After World War II, ethnic Greeks of the Abkhaz ASSR were deported on Joseph Stalin's order in 1949-1950. They were allowed to return in the late 1950s, however their number never reached pre-deportation level.[3]
Most of the Greeks fled Abkhazia (mostly to Greece and Russia) during and after the 1992-1993 war so that their number dropped from 14,664 in 1989 to just 1,486 in 2003.[4]
operation, golden, fleece, greek, Επιχείρηση, Χρυσόμαλλο, Δέρας, combatant, evacuation, operation, carried, hellenic, navy, august, 1993, evacuate, over, native, greeks, from, georgia, fleeing, abkhazia, greece, contents, greeks, abkhazia, also, references, ex. The Operation Golden Fleece Greek Epixeirhsh Xrysomallo Deras was a non combatant evacuation operation carried out by the Hellenic Navy in August 1993 to evacuate over 1 000 native Greeks from Georgia fleeing the War in Abkhazia to Greece 1 2 Contents 1 Greeks in Abkhazia 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksGreeks in Abkhazia EditAfter World War II ethnic Greeks of the Abkhaz ASSR were deported on Joseph Stalin s order in 1949 1950 They were allowed to return in the late 1950s however their number never reached pre deportation level 3 Most of the Greeks fled Abkhazia mostly to Greece and Russia during and after the 1992 1993 war so that their number dropped from 14 664 in 1989 to just 1 486 in 2003 4 See also EditGreek DiasporaReferences Edit Kalamvrezos Dionyssis 3 September 2008 The anniversary of Operation Golden Fleece to evacuate diaspora Greeks from war in Abkhazia Kathimerini Archived from the original on September 4 2008 Retrieved 19 December 2008 The government s orderly and thorough evacuation Kathimerini 1 September 2008 Archived from the original on November 19 2008 Retrieved 19 December 2008 Otto Pohl J 1999 Ethnic Cleansing in the USSR 1937 1949 Greenwood Publishing Group pp 119 128 ISBN 0 313 30921 3 2003 Census statistics in Russian External links EditCaucasus 15 years since Operation Golden Fleece in Greek Abkhazia s archive fire of war ashes of history Abkhazia Cultural Tragedy RevisitedGeorgian Abkhazian conflict Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Operation Golden Fleece amp oldid 1066579729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
