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Greeks in Uzbekistan

{{short description|Greek people in Uzbekistan}}

{{Infobox ethnic group

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| total = 10,453

| total_year = 1989

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| related_groups = Greeks in Kazakhstan, Greeks in Kyrgyzstan

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The Greeks in Uzbekistan number approximately 9,000. The community is made up of Greeks from Russia who were deported by force from that country to Uzbekistan in the 1940s, and political refugees from Greece. The biggest Greek community in the country is in the capital city of Tashkent where most of the Greek political refugees were relocated by the Soviet authorities.[http://www.cacianalyst.org/?q=node/515 Greeks in Uzbekistan]

History

{{Historical populations|1959|20047|1970|32422|1979|14025|1989|10453

|footnote=Sources:{{cite web|url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php?reg=13|title=Узбекская ССР (1959)|website=Demoscope Weekly|access-date=11 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php?reg=4|title=Узбекская ССР (1970)|website=Demoscope Weekly|access-date=11 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php?reg=4|title=Узбекская ССР (1979)|website=Demoscope Weekly|access-date=11 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php?reg=4|title=Узбекская ССР (1989)|website=Demoscope Weekly|access-date=11 January 2024}}}}

In ancient times the south of modern day Uzbekistan was part of the Hellenistic Seleucid Kingdom, but the few Greek communities from that time assimilated into the general population over time.{{Cite web |url=http://mfa.uz/eng/about_uzb/history/ |title=Uzbekistan:MFA Alexander the Great |access-date=2008-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100313003234/http://mfa.uz/eng/about_uzb/history/ |archive-date=2010-03-13 |url-status=dead }}

About 30,000 Greeks lived in the country before World War II and a further 11,000 arrived after the defeat of the communist Democratic Army of Greece in the Greek Civil War of 1946–1949. Their numbers have dwindled from a high of some 40,000 in the 1960s. The main reason is emigration to Greece after the end of the Cold War when laws allowed the return of all ethnic Greeks who had been exiled for political reasons after the Greek Civil War.

Culture

The most important organization representing ethnic Greeks is the Greek Cultural Association of Tashkent. The activities of this organization include Greek language instruction (19 classes with a total of 571 students, classes for adults) and the teaching of Greek dances and music.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Uzbekistan/ |title=Greece MFA:Greek community in Uzbekistan |access-date=2008-04-04 |archive-date=2020-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124001423/https://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Uzbekistan/ |url-status=dead }}

Notable people

See also

References

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