Греки в СССР. Неизвестная трагедия целого народа

Many people have heard about the repression of Crimean Tatars, Chechens, or Germans in the USSR. But almost no one knows that Soviet Greeks also endured deportations, executions, and labor camps. This story begins in antiquity—with ancient Greek colonies on the shores of the Black Sea—continues in the Russian Empire with the founding of their own cities, and ends with freight cars, special settlements in Siberia, and the shattered lives of tens of thousands of people. In this video: — The NKVD’s “Greek Operation” of 1937 — Deportations of Greeks under Stalin — Operation “Wave” — Life in special settlements — Greek neighborhoods in Tashkent — And the mass exodus of Greeks after the collapse of the USSR The history of a people that has been silenced for far too long. 00:00 - Introduction 00:38 - Greeks by the Black Sea 04:27 - The Greek Operation 13:17 - “Evacuation” 17:14 - When “Our People” Arrived 19:30 - Swept Away by the “Wave” 24:04 - Life After the Train 27:50 - After the Empire 29:03 - Conclusion