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Day: August 12, 2016

Why do Greeks love Russia so much?

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Posted in categories: Culture, Modern Greek

Greeks (OK, Byzantines) gave the Russians Orthodoxy, and feel a bond with them out of that. During Ottoman rule, the Russians saw themselves as the Third Rome—the successor state to Byzantium, which the Greeks felt was their lost empire. The Greeks in turn longed to be rescued by the Russians: Ακόμη τούτην άνοιξη (ραγιάδες, ραγιάδες)τούτο […]