical Population, Nafplion - History of Nafplion, Nafplion - Economics, Nafplion - Sites of Interest and Others, Nafplion - Sources and links

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After a careful education at home by eminent specialists, mostly French people, he first went abroad in 1786. At Gotha Czartoryski heard Johann Wolfgang von Goethe read his Iphigeneia in Tauris, and made the acquaintance of the dignified Johann Gottfried Herder and "fat little Christoph Martin Wieland". In 1789 Czartoryski visited Great Britain with his mother, and was present at the trial of Warren Hastings. On a second visit in 1793 he made many acquaintances among the British ...

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Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Travels, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Service in Russia, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Diplomatic career, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - De facto Foreign minister, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Chief minister, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Later career, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Awards, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski - Principal Works

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The name Corfu is an Italian corruption of the Byzantine Κορυφώ (Koryphō), which is derived from the Greek Κορυφαί (Koryphai), meaning "Crests." In shape it is not unlike the sickle (drepanē), to which it was compared by the ancients, the hollow side, with the town and harbour of Corfu in the centre, being turned towards the Albanian coast. Its extreme length is about 40 miles (60 km). and its greatest breadth about 20 miles (30 km). The area is estimated at 227 sq. miles (580 km²). Two high and well-defined ranges divide th ...

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Corfu, Corfu - Geography, Corfu - Climate, Corfu - Population, Corfu - Transportation, Corfu - Municipalities and communities, Corfu - History, Corfu - Archaeology and architecture, Corfu - Music and festivities, Corfu - Persons

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The reasons why the Greeks were the first people to break away from the multi-ethnic, multi-religious Ottoman Empire are several. The fact that the Ottoman Empire was in manifest decline made such a revolt feasible. In a number of ways Greeks enjoyed a privileged position in the Ottoman state. They controlled the affairs of the Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarch, based in Constantinople, and the higher clergy were always Greek. From the 18th century onwards Phanariot Greek notables (Turkish-appointed Greek administrators from the Phanar district of Constant ...

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Greek War of Independence, Greek War of Independence - The Movement For Independence, Greek War of Independence - Major Greek Figures

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The first Rumyantsev to gain prominence, Alexander Ivanovich (1680 - 1749), enrolled in the Preobrazhensky regiment of guards in 1704. While he guarded the headquarters of Peter the Great, the monarch noticed him "for his great height and smart face". Peter made Alexander Ivanovich his servant and later recommended him to Peter Shafirov and Peter Tolstoy. In the service of these two courtiers, Rumyantsev carried out various diplomatic errands in Constantinople and in Persia. In 1720 he married Countess Maria Matveyeva, granddaugh ...

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Rumyantsev, Rumyantsev - Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev, Rumyantsev - Peter Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky, Rumyantsev - Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev

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When the 17-year-old Bavarian Prince Otto was installed by the London Conference of 1832 as King of Greece, he adopted the Greek name Othon. His troubled reign lasted for 30 years before he and his wife Queen Amalia left the way they came, aboard a Greek warship. During the early years of his reign a group of Bavarian Regents ruled in his name, and made themselves very unpopular by trying to impose German ideas of orderly government on the turbulent Greeks. Nevertheless they laid the foundations of a Greek administration, army, justice syste ...

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History of modern Greece, History of modern Greece - Treaty of London, History of modern Greece - Reign of King Othon 1833–1863, History of modern Greece - Reign of King George I 1864–1913, History of modern Greece - Wars and crises 1913–1920, History of modern Greece - Republic and Monarchy 1920–1940, History of modern Greece - World War and Civil war 1940–1949, History of modern Greece - Postwar Greece 1950–present

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In the context of ardent desire for independence of Turkish occupation and with the explicit influence of secret societies from Europe, three Greeks met one another in 1814 in Odessa and decided the constitution of a strictly secret organisation which would prepare the revolution of all Greeks. These men were 42-years old Nikolaos Skoufas from Arta province, 42-years old Emmanuel Ksanthos from Patmos and 26-years old Athanasios Tsakalov from Epirus. Skoufas had already particular contacts with Konstantinos Rados who was initiated into Carbon ...

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Filiki Eteria, Filiki Eteria - The beginnings, Filiki Eteria - The organisational structure, Filiki Eteria - The course to the revolt, Filiki Eteria - Recommended Reading

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