Greek diaspora
Diaspora of the Greek people
Greek diaspora
The Greek diaspora, also known as Omogenia (Greek: Ομογένεια, romanized: Omogéneia), are the communities of Greeks living outside of Greece and Cyprus. Such places historically (dating to the ancient period) include, Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, southern Russia, Ukraine, Asia Minor and Pontus (in today's Turkey), Georgia, Egypt, Levant, southern Italy (Magna Graecia), Sicily, Cargèse and Marseille in France. The term also refers to communities established by Greek migration (mostly since the 19th century) outside of the traditional areas; such as in the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Norway, and others. In addition, there were significant Greek communities established during the Cold War period in the USSR, Czechoslovakia, and Poland, following the 1946–1949 Greek Civil War, when Greek Communist refugees and their families were forced to leave Northern Greece and resettle in different...
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