Niki, Kastoria Explained

Niki
Coordinates:40.3789°N 21.1053°W
Periph:Western Macedonia
Periphunit:Kastoria
Municipality:Argos Orestiko
Municunit:Argos Orestiko
Community:Melanthio
Population As Of:2021
Population:20
Georegion:Macedonia

Niki (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Νίκη, before 1954: Βύτσιστα – Vytsista[1]) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. It is part of the community of Melanthio.

Vytsista was populated by Muslim Albanians of the Bektashi Order. The Greek census (1920) recorded 318 people in the village and in 1923 there were 250 inhabitants (or 35 families) who were Muslim. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, in Vytsista there was 1 refugee family from Asia Minor and 39 refugee families from Pontus in 1926. The Greek census (1928) recorded 123 inhabitants. In 1928 there were 38 refugee families (131 people).[2] After the population exchange, the Pontian refugees converted the small tekke in the village into a church.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Institute for Neohellenic Research. Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Vytsista – Niki. Pandektis. 30 March 2022.
  2. Pelagidis. Efstathios. 1992. Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930). The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930. Ph.D.. el. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. 30 March 2022. 76.
  3. Stavridopoulos. Ioannis. 2015. Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα. Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present. Ph.D.. el. University of Ioannina. 28 March 2022. 273.