GreeceΙστορία, θέμα 7 · History

Rigas Velestinlis was:

In the exam (Greek)

Ο Ρήγας Βελεστινλής ήταν:

  1. aa Byzantine generalβυζαντινός στρατηγός
  2. ba scholar of the Modern Greek Enlightenmentλόγιος του Νεοελληνικού ΔιαφωτισμούCorrect answer
  3. ca hero of 1821ήρωας του 1821
  4. da hero of the National Resistanceήρωας της Εθνικής Αντίστασης

Why?

Rigas Velestinlis (1757–1798) was a scholar and a forerunner of the Revolution. He wrote the "Thourios" (war hymn) and the "Charta" (map of Greece) and spread the ideas of the Modern Greek Enlightenment. He was executed by the Ottomans in 1798, before 1821.

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Source of the questions and answers: Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών – Γενική Γραμματεία Ιθαγένειας – Πλατφόρμα Εξετάσεων Πιστοποιητικού Επάρκειας Γνώσεων για Πολιτογράφηση (Π.Ε.Γ.Π), exetaseis-ithageneia.ypes.gr, question bank of November 2026. The questions are reused under the platform’s terms of use and the rules on the re-use of public sector information (article 61, law 4727/2020). This app is not official, does not represent the Ministry of the Interior and has not been approved by any authority. The English translations and the explanations are ours (made with AI), not official material; the exam itself is in Greek.

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