Greek Autonomous District

Greek Autonomous District (Russian: Греческий автономный район, Greek: Ελληνική Αυτόνομη Επαρχία) was a national district created according to the policy national delimitation in the Soviet Union. It was established on 27 February 1930 by the decree of the Azov-Black Sea Krai ispolkom, with the capital in stanitsa Krymskaya (now the town of Krymsk). In 1932 the capital was moved to stanitsa Nizhne-Bakanskaya. It was the only one district of republican subordination (i.e., subordinated directly to a Soviet republic, rather than to an intermediate-level administrative entity). This Greek autonomy in the Soviet Union existed until 6 March 1939, when it was disbanded and the administrative entity renamed to Krymsky District by the decree of Krasnodar Krai kraikom of the All-Russian Communist Party,[1] by the end of the first wave of the Soviet repression against ethnic Greeks.

Greek Autonomous (National) District
Греческий автономный (национальный) район
Autonomous district of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
1930–1938

Greek Autonomous District in borders of 1935-1938
CapitalKrymskaya
Area
 • Coordinates45°14′N 38°00′E / 45.233°N 38.000°E / 45.233; 38.000
History 
• Established
27 February 1930
• Disestablished
22 February 1938

References edit

  1. ^ "Репрессии в 1930-1950 гг. по отношению к грекам СССР". 5 May 2008. Archived from the original on 22 April 2023.