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• Proussis, Theophilus C.

Russian expansion in the Near East rendered protection to Greek coreligionists,many of whom served in the Russian army and navy, the statebureaucracy, and the diplomatic corps. More significantly, Russian Easternpolicy created favorable conditions for the development of key componentsof the Greek national movement, such as military resistance, commercialgrowth, educational and cultural progress, and political activism. The Greekcommunities of Russia, especially Odessa and other towns near the BlackSea, were among the most active and important diaspora centers contributingto the Greek awakening.

• History and Archaeology

• Ιστορία

Έλληνες στη Ρωσία, 1774-1821

Research for this article was made possible by the generous support of the InternationalResearch and Exchanges Board (IREX). The article is a revision of a paper. “TheByzantine Commonwealth after Byzantium: Russia’s Greek Connection before 1821”,delivered at the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, University of North Carolina,Chapel Hill, North Carolina, October 23, 1987.