Greek Autonomous District Explained

Native Name:Греческий автономный (национальный) район
Conventional Long Name:Greek Autonomous (National) District
Subdivision:Autonomous district
Nation:Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Capital:Krymskaya
Coordinates:45.2333°N 38°W
Year Start:1930
Year End:1938
Date Start:27 February
Date End:22 February
Image Map Caption:Greek Autonomous District in borders of 1935-1938

Greek Autonomous District (Russian: Греческий автономный район|Grechesky avtonomnyy rayon, Ελληνική Αυτόνομη Επαρχία|Ellēnikḗ Aftónomē Eparchía) was a national district created according to the policy national delimitation in the Soviet Union. It was established on 27 February 1930 by the decree of the Azov-Black Sea Krai ispolkom, with the capital in stanitsa Krymskaya (now the town of Krymsk). In 1932 the capital was moved to stanitsa Nizhne-Bakanskaya. It was the only one district of republican subordination (i.e., subordinated directly to a Soviet republic, rather than to an intermediate-level administrative entity). This Greek autonomy in the Soviet Union existed until 6 March 1939, when it was disbanded and the administrative entity renamed to Krymsky District by the decree of Krasnodar Krai kraikom of the All-Russian Communist Party,[1] by the end of the first wave of the Soviet repression against ethnic Greeks.

Notes and References

  1. News: 5 May 2008 . Репрессии в 1930-1950 гг. по отношению к грекам СССР . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230422010722/http://www.greek.ru/news/diaspora/31749/ . 22 April 2023.