Eleftherios Venizelos
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Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos was a Cretan Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party, Venizelos served as prime minister of Gr
Venizelos in 1919
Portrait of Kyriakos Venizelos, father of Eleftherios
Venizelos father's shop in Chania
The house of Venizelos in Mournies
Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)
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The Cretan Revolt of 1897–1898 was a successful insurrection by the Greek Orthodox population of Crete against the rule of the Ottoman Empire after decades of rising tensions. The Greek insurrectionis
Eleftherios Venizelos
…the Liberal Party, Venizelos served as prime minister of Greece for over 12 years, spanning eight terms from 1910 to 1933. A prominent figure of the 1897 Cretan Revolt, Venizelos first made his mark on the international stage with his leading role in securing the autonomy of the Cretan State, and later in the island's…
Cretan rebel leaders in early 1897
View of Chania after the Muslim burning of Christian neighborhoods