[MarMema]

Greeks of course colonized the Crimea and all over the coasts of the Black Sea - but she did so before there was ever any people called Russia.

Pre-Ukrainian children celebrate their origins. (They were later to become part of Ukraine and develop their own flag.)

[Destro]

Greeks in "Russia" came in several waves - ancient Greek colonizers - more Greek colonizers during the Roman and "Byzantine" era and finally and sadly refugee Greeks fleeing the Turks. The last wave of Greeks were kidnapped children sent to Russia to become Stalin's Russian Janissaries.

[Destro]

Greeks in "Russia" came in several waves - ancient Greek colonizers - more Greek colonizers during the Roman and "Byzantine" era and finally and sadly refugee Greeks fleeing the Turks. The last wave of Greeks were kidnapped children sent to Russia to become Stalin's Russian Janissaries.

The Greeks of Hungary (Victims of Cold War Communist kidnappings)