Anagnostis Petimezas
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Anagnostis Petimezas was a Greek
Greece
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 revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence
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.

He was born in 1765 in Soudena
Soudena
Soudena may refer to a few former names of villages in Greece:*Soudena, the former name of Messorougi? in Achaia prefecture*Soudena, the former name of Loussoi ? in Achaia prefecture...

 near Kalavryta
Kalavryta
Kalavryta is a town and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the peripheral unit of Achaea, Greece. It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road. It is located approx...

 and was descended from the historic Petmezades family. He was the son of Sotiris, brother of Athanasios which he in Voussoka. He took part in the battles of Kalavryta
Kalavryta
Kalavryta is a town and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the peripheral unit of Achaea, Greece. It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road. It is located approx...

, Acrocorinth
Acrocorinth
Acrocorinth , "Upper Corinth", the acropolis of ancient Corinth, is a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth, Greece. "It is the most impressive of the acropoleis of mainland Greece," in the estimation of George Forrest. Acrocorinth was continuously occupied from archaic times to...

, Tripoli
Siege of Tripoli
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 where he was a mandate of Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

, etc.

He was assassinated with his son Sotiris at Vasiliko near Sicyon
Sicyon
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 and Corinth
Corinth
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 in 1822 as he was addressing against the dramali.
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