The Amazon Company is related to Catherine the Great's renowned journey in Crimea (1787) and despite the fact that its appearance was short-lived and not associated to belligerent action, it is placed among the most legendary episodes of Russia’ s Greek Diaspora towards the close of the 18th century.

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The history and activity of the Greek Balaklava Infantry Battalion (1774-1859) began in Russia after the Russo-Ottoman war of 1768-1774. During its time of service, the battalion exhibited remarkable combat skills. At the same time, it was integrated to the Greek diaspora of Russia and stands as an example of military typology and assimilation process of immigrants in their re-location area.

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The Circassian ethnicity belongs to the north-western branch of Caucasian-Iberian peoples. The influence of the Ottoman Empire on the Cherkess was mainly exercised through the suzerainty of the Crimean Tatars who were under Ottoman protection. During the Russo-Ottoman Wars of the 19th century, many Circassians became refugees in the Ottoman Empire.

Small diocese under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople; its see until the middle of the 19th century was located in Silistria (Silistra) and later on in Tulcea. The relatively scant flock consisted of Bulgarians, Romanians and Greeks. From the late 1860s onwards, when the rivalry between Greeks and Bulgarians escalated, the diocese was essentially split, since the majority of the Bulgarians founded the exarchate diocese of Ruse-Drystra. In 1878, the area was...

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