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Post by Kukul-Kan on Nov 30, 2003 12:43:53 GMT -5
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Post by Kukul-Kan on Nov 30, 2003 13:02:36 GMT -5
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Post by Dienekes on Nov 30, 2003 15:43:52 GMT -5
These are very useful, thanks for posting them.
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Post by Kukul-Kan on Nov 30, 2003 19:25:18 GMT -5
Something I didn’t expect to find was those two Greek spots in Georgia and Armenia. Do you know if they are descendants of Greeks from Asia Minor who fled due to recent prosecutions or if they descend from original Hellenic settlers? www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/ethnocaucasus.jpg
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Post by Dienekes on Nov 30, 2003 21:21:07 GMT -5
Something I didn’t expect to find was those two Greek spots in Georgia and Armenia. Do you know if they are descendants of Greeks from Asia Minor who fled due to recent prosecutions or if they descend from original Hellenic settlers? www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/ethnocaucasus.jpgThere were certainly some Greeks in Georgia and Armenia before 1922. Some Greeks fleeing Turkish prosecution took the northern route and lived in the former Soviet Union. I don't believe that these communities go back to Ancient times though; many cities around the Black Sea were founded originally as Greek colonies, but the Greek element did not persist uninterrupted there like it did in northeastern Asia Minor.
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Post by Kukul-Kan on Nov 30, 2003 21:45:10 GMT -5
Very interesting. This conversation reminded me of this website I found some days ago that I think you might like . What they say reminded me of the Italian Irredentismo a lot in the sense they both are very nice ideals but very difficult, or impossible, to achieve. enotitanpride.tripod.com/ellada/index.htmlutenti.lycos.it/irr_ita/
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Post by Yiannis on Dec 1, 2003 10:10:01 GMT -5
Unfortunatelly,most of the Greeks at Georgia have migrated to Greece during the past decade due to the ecenomical dificulties in this country. Only the elderly remained there and live by their children's money transfers. In a few years there won't be any Greek element left...
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Post by Artemisia on Dec 1, 2003 11:36:19 GMT -5
Unfortunatelly,most of the Greeks at Georgia have migrated to Greece during the past decade due to the ecenomical dificulties in this country. Only the elderly remained there and live by their children's money transfers. In a few years there won't be any Greek element left... Good thing they did Yanni. We need more Greeks in Greece. Our numbers are really declining.
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