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'''Yiannis "Skyloyiannis" Mavromichalis''' was a [[Mani]]ote leader during the [[Orlov Revolt]] ([[1770]]).

Skyloyiannis - the nickname means "dog-John" in [[Greek language|Greek]] - was born in [[1726]]. He was a member of the famous Mavromichalis clan that later contributed [[Petrobey Mavromichalis]] and others to the Greek [[War of Independence]].

When the Russians, under [[Aleksey Grigoryevich Orlov]], arrived in [[Mani]] on [[February 28]], [[1770]], touching off the events known in history as the "[[Orlov Revolt]]", Skyloyiannis took part leading 400 men in the siege of [[Methoni]] and [[Koroni]] in SW [[Peloponnesus]].

When Haji-Osman Pasha arrived, with an army of 8,000 men, in Peloponnesus to quell the revolt, Skyloyiannis was forced to lift the siege and retreat towards [[Mani]]. He held off the superior Turkish forces for several days but many of his men started to desert him as the situation grew hopeless. He retired with his sons and 24 men who remained loyal to him, at [[Melipyrgos]], [[Messenia]]. The Turks besieged him and, after a valiant resistance of two days and nights, Skyloyiannis and his men charged out of their fort which had been set ablaze on [[April 4]], [[1770]]. They fell to the last man.

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Irlandos: New page: '''Yiannis "Skyloyiannis" Mavromichalis''' was a Maniote leader during the Orlov Revolt (1770). Skyloyiannis - the nickname means "dog-John" in Greek - was ...