Eviction of Christians from the Crimea (1778)

Eviction of Christians from the Crimea in 1778
Native name Виведення християн з Криму в 1778 р.
DateRelocation from Crimea to Katerynoslav lasted July 26 – November 24, 1778 (1778-07-26 – 1778-11-24)
Relocation to Pryazovia began in November 1779
LocationCrimea, Pryazovia, Katerynoslav
Motive
  • A request from the metropolitan of Crimea, Ignatius, that Crimean Christians be made Russian subjects
  • A desire to eliminate ethnic tensions between Tatars and Christians within Crimea
  • A desire to colonize the unpopulated Pryazovia region
  • A desire to bring about an annexation of the Crimean peninsula
Organized by Russian Empire
Outcome31,386 Greeks and Armenians resettled from Crimea, extinction of Crimean Goths

The Eviction of Christians from the Crimea in 1778 (Ukrainian: Виведення християн з Криму в 1778 р.; Russian: Вывод христиан из Крыма в 1778 г.) was a historical event in which the Greek and Armenian populations of Crimea were resettled by the authorities of the Russian Empire to newly founded settlements in Pryazovia, taking place in 1778 on order of Empress Catherine the Great.


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