Why is "Greeks in Russia and Ukraine" trending?
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- Date: 2026-08-29 11:08:55
This topic has appeared in the trending rankings 1 time(s) in the past year. While it does not trend frequently, its appearance suggests a renewed or concentrated surge of public interest.
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Greeks_in_Russia_and_Ukraine entered the ranking for the first time today at position #. This is its highest position ever recorded.
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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-08-29 and was most recently seen on 2026-08-29.
Wikipedia Overview
Greeks have been present in what is now southern Russia from the 6th century BC; those settlers assimilated into the indigenous populations. The vast majority of contemporary Russia's Greek minority populations are descendants of Medieval Greek refugees, traders, and immigrants from the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Balkans, and Pontic Greeks from the Empire of Trebizond and Eastern Anatolia who settled mainly in southern Russia and the South Caucasus in several waves between the mid-15th century and the second Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. As during the Genocide of the Pontic Greeks, the survivors fled to the Upper Pontus.
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