Alexander Ypsilantis
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Person
- Born
- 1792-12-12
- Died
- 1828-01-31
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,394x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- ImageNet Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge
· 2015 · cited 30,072x
- SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing
· 2012 · cited 23,988x
- QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
· 2009 · cited 22,457x
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Key facts
- Native name
- Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης ( Greek ) , Alexandru Ipsilanti ( Romanian ) , Александр Константинович Ипсиланти ( Russian )
- Born
- 12 December 1792, Constantinople , Ottoman Empire (now Istanbul , Turkey )
- Died
- 31 January 1828 (1828-01-31) (aged 35), Vienna , Austrian Empire
- Buried
- Taxiarches Church, Pedion tou Areos
- Allegiance
- Russian Empire , First Hellenic Republic
- Branch
- Imperial Russian Army Filiki Etaireia , Greek Revolutionary Army Sacred Band
- Service years
- 1805–1821
- Rank
- Major General ( Imperial Russian Army )
- Unit
- Grodno Hussar Regiment
- Commands
- Commander of the 1st Brigade of Hussars (1st Hussar Division), Leader of the Filiki Etaireia , Leader of the Sacred Band
- Conflicts
- Napoleonic Wars French invasion of Russia Battle of Klyastitsy First Battle of Polotsk War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Bautzen Battle of Dresden ( Wounded in action</span>"}]]}'>WIA ) Greek War of Independence Wallachian Uprising Battle of Dragashani
Key dates
- Born
- 12 December 1792
- Died
- 31 January 1828
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- Constantinople
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Father
- Konstantinos Ypsilantis
- Occupation
- freedom fighter
- Languages spoken
- Modern Greek
- Award
- Order of Saint Anna
- Family
- Ypsilantis family
Article
Alexandros Ypsilantis (12 December 1792 – 31 January 1828) was a Greek nationalist politician who was member of a prominent Phanariot Greek family, a prince of the Danubian Principalities, a senior officer of the Imperial Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars, and a leader of the Filiki Etaireia, a secret organization that coordinated the beginning of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.
Early life