Greeks in Russia and Ukraine
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Greeks have been present in what is now southern Russia from the 6th century BC; those settlers assimilated into the indigenous populations. The vast majority of contemporary Russia's Greek minority p
A statue of the Likhud brothers in Kitay-gorod
Pyotr Melissino (Petros Melissinos), General of the Artillery of the Russian Empire
Ioannis Kapodistrias
The Greek Church of Sts Constantine and Helena in Taganrog was shut down and demolished in 1938.
Ukrainian Greeks
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Ukrainian Greeks are a Greek minority that reside in or used to reside in the territory of modern Ukraine. The majority of Ukrainian Greeks live in Donetsk Oblast and are particularly concentrated aro
Greeks in Russia and Ukraine
…are Turkish-speaking Greeks (Urums) from Tsalka in Georgia, and 1% are Greek speakers from Mariupol in Ukraine. Ukraine's 2001 census counted 91,500 Greeks in Ukraine. In Greek mythology, various contacts with the part of the world that was later named Russia or the Soviet Union are recorded. The area was vaguely…
Greeks in Ukraine
Greek Coin from Chersonesos in Crimea depicting Diotimus 2nd century BC. (Odesa Numismatics Museum)
Korniakt's Tower in Lviv built by Greek merchant Konstantinos Korniaktos in 1578
Non-commissioned officers and men of the Greek Balaklava Infantry battalion, 1797-1830