The Greeks are one of the most ancient peoples of the Crimea, although their modern number in the Crimea is small. In ancient times, two main Greek communities were formed in Taurida, which differed culturally and linguistically: Tauric Chersonesus, founded by the Dorians, and Panticapaeum, founded by immigrants from Ionia [1]. The constant rivalry between these two cities, located on opposite outskirts of the peninsula, led to the intervention of the Roman Empire in the politics and economy of Taurida. In modern Crimea, Greek toponymy is partially preserved, both the oldest (Koreiz, Miskhor, Gaspra) and the new (Sevastopol, Simferopol). In the 1770s, several tens of thousands of Greeks were resettled by A. V. Suvorov in the vicinity of Mariupol by order of Catherine. Together with them, 22 thousand Armenians moved to the Azov province. During the eviction from the Crimea to the Northern Azov region, part of the Christians, including the Greeks, not wanting to leave their homes, converted to Islam and eventually became part of the Crimean Tatar ethnos.
