Europe - Asia Studies
Volume 62, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1479-1501

Exiles and pioneers: Oral histories of greeks deported from the Caucasus to Kazakhstan in 1949 (Article)

Hionidou V.* , Saunders D.
  • a School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle, Armstrong Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 7RU, United Kingdom
  • b School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle, Armstrong Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

Abstract

The article examines the deportation of ethnic Greeks from the Caucasus in 1949, their establishment in Kazakhstan, and their lives there. The main source is 20 in-depth interviews conducted in Greater Athens, Greece, to which the majority of the deportees migrated at various dates. The main conclusion is that no trauma could be detected among either the first or the second generation of exiles. The reasons for the lack of trauma include the low mortality experienced during the deportations and the significant improvement in the deportees' living standards after their arrival in Central Asia. © 2010 University of Glasgow.

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ethnic group Caucasus migrants experience mortality Kazakhstan living standard social history migration
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2010.515794
ISSN: 09668136
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English