1,643 Greeks, 24 Georgians, and 5,511 Armenians abandoned this area in 1778.
Writing in 1815, Bronevskii explained that “Feodosiia shows no sign of its former greatness – the destroy town of Kefe no longer exists, and for the construction of the new city, little by little, they are using the old remains and already piles of stones are being cleared from the streets.” (Bronevskii 1815, page 135)