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Ethnic group
The Pontic Greeks (Pontic: Ρωμαίοι, Ρωμιοί; Turkish: Pontus Rumları or Karadeniz Rumları; Greek: Πόντιοι, Ελληνοπόντιοι), also Pontian Greeks or simply
Pontic_Greeks
Variety of modern Greek
Greek language variety, Pontic Greek is spoken by about 778,000 people worldwide, who are known as Pontic or Pontian Greeks. Like nearly all of Greek
Pontic_Greek
1914–1923 genocide in the Ottoman Empire
Greek community in the Pontus region (the northeast of modern Turkey) in the Ottoman Empire during World War I and its aftermath. The Pontic Greeks had
Pontic_Greek_genocide
Ethnic group in Ukraine
the larger Greek diaspora known as Pontic Greeks. But there are also a small recent group of Greek expats and immigrants to Ukraine. A Greek presence throughout
Ukrainian_Greeks
Ethnic group
terms Caucasus Greeks can be described as Russianized and pro-Russian empire Pontic Greeks in politics and culture and as Mountain Greeks in terms of lifestyle
Caucasus_Greeks
Ethnic group in Georgia
part of the broader, historic community of Pontic Greeks or—more specifically in this region—Caucasus Greeks, is estimated at between 15,000 and 20,000
Greeks_in_Georgia
Ethnic Greeks native to Asia Minor
The terms Asia Minor Greeks, Anatolian Greeks or Mikrasiates (Greek: Μικρασιάτες, romanized: Mikrasiates), refer to the Greek populations who lived in
Asia_Minor_Greeks
Pontic Greek culture includes the traditional music, dance, architecture, clothing, artwork, and religious practices of the Pontic Greeks, also called
Pontic_Greek_culture
1919 proposed Greek state on the Black Sea
Greek-populated territories elsewhere. The Pontic Greeks were far from the new Greek state, and had few connections to it, so joining the new Greece was
Republic_of_Pontus
Pontic Greek cuisine consists of foods traditionally eaten by Pontic Greeks (Pontic: Ρωμαίοι, Ρωμιοί), a Greek-speaking ethnic minority that originates
Pontic_Greek_cuisine
Ethnic symbol of the Pontic Greeks
The Pontic eagle is the primary ethnic symbol of the Pontic Greeks, also called Pontian Greeks. The bird has spread wings and looks to the side. The eagle
Pontic_eagle
This is a list of Pontic Greeks (Pontic: Ρωμαίοι, Ρωμιοί, Romaioi; Greek: Πόντιοι, Pontioi ), i.e. Greeks from the region of Pontus, in modern northern
List_of_Pontic_Greeks
Ethnic group
like the other groups of Caucasus Greeks such as the Greeks in Georgia, are mainly descendants of the Pontic Greeks, who originally lived along the shores
Greeks_in_Armenia
Descendants of Greek colonists on the Black Sea and Azov Sea coasts
of Pontic Greeks from the Pontic Alps region of northeast Anatolia, 29% are Turkish-speaking Greeks (Urums) from Tsalka in Georgia, and 1% are Greek speakers
Greeks_in_Russia_and_Ukraine
Pontic Greek music, also called Pontian Greek music, comprises the musical traditions of the Pontic Greeks from antiquity to the modern day. Song and dance
Pontic_Greek_music
Topics referred to by the same term
coast of the Black Sea Pontic Greeks, all Greek peoples from the shores of the Black Sea and Pontus Pontic Greek, a form of the Greek language originally
Pontic
Greek minority in Turkey
between Greece and Turkey Istanbul Pogrom Imbros Tenedos Greek Muslims Pontic Greeks Antiochian Greeks Cretan Muslims Istanbul Greek dialect "The Greek minority
Greeks_in_Turkey
Pontic Greek folk dances are a group of over ninety dances traditionally performed by Pontic Greeks (Pontic: Ρωμαίοι). Dance has been an integral part
Pontic_Greek_folk_dance
Diaspora of the Greek people
[citation needed] A larger-scale movement of Greek-speaking peoples in the Ottoman period was Pontic Greeks from northeastern Anatolia to Georgia and parts
Greek_diaspora
crushed by the regular Kemalist army. The Pontic Greeks made up the bulk of the genocide (see: Pontic Greek genocide) and the bulwark of the resistance
Greek resistance during the Greek genocide
Greek_resistance_during_the_Greek_genocide
Ethnic group
Greeks in Kazakhstan are mainly the descendants of Pontic Greeks who were deported there by Joseph Stalin during the deportation of the Soviet Greeks
Greeks_in_Kazakhstan
Caucasus Greeks in the South Caucasus region, although now mostly spoken in Greece by some 500,000 people. The linguistic lineage of Pontic Greek stems from
Languages_of_Greece
Ethnic Greeks living within the Ottoman Empire
Caucasus province of Kars Oblast, in which Pontic Greeks, northeastern Anatolian Greeks, and Caucasus Greeks who had collaborated with the Russian Imperial
Ottoman_Greeks
Turkish dialect
Tsalka Greeks who mainly inhabit the Tsalka and Tetritsqaro municipalities in Georgia. Not all Tsalka Greeks speak Tsalka; there are many Pontic Greek speakers
Tsalka_language
Genocide campaign in the Ottoman Empire
the region prior to the Ottoman conquest, including Pontic Greeks, Caucasus Greeks, Cappadocian Greeks, Armenians, Kurds, Zazas, Georgians, Circassians,
Greek_genocide
Armenians in Syria Armenians in Turkey Greeks Greek Cypriots Greeks in Egypt Greeks in Israel Greeks in Lebanon Greeks in Syria Iranian peoples Ajam of Bahrain
Ethnic groups in the Middle East
Ethnic_groups_in_the_Middle_East
Ancient Greek settlements on the Crimean Peninsula
known in classical antiquity and well into the early modern period. The Greeks named the region after its inhabitants, the Tauri: Ταυρικὴ Χερσόνησος (Taurikē
Greek_Crimea
Region in the eastern Black Sea region of Turkey
hinterland (rising to the Pontic Alps in the east) by the Greeks who colonized the area in the Archaic period and derived from the Greek name of the Black Sea:
Pontus_(region)
Turkic-speaking Greek Orthodox group
the Trialeti Greeks or the Transcaucasian Turcophone Greeks, Pontic Greeks and Caucasus Greeks, or Τσαλκαλίδες (Tsalkalides), a name that refers to the
Urums
Dialects and varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era
that co-existed in Greece throughout much of the 19th and 20th centuries. Varieties of Modern Greek include Demotic, Katharevousa, Pontic, Cappadocian, Mariupolitan
Modern_Greek
Ethnic cleansing in the Soviet Union
by the NKVD and the MVD in 1942, 1944 and 1949. It affected mostly Pontic Greeks along the Black Sea coast, most notably from Krasnodar Krai from where
Deportation of the Soviet Greeks
Deportation_of_the_Soviet_Greeks
Ethnoreligious group
respective Greek dialects, such as Cretan and Pontic Greek. Because of their gradual Turkification, as well as the close association of Greece and Greeks with
Greek_Muslims
Dialects and differences between the written standard and spoken speech
more recently. The number of Pontic Greeks currently maintaining the dialect is unclear. A small group of Muslim Pontic speakers remain in Turkey, although
Varieties_of_Modern_Greek
Greek journalist and newspaper publisher
Nikos Kapetanidis (Pontic: Νίκος Καπετανίδης, 1889–1921, aged 32) was a Pontian Greek journalist and newspaper publisher from Rizunda. He was hanged by
Nikos_Kapetanidis
281 BC–62 AD kingdom in northern Anatolia
region and the Pontic interior. The coastal region bordering the Black Sea was separated from the mountainous inland area by the Pontic Alps, which run
Kingdom_of_Pontus
Overview and topical guide of the Greek genocide
thousands of Greeks, including the extermination of Pontian and Anatolian Greeks, the destruction of Smyrna, and widespread ethnic cleansing in Greek areas of
Outline_of_the_Greek_genocide
Greek people in Uzbekistan
The Greeks in Uzbekistan number approximately 9,000. The community is made up of Greeks from Russia who were deported by force from that country to Uzbekistan
Greeks_in_Uzbekistan
Special ad hoc trials organized by the Turkish National Movement
of the Pontic Greek genocide. The total number of the executed individuals is estimated to be ca. 400-450, among them 155 prominent Pontic Greeks. The Ottoman
Amasya_trials
King of Pontus from 120 to 63 BC
Mithridates VI's approbation with Greece (Athens in particular) appears at Delos: a heroon dedicated to the Pontic king in 102/1 BC by the Athenian Helianax
Mithridates_VI_Eupator
The Seventh Battle of Dazli (Greek: Έβδομη μάχη εις το Δαζλή) was an engagement between Pontic Greek guerrillas and forces of the Turkish National Movement
Seventh_Battle_of_Dazli
Ethnic group and nation
Greek diaspora. Ancient Greece portal Greece portal Antiochian Greeks Arvanites Asia Minor Greeks Pontic Greeks Cappadocian Greeks Karamanlides Greek
Greeks
Folk dance of the Armenian Highlands
Armenians, while variants are performed by Assyrians, Azerbaijanis, and Pontic Greeks. It is a form of circle dance. Each region in the Armenian Highlands
Kochari
Ethnic group from the South Caucasus
coast as well. Therefore, this term is often used mostly for ethnic Pontic Greeks, Turks in addition to Laz in Turkey. [citation needed] The residents
Laz_people
Language of the Greeks from the Ukrainian Azov shore
referred to as Azov Greeks. Although Mariupol Greek, along with the Urum language, remained the main language spoken by the Azov Greeks well into the 20th
Mariupol_Greek
Municipality in Turkey
the Pontic Greek Genocide (1914–1923), a few ethnic Pontic Greeks managed to flee to Greece. They settled in Macedonia, region of Northern Greece. A small
Gümüşhane
Greek regional and historical population group
Asia Minor and east Thrace—mainly Pontic Greeks. The Greek refugees from Turkey constituted 45% of the population of Greek Macedonia in 1928. According to
Macedonians_(Greeks)
Pontic Greek military unit of the Imperial Russian Army
century the Ottomans focused on consolidating their power, granting Pontic Greeks a certain degree of autonomy. The following period that lasted until
Greek_Caucasus_Division
Turkish-speaking Pontic Greek guerrilla
important Turkish-speaking Pontic Greek guerrilla leader. He emerged as one of the leading organizers of the Pontic Greek self-defense militia in the
Anton_Pasha
1923 agreement between Greece and Turkey
population at the time), 550,000 Pontic Greeks, 900,000 Anatolian Greeks and 60,000 Cappadocian Greeks. Arrivals in Greece from the exchange numbered 1,310
Population exchange between Greece and Turkey
Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey
Ethnic Greek population of Cyprus
Cappadocian Greeks Greeks in New Zealand Pontic Greeks Shared haplotype % represents the proportion of individuals among Greek Cypriots (344 samples) and Turkish
Greek_Cypriots
Turkish and Kurdish folk dance, Turkey's national dance
among Turks, Kurds, Arabs, and Asia Minor Greeks (particularly Pontic Greeks, Karamanlides, and Cappadocian Greeks). Circular and line dances in Turkey are
Halay
Sculpture beside Zea marina, Greece
Greek genocide Memorial in Piraeus is a major monument located in the Greek port city of Piraeus. It commemorates the genocide of the Pontic Greeks.
Greek Genocide Memorial in Piraeus
Greek_Genocide_Memorial_in_Piraeus
Mass persecution of Greeks in the Soviet Union
Deportation of the Soviet Greeks. Some scholars characterize the operation as a "genocide" against Greeks. A wave of Greek emigrants from the Soviet Union
Greek_Operation
1923 agreement between Greece and Turkey
Turkish and actually descended from Ottoman-era Greek converts to Islam. Also many historic cases of Pontic Greeks from northeastern Anatolia and the Trans-Caucasus
Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations
Convention_Concerning_the_Exchange_of_Greek_and_Turkish_Populations
Turkish activist of Greek descent
change his name from Turkish Yaylalı to Greek Parharidis, which he says "is a common last name among Pontic Greeks, an autochthonous people of the Black
Yannis_Vasilis
Greek archaeologist (d. 1945)
Venetia Kotta (Pontic: Βενετία Κώττα; 1897 or 1901 – 1945) was a Pontic Greek archaeologist, museum curator, and Byzantine historian from Sampsunta in
Venetia_Kotta
Nomadic Iranic people of the Pontic Steppe
workshops of Pontic Olbia or in mainland Greece, as well as pottery made by the Greeks of the Aegean islands. The Scythians bought various Greek products
Scythians
Russian resettlement of Armenians and Greeks
from the Crimea. Including both the Grecophone Rumaiic Greeks and the Turkophone Urum Greeks. Known today as Yevpatoria. Known today as Dnipro. Stearns
Eviction of Christians from the Crimea (1778)
Eviction_of_Christians_from_the_Crimea_(1778)
Mountain range in northern Anatolia, Turkey
The Pontic Mountains, Pontic Alps or Parhar Mountains form a mountain range stretching along the southern Pontic coast of the Black Sea (once known as
Pontic_Mountains
Bilateral relations
Georgia. There were Greek colonies in present-day Georgia during ancient history. There are between 15,000 and 25,000 Pontic Greeks in Georgia, although
Georgia–Greece_relations
Form of unfree labour in the late Ottoman Empire
Genocide, and The Pontic Greek Genocide". Genocide Studies and Prevention. 10 (1): 5–29. doi:10.5038/1911-9933.10.1.1297. The Pontic Greeks suffered similar
Labour_battalions_(Turkey)
Bowed string instrument
Black Sea or Pontic Lyre (Turkish: Karadeniz kemençesi, Greek: Ποντιακή λύρα Pontiakí lýra, Laz: Çilili (ჭილილი), Armenian: քամանի Qamani, Pontic: lyra) is
Kemençe_of_the_Black_Sea
Pontic Greek dish
consumed by Pontic Greeks, Laz people, and Turks living in the region of Pontus. Gümüşhane Sironu Denizli Sironu Giresun Sironu Food portal Greece portal Turkey
Siron_(food)
Ottoman province in northeastern Anatolia
language and self-identity as they became Greeks and learned Greek, especially the Pontic dialect of Greek, although the Laz language was preserved by
Lazistan_Sanjak
Historical semi-nomadic Turkic ethnic group
turn fled the Pannonian Avars, and began to flow into the Volga–Caspian–Pontic zone from as early as the 4th century and are recorded by Priscus to reside
Khazars
Greek Macedonians residing in Czechoslovakia were actually Pontic Greeks and Caucasus Greeks and so somewhat more comfortable with the Pontic Greek dialect
Greeks_in_the_Czech_Republic
Germans Hellenic group: Caucasus Greeks, including Turkish-speaking Christian Greeks of Georgia or Urums Pontic Greeks Indo-Aryan group: Loms Iranian group:
Ethnic_groups_in_the_Caucasus
Eurasian sea northeast of the Mediterranean
'Black Sea', [ˈmavɾi ˈθalasa], is also used. It is also known among Pontic Greeks as Πόντος Εὔξεινος Póntos Éfxeinos. The Black Sea is one of four seas
Black_Sea
Kourtidis (Pontic: Ευκλείδης Κουρτίδης; 1887–1937) was a Greek resistance leader of Pontos. An important leader in the Greek resistance during the Greek genocide
Efkleidis_Kourtidis
Turkic ethnic group indigenous to Crimea
16) and Mountain Crimean Tatars (d=0.2) than to Greeks (d=0.55) or even the neighboring Rumey Greeks (d=0.33), with even Steppe Crimean Tatars (d=0.45)
Crimean_Tatars
Village in Epirus, Greece
by Pontic Greeks, who were relocated there from the Kazakh SSR in Central Asia, where they had been transferred during the deportation of the Greeks of
Vigla,_Arta
Province of Turkey
Brest-Litovsk. 1914-1923: Turkish Genocide of Pontic Greeks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontic_Greek_genocide. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title=
Trabzon_Province
Greek singer (1931–2001)
Pontic Greek from Ordu (Greek: Κοτύωρα/Kotyora) and Gesthimani Kazantzidi, who was a Greek refugee from the town of Alanya (known as Alaiya) (Greek:
Stelios_Kazantzidis
Region in Turkey
own customs and dialect of Greek, the vast majority have since left, mainly to Greece. However, most Muslim Pontic Greeks remained in Turkey. The Black
Black_Sea_region
American poet
Assyrian and Pontic Greek heritage. Born in New York City, she is the 8th child of Abraham and Sano Halo (original name Euthemia "Themia", Pontic Greek: Ευθυμία)
Thea_Halo
Culinary traditions of Greece
Anatolian/Ottoman influence. Pontiakí (Pontic Greek cuisine), found anywhere there are Pontic Greeks (Greeks from the Black Sea region). Thrakiótiki
Greek_cuisine
Greek Orthodox Christian Athonite monk
Turkish persecution of Pontic Greeks. As a result of his Pontic Greek background, he spoke Pontic Greek rather than standard Greek, as well as Turkish and
Arsenios_the_Cave_Dweller
Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup
of Pontic Greek background and Metaxopoulos surname, thanks to the public Adriano Squecco's Y-Chromosome Genome Comparison Project. Pontic Greeks from
Haplogroup_T-L206
Arabic phrase to express appreciation, joy, praise, or thankfulness
Georgians, Armenians, Bosnian Croats, Pontic Greeks (descendants of those that came from the Pontus region), Greek Cypriots, and Sephardic Jews. Islam portal
Mashallah
Geographic region of Greece
southern Greece, and the fact that migrants and refugees from elsewhere in the Balkans, southern Russia, and Georgia (including Pontic Greeks and Caucasus
Macedonia_(Greece)
Village in Central Macedonia, Greece
Macedonia. It was founded in 1924 by Pontic Greeks from Bafra who got there after the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. Its official establishment
Nea_Mpafra
Peninsula in Europe
Machine. North Dakota State University Libraries. "The Persecution of Pontic Greeks in the Soviet Union" (PDF) "Public Opinion Survey Residents of the Autonomous
Crimea
Ethnic Greek subgroup
The Cappadocian Greeks (Greek: Έλληνες Καππαδόκες; Turkish: Kapadokyalı Rumlar), or simply Cappadocians, are an ethnic Greek community native to the geographical
Cappadocian_Greeks
Ottoman Greek politician and businessman (1855–1921)
population of Trebizond, who refused to hand over additional numbers of Pontic Greeks to the Turkish nationalists of Mustafa Kemal. Karachristos, 2002 Clark
Matthaios_Kofidis
City in Turkey
city of Kars. At the same time, many Armenians and Pontic Greeks (here usually called Caucasus Greeks) migrated to the region from the Ottoman Empire and
Kars
Military campaign against the Crimean Khanate by the Tsardom of Russia
Demographics Peoples Russians Ukrainians Crimean Tatars Armenians Karaites Pontic Greeks Krymchaks Crimea Germans Languages Crimean Tatar Krymchak Russian Ukrainian
Crimean_campaign_(1646)
Village in Krasnodar Krai, Russia
"The Pontic Greeks" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2023. From 1856 to 1866, after the Crimean War, 6 thousand Pontic Greeks migrated
Praskoveyevka
Azerbaijanis, Koreans, Greeks and Italians of Crimea. The number of Crimea Germans was 45,000 in 1941. In 1944, 70,000 Greeks and 14,000 Bulgarians from
Demographics_of_Crimea
neighbouring Georgia and Armenia.[citation needed] It was composed mainly of Pontic Greek immigrants from the Ottoman Empire. Initially, these immigrants arrived
Greeks_in_Azerbaijan
Greek novelist
extensively about its culture and history, in particular the history of the Pontic Greeks deported in the 1920s. He is best known for his novel Tamama which was
George_Andreadis
Topics referred to by the same term
name Pontos (film), a 2008 dramatic short film Pontic Greeks, Pontian Greeks or Pontians, an ethnically Greek group who traditionally lived in the region
Pontus
Municipality in Turkey
Armenians, while other ethnic groups included Georgians, Pontic Greeks (here usually called Caucasus Greeks), Caucasus Jews, Russians, Kurds, Ossetians, and Yazidis
Ardahan
Pontian Greek folk musician from Kazakhstan
family moved to Greece in 1940. They lived in Krya Vrysi outside of Thessaloniki in a community with other Pontian Greeks. In Greece, Kementzides worked
Ilias_Kementzides
City in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
of Pontic Greeks in Ukraine ("Greeks of Priazovye") at 21,900, with 31,400 more in the six nearby rural areas, totaling about 70% of the Pontic Greek population
Mariupol
Village in Gümüşhane Province, Turkey
population is 80 (2022). The village was established in the 17th century by Pontic Greeks who fled the coast of Pontus in order to escape the oppression of the
Dumanlı
General of the Pontic Army (1st century BC)
the enterprise, in order to meet up with Archelaus in Boeotia. The two Pontic generals now found themselves at the head of a formidable host, but their
Taxiles_(Pontic_army_officer)
Letsina (Pontic: Λετσίνα), also called Letsina Kars, is a Pontic Greek folk dance. Pontian refugees from Turkey brought the dance to Greece. The Letsina
Letsina
Interwar conflict in Turkey, 1919–1923
Ethnic minorities: Ottoman Greeks hoped to join Greece and Armenians hoped to form a new Armenian Republic. Pontic Greeks hoped to establish their own
Turkish_War_of_Independence
Greek geographer, philosopher and historian (64/63 BC–c.24 AD)
Wars. As the war drew to a close, Strabo's grandfather had turned several Pontic fortresses over to the Romans. Strabo wrote that "great promises were made
Strabo
Italian occultist (1743–1795)
surname, Balsamo, is of Greek origin, as well as the fact that his birthplace, Albergheria, was largely inhabited by Greeks, support the fact that Cagliostro
Alessandro_Cagliostro
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