PONTIC GREEKS
& THE EMPIRE OF By Andrew Andersen
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The First World War brought death and sufferings
to millions Christian subjects of the
In 1915, facing Russian invasion of
The collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917
followed by the withdrawal of Russian army, its replacement with scanty
Georgian militia and Turkish re-conquest, caused the second wave of massacres
and deportations, as well as the exodus of many remaining Greeks to |
Crown Prince Eugen II (1886 - 1952) |
The end of World War I and the defeat of Ottoman
Turkey revived the hopes of both Pontic diaspora, refugees and
the remnants of Greek population still hiding in the
Crown Prince Eugen II tried to lobby for the
creation of a Hellenic monarchy, while the religious leaders Chrissanthos,
Bishop of Trebizond and Germanos, Bishop of Castoria together with Professor
Thoides were lobbying for the creation of the Map
of the |
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The Allied powers however, were reluctant to
support the idea of a purely Hellenic state in the
The Nationalist revolution in
Shortly after the end of Greek-Turkish
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The last wave of re-patriation of Pontic Greeks to Greece happened between 1988 and 1994 when as a result of political and economic collapse of the USSR, hundreds thousands of them left Georgia, Armenia, Karabakh and Southern Russia
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Princess Alexia of |
As of today, the legacy of the Empire of
The family members now residing in the
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Crown Prince Juan Arcadio |
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