Apostolis Kolokotronis [SEP] conflict
Apostolis Kolokotronis
Apostolis Kolokotronis () was a chieftain of the Greek War of Independence and an officer of the Greek army from Arcadia. He was member of the well-known Kolokotronis family.
Biography.
Kolokotronis was the son of the chieftain Giannakis Kolokotronis (also known by the nickname "Daskoulias") and nephew of the commander Theodoros Kolokotronis. In the first stages of the Greek War of Independence, he took part along with his father in the military operations in Moldavia-Wallachia under the command of prince Alexandros
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His father, Konstantinos Kolokotronis, took part in an armed rebellion, the Orlov Revolt, instigated by the administration of Catherine the Great of Russia. He was killed in 1780 in an engagement with Turkish troops, along with two of his brothers, George and Apostolis.
Prior to the Greek Revolution, Theodoros Kolokotronis operated as a "kleft" (a warrior-bandit), an "armatolos" (a Christian irregular of the Ottoman military), and as a