Pano Bixhili (Russian: Пано Бицили Greek: Πάνος Μπιτζίλης) was an 18th-century General Consul of Russia in Albania and Himara.
Pano Bixhili came from the village Dhërmi, modern Albania, then Ottoman Empire, from an Albanian family background, whom spoke Albanian in the Tosk dialect and more specifically in the Lab sub dialect. In 18th century documents from the Russian Imperial Archive of External Affairs, he and his brother Gjika are described as "noble Albanians from Epirus". One of the most notable Albanian families of the Venetian and Ottoman period the Bixhili provided diplomats to the Russian Empire in the 18th century. Moreover, they also provided several officers to the Regimento Cimarioto (Himariote regiment) of the Venetian army as well as for the Albanskoe Volsko and the Odesskii Grecheskii Divizion Russian army.
Being an influential personality, he became the Russian consul in Albania and Himara, in the 1780s. During the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774) together with Loudovikos Sotiris from Lefkada, became the revolutionary leaders of an uprising in Epirus against the Ottomans. He was probably also a member of the Greek patriotic organization Filiki Eteria.
The Bixhili family are mentioned from the 16th century to the 19th century in historical sources. According to an official Albanian DNA project known as rrenjet the Bixhili family DNA was uploaded and analysed. The results show that the haplogroup of the Bixhili family are J2a-M410>L25>Y197827, Haplogroup J-M172.
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- byli nazvany major grek L. Sotiri i podpolkovnik albanec P. Bicilli... (Grigorij L. Arš: Èteristkoe dviženie v Rossii: Osvobodit. bor'ba greč. naroda v načale XIX v. i rus.-greč. svjazi ; p. 85.)
- ^ Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1991). Greeks in Russian military service in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 86.
(Russian Cunsuls of Greek Origin) Many of the Russian consuls and consular agents in the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian possessions in the Levant were Greeks who had served in Russia's wars against the Turks. The Bitsiles clan of Cheimarra, instrumental in fomenting uprisings in Epirus during the Russo-Turkish war of 1769-1774..."
- Burman, Mihaly (2021). П. М. Бицилли (1879–1953). Жизнь и творчество (in Russian). Litres. p. 17. ISBN 9785042411168.
По вопросу о нацнонлыной принадлежности рода Бицилли умерно привецтх показания документ из Архива Внешней политики Российской империи. В них зафиксированы сведения о двух других представителях рода Бицили - братъях Джика и Пано Бицили, находидибшихся на русской службе в конце 18 в. в документах они именуются "благородымх албаницами из Епира", предки которых ранее цлужнли многие десятилетия Венцианской республике
- Xhufi, Pellumb. "La " nation albanaise " vue du Moyen Âge" (PDF). Studia Albanica (1): 77–93 . ISSN 0585-5047. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Арш, Григорий Львович (1963). Албания и Эпир в конце XVIII-начале XIX в: западнобалканские пашалыки Османской империи. p. 77.
- Η Ρωσία και τα Πασαλίκια Αλβανίας και Ηπείρου 1759-1831 (in Greek). National Hellenic Research Foundation. 2007. p. 26. ISBN 978-960-7916-60-0.
- Banac, Ivo (1981). Nation and Ideology. New York: East European Monographs. p. 47. ISBN 9780914710899.
The main recruiter in Cheimarra and latter Russian consul in Albania and Cheimarra, was the scion of a well known Cheimarriote family that had provided officers for the Reggimento Cimarrioto of Venice
- Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1982). Greeks in Russian military service in the late eighteen and early nineteenth centuries. Stanford University.
The Bitsiles clan of Cheimarra, instrumental in fomenting uprisings in Epirus during the Russo-Turkish war of 1769-1774 and also in filling the ranks of the Albanskoe Volsko and the Odesskii Grecheskii Divizion
- ^ Banac Ivo; Ackerman John G.; Szporluk Roman; Vucinich Wayne S. (1981). Nation and ideology: essays in honor of Wayne S. Vucinich. East European Monographs. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-914710-89-9.
- Pappas, Nicholas Charles (1991). Greeks in Russian military service in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Institute for Balkan Studies. p. 86.
- "Prejardhja gjenetike e familjeve fisnike dhe feudale shqiptare – Rrënjët". Retrieved 2024-08-31.