Arsene Iliadis, of Greek origin, and the church supplies company Iliadis in Ukraine
ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ / УКРАЇНСЬКА / FRANÇAIS Arsene Iliadis, of Greek origin, and the church supplies company Iliadis in Ukraine When you hear the surname Iliadis, you immediately understand that it is a person of Greek origin, even of course in Ukraine. The Greeks of Ukraine are the Greek ethnic minority living in Ukraine, officially recognized by the Ukrainian state. The majority of them are concentrated around the city of Mariupol. According to the Ukrainian census of 2001, 91,548 Greeks live in Ukraine, which make up 0.2% of the country's population. Greek presence in the Black Sea has existed since ancient times. The first Greek colonies on the shores of today's Ukraine were founded in the 6th century BC. The inhabitants of these colonies often traded with other peoples of the Black Sea (Scythians, Cimmerians, Goths, Mayots). After the Mongols invaded the steppes of the north, the Tatars who followed them descended further south to the Crimea. Its ancient inhabitants, the Greeks, re...