Caucasus Greeks
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The Caucasus Greeks, also known as the Greeks of Transcaucasia and Russian Asia Minor, are the ethnic Greeks of the North Caucasus and Transcaucasia in what is now southwestern Russia, Georgia, and no
Official Russian Empire coat of arms of Kars Oblast (1881-1899).
Caucasus Greek officer from Mouzarat (now Çakırüzüm köyü), Ardahan district, former Russian south Caucasus province of Kars Oblast
Caucasus Greek cleric and community leaders
Russian siege of Kars, 1828
Urums
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Urums are several groups of Turkic-speaking Greek Orthodox people native to Crimea, northeastern Turkey and Transcaucasia. The emergence and development of the Urum identity took place from 13th to th
Caucasus Greeks
…Anatolia now re-settled in Kars by the Russian Imperial government). A large number of Caucasus Greeks who settled in Georgia became referred to as Urums (from the Turkish word for '[Byzantine] Romans') and spoke a Turkish dialect with a large admixture of Pontic Greek, Georgian, and Armenian vocabulary…
A group of Urums from Donetsk Oblast.
A group of Urums from Crimea waving Greek flags.
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