The Armenian colony in Thessaloniki
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.31, No.2, 1990, pages 213-237
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The authors give a survey of the Armenian colony of Thessaloniki,dividing its historical evolution into three major phases (1880-1920; 1921-1947; 1948 to the present). The colony has experienced considerable upsand downs as far as its economic and social development is concerned, aswell as both major and minor demographic fluctuations (70-80 individualsin 1881, 500-600 towards the end of the 1910s, 10,000 in 1923, 6,000 in 1946,1,440 in 1948 and 1,200 in 1980). Further information is given on the ThessalonicanArmenians’ communal organisation in the 1880s, with the formation(1884) of the first Azkhain Khorkurt (National Committee); the appointmentof their first vicar (Mikael Flovannisian) ; the opening of an Armenian school(1885); the acquirement of their own cemetery (1887-8); and their first efforts(1884) to erect their own church (finally built in 1903). The authors offeralso data on the Armenian educational and charitable activities in Thessaloniki; on their political groups and ideological trends, particularly in relationto their main national and social issues; on the Armenian press of the city(particularly in 1923-1938) and, finally, on their forging linkage with theGreek urban social millieux.
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Αρμένικη αποικία στη Θεσσαλονίκη
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