page_title: Greeks in Ukraine
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Greeks in Ukraine / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Розселення греків у районах (разом з містами) Донецької області за переписом 2001 р. / Greeks in Donetsk oblast, 2001 census
context_page_description: Greeks in Ukraine or Crimean Greeks are a Hellenic minority that reside in or used to live on the territory of modern Ukraine. Most of them live in Donetsk Oblast and particularly concentrated around the city of Mariupol.
  According to the 2001 Ukrainian Census, there were 91,548 ethnic Greeks in Ukraine, or 0.2% of the population. However, the actual percentage of those with Greek ancestry is likely to be much higher due to widespread intermarriage between ethnic Greeks and those Ukrainian citizens who are Ukrainian Orthodox, particularly in eastern Ukraine, as well as the absence of strong links to Greece or use of the Greek language by many with Greek ancestry in these areas and who therefore are not classified as Greeks in official censuses.
  Most Greeks in Ukraine belong to the larger Greek diaspora known as Pontic Greeks.
context_section_description: Raions of Donetsk Oblast with significant Greek minority:
caption: Greeks in Donetsk Oblast (2001)
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