74 Greeks abandoned this area in 1778.
According to Bronevskii, Kozy had been emptied by emigration. A few Tatars remained and a few Mariupol Greeks had returned. “The Greek church," he wrote, "standing in between two mosques (the best example of religious tolerance in Russia), the ruins of an ancient Goth khram, the cracked walls of the remaining homes, vacant plots of land, broken pieces of marble which once decorated the fallen buildings, give the village a sepulchral aspect: one might think that it was not long ago seized and destroyed by enemies.” (Bronevskii 1815, page 126)