The Amazon Company is related to Catherine the Great's renowned journey in Crimea (1787) and despite the fact that its appearance was short-lived and not associated to belligerent action, it is placed among the most legendary episodes of Russia’ s Greek Diaspora towards the close of the 18th century.

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At the end of the nineteenth century the Arvanitidis and Sideridis families were found to have settled in Constantinople. They were merchant families who from the 1870s were also occupied with navigation and shipping, especially with the transportation of petroleum from Batumi. The shipping activity of the Sideridis family ceased in 1914 whilst that of the Arvanitidis family after 1930.

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The history and activity of the Greek Balaklava Infantry Battalion (1774-1859) began in Russia after the Russo-Ottoman war of 1768-1774. During its time of service, the battalion exhibited remarkable combat skills. At the same time, it was integrated to the Greek diaspora of Russia and stands as an example of military typology and assimilation process of immigrants in their re-location area.

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The Circassian ethnicity belongs to the north-western branch of Caucasian-Iberian peoples. The influence of the Ottoman Empire on the Cherkess was mainly exercised through the suzerainty of the Crimean Tatars who were under Ottoman protection. During the Russo-Ottoman Wars of the 19th century, many Circassians became refugees in the Ottoman Empire.

After the Ottoman conquest of the western coast of the Black sea, the local Christian population decreased while in contrast, Muslim presence increased. Since the middle of the 19th century, the dispute between Greeks and Bulgarians gradually intensified, since the nationalist sentiment of the latter grew, although in this specific area it remained quite weak. At the same time, the Greek communities proceeded to the development of an extended network of Greek schools, supported by the existence...

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