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Russian regular troops and Cossacks storming the Turkish fortress of Khadjibey in 1789, by P.P.Parkhet. Khadjibey was later renamed Odessa for the ancient Greek colony on the Black Sea.

Why do so many places in Ukraine and Crimea sound a bit Greek?

Global Politics

A bunch of places in Ukraine and Crimea end in “-opol”, from the ancient Greek word for city: polis. That’s no accident. Russia chose those names after conquering the Black Sea region from the Turks. But why?

Russian regular troops and Cossacks storming the Turkish fortress of Khadjibey in 1789, by P.P.Parkhet. Khadjibey was later renamed Odessa for the ancient Greek colony on the Black Sea.

Why do so many places in Ukraine and Crimea sound a bit Greek?

Global Politics
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