Expulsion or deportation
Open on the mapEmigration of Christians from the Crimea
9 Mar 1778 – 18 Sep 1778 · 45.00° N, 34.00° E
What the records say
- When
- 9 Mar 1778 – 18 Sep 1778
- Kind
- Expulsion or deportation
- Coordinates
- 45.00° N, 34.00° E
- Description
- 1778 resettlement of the Armenian and Greek population of Crimea
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Eviction of Christians from the Crimea (1778)
Russian resettlement of Armenians and Greeks
The Eviction of Christians from the Crimea in 1778 was a historical event in which the Greek and Armenian populations of Crimea were resettled by the authorities of the Russian Empire to newly founded settlements in Pryazovia, taking place in 1778 on order of Empress Catherine the Great.
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