Tetiana Liubchenko, Centuries of Displacement, Centuries of Resistance: Greeks in Ukraine and the Former USSR

This talk traces the histories of Greek communities across Ukraine and the former USSR. Cases include the Mariupol Greeks, resettled from Crimea to the Nadzov region in 1778 and displaced again during the 2022 siege, Pontic migrants from the Black Sea, and Turkophone Greeks from Erzurum who settled in Georgia after the 1828 to 1829 Russo Turkish War. The talk examines settlement patterns, linguistic diversity including Rumei, Urum, and Pontic Greek, and effects of imperial and Soviet policies of deportation and repression. Set within debates on diaspora and resilience, it highlights the persistence of Greek identity across centuries of movement.