Pontic Greeks facts for kids
| Έλληνες του Πόντου (Ρωμιοί) | |
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One of the Pontic flags
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| Total population | |
| c. 2,000,000 – 2,500,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Greece, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Armenia, Cyprus, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Germany, United States, Uzbekistan, Australia, Canada, Syria, Romania, Bulgaria, Egypt | |
| Languages | |
| Predominantly Modern and Pontian Greek. Also the languages of their respective countries of residence (Those include Russian, Turkish, Georgian and Urum language) | |
| Religion | |
| Greek Orthodox Christianity, Russian Orthodox Christianity, Sunni Islam (Mostly in Turkey) |
The Pontic Greeks, also known as Pontian Greeks (Greek: Πόντιοι, Ελληνοπόντιοι, Póntioi, Ellinopóntioi; Turkish: Pontus Rumları, Karadeniz Rumları, Georgian: პონტოელი ბერძნები, P’ont’oeli Berdznebi), are an ethnically Greek group who traditionally lived in the region of Pontus, on the shores of the Black Sea and in the Pontic Mountains of northeastern Anatolia. Many later migrated to other parts of Eastern Anatolia, to the former Russian province of Kars Oblast in the Transcaucasus, and to Georgia in various waves between the Ottoman conquest of the Empire of Trebizond in 1461 and the second Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829. Those from southern Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea are often referred to as "Northern Pontic [Greeks]", in contrast to those from "South Pontus", which strictly speaking is Pontus proper. Those from Georgia, northeastern Anatolia, and the former Russian Caucasus are in contemporary Greek academic circles often referred to as "Eastern Pontic [Greeks]" or as Caucasian Greeks, but also include the Turkic-speaking Urums.
Pontic Greeks have Greek ancestry and speak the Pontic Greek dialect, a distinct form of the standard Greek language which, due to the remoteness of Pontus, has undergone linguistic evolution distinct from that of the rest of the Greek world. The Pontic Greeks had a continuous presence in the region of Pontus (modern-day northeastern Turkey), Georgia, and Eastern Anatolia from at least 700 BC until 1922.
Images for kids
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Funerary stele of two Greek warriors found on the Black Sea coast, Taman peninsula, 4th century BC
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Ancient Greek coin from Sinope, coast depicting the head of a nymph and an eagle with raised wings, 4th Century BC
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Roman Diocese of Pontus, 400 AD
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The area claimed for the Republic of Pontus after World War I, based on the extent of the six local Greek Orthodox bishoprics.
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Greek population in Anatolia and Asia Minor in blue color, 1911
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Sinop fortress in 2011.
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Giresun Island, used by Ancient Greek colonists as early as the 5th century BCE
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Saint Anne Church, one of the oldest churches in Trabzon
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Dome of Trabzon's Hagia Sophia
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Zilkale in the Pontic Alps in Çamlıhemşin, Rize Province
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Konstantinos Theofylaktos' mansion in Trabzon before it was converted to a museum
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Traditional rural Pontian houses
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Close-up view of Sümela Monastery
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The Phrontisterion of Trapezous, early 20th century
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Pontian Greek students and teachers of the Alumni Tuition 1902–1903 in Trebizond
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Traditional Pontian musical instruments: kemençe, davul, zurna. Photo from 1950s in Matzouka, Trabzon, Turkey.
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Folk dances in Turkey. Horon in blue.
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Pontian Greek football team called Pontus Merzifounta.
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Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter, Katerina Stefanidi
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Yianis Pasalidis
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Voula Patoulidou
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A wealthy Pontic Greek family in Geneva
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A middle-class Pontic Greek family
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Pontic Greek family in the courtyard of a Trapezounta house (modern Trabzon, Turkey)
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Pontian Greek ladies and children of Trapezounta
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Pontic Greek couple in Trapezounta
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Pontian Greek athletics team from Kerasounta (modern Giresun, Turkey)
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Pontian Greek female students of Trapezounta
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Pontic Greeks in Batumi, Georgia
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Pontian Greek Canoe, off the coast of Trapezounta
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Pontic Greek from the Caucasus as member of the Russian Imperial Army
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See also
In Spanish: Griegos pónticos para niños
