Theodoros Tzinis (*1798 ; †1869) was a Greek

Greece

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 hero of the Greek War of Independence

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He was born in Kompoti

Kompoti

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, Arta

Arta, Greece

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 in 1798 and was the main friend of Nikolaos Skoufas

Nikolaos Skoufas

Nikolaos Skoufas - member of the Filiki Eteria , a Greek conspiratorial organization against the Ottoman Empire....

, a leader of a secret society. He battled against the Turks in Messolongi and was one of the organisers of the escape. After the escape, he settled in Patras

Patras

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, in 1828. He founded a neighbourhood in 1831 and bought property in the modern centre of the city and built his house. From that time, his family received the name to the neighbourhood (Tsivdi) of the city. In Patras, he was educated with the grape company and married Eleni Papapostolou, with whom he raised six children.

He died in Patras.