Greeks in Russia

E812780

Greek diaspora community ethnic group

Greeks in Russia are an ethnic Greek community with historical roots in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union, contributing to the country’s cultural, commercial, and religious life while maintaining distinct Hellenic traditions.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Catherine the Great’s resettlement of Crimean Greeks (1778–1780)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
culturalTradition	Byzantine liturgical traditions ⓘ Hellenic traditions ⓘ Pontic Greek culture ⓘ
diasporaConnection	Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
experienced	Russification policies in the Soviet Union ⓘ Soviet-era deportations of Greeks ⓘ
hasLanguage	Greek language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontic Greek language NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Urum language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrganization	Federation of Greek Communities of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Orthodox parishes in Russia ⓘ Greek cultural societies in Russia ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ post-Soviet Russia ⓘ
historicalRegionOfSettlement	Azov Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Sea region NERFINISHED ⓘ Crimea NERFINISHED ⓘ Krasnodar Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ Mariupol region NERFINISHED ⓘ North Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Rostov Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ Sochi NERFINISHED ⓘ Taganrog NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	commerce in the Russian Empire ⓘ cultural exchange between Russia and Greece ⓘ development of Orthodox education ⓘ shipping and maritime trade ⓘ trade in the Black Sea region ⓘ urban development in port cities ⓘ
maintains	Greek folk dances ⓘ Greek language education in community schools ⓘ Greek religious festivals ⓘ
migrationWave	18th century migration from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ 19th century commercial migration ⓘ post-World War II internal Soviet migration ⓘ
partOf	Greek diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ Greeks in the former Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Greeks in Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Greeks in Ukraine NERFINISHED ⓘ Greeks in the Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontic Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greeks of Azov → historicalEvent → Greeks in Russia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine the Great’s resettlement of Crimean Greeks (1778–1780)

Greeks in Ukraine → relatedTo → Greeks in Russia ⓘ