Greeks in Georgia

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf ethnic group in Georgia
gptkbp:census_2002 15,166 Greeks
gptkbp:census_2014 5,544 Greeks
gptkbp:census_2021 2,697 Greeks
gptkbp:containsSettlement gptkb:Tbilisi
gptkb:Abkhazia
gptkb:Adjara
gptkb:Batumi
gptkb:Tsalka
gptkb:Kvemo_Kartli
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Pontic_Greek_culture
Byzantine Greek heritage
gptkbp:culturalOrganizations gptkb:Greek_Society_of_Georgia
gptkb:Union_of_Greek_Women_in_Georgia
gptkbp:diaspora gptkb:Greece
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Turkey
many emigrated to Greece in the 1990s
gptkbp:education Greek language schools existed in Tsalka
gptkbp:historical_language gptkb:Pontic_Greek
gptkbp:historical_settlement gptkb:Greek_colonies_on_Black_Sea_coast
since ancient times (Colchis, Hellenistic period)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Greeks in Georgia
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Russian
Georgian
gptkbp:migratory arrived from Ottoman Empire
arrived from Pontus (Black Sea region) in the 18th-19th centuries
gptkbp:notableCommunity gptkb:Tsalka_Greeks
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Nino_Haratischwili
gptkb:Nikos_Papadopoulos
gptkbp:persecutedBy deportations under Stalin
repression during Soviet era
gptkbp:population approximately 15,000 (pre-1990s)
approximately 3,000 (2020s)
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pontic_Greeks
gptkb:Greeks_in_Russia
gptkb:Greeks_in_Turkey
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Greek_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkb:Georgian_Orthodox_Church
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Greek_diaspora
gptkb:Pontic_Greeks
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5